Comment Re:...or you could add something for yourself... (Score 1) 519
"""Good luck trying to talk your way out of paying part of your check if the waiter made a rude comment or spilled your drink when the tip is built-in."""
I'm not sure either case makes much sense to me, maybe for cultural reasons.
1. In the first case, I would simply not tip them at all - the correct response is to complain and refuse to pay to have your evening ruined, until at the very least you get a revised bill, if that happens a lot, the waiter will be dismissed.
If you *do* feel like paying in polite silence because you don't want to make a fuss, you have simply covered overheads, not tipped.
2. If a waiter spilled my drink, I would expect another drink - I don't see why an accident would affect how much I tipped them, if they were polite and apologetic and corrected it.
I can't honestly *conceive* of wanting to punish a waiter for a genuine accident - that just seems selfish and spoiled.
I'm not sure either case makes much sense to me, maybe for cultural reasons.
1. In the first case, I would simply not tip them at all - the correct response is to complain and refuse to pay to have your evening ruined, until at the very least you get a revised bill, if that happens a lot, the waiter will be dismissed.
If you *do* feel like paying in polite silence because you don't want to make a fuss, you have simply covered overheads, not tipped.
2. If a waiter spilled my drink, I would expect another drink - I don't see why an accident would affect how much I tipped them, if they were polite and apologetic and corrected it.
I can't honestly *conceive* of wanting to punish a waiter for a genuine accident - that just seems selfish and spoiled.