Does great service equal great tip$?

Anyone who has ever worked as a server in a restaurant knows that great service equals a fat tip right? WRONG...!!! At least thats what some recent studies indicate. According to these studies, servers only recieve marginally higher tips for their above average service. In fact, the implication is that most patrons tip out of guilt or customary practice anyway. Soooo... if the aforementioned is accurate, why even bother trying to rendor great service? Personally, I like receiving impeccable service and don't mind compensating the server well for it-- but thats just me. What say you?

10 signs of a bad server...

1. takes the order while sucking on a huge red jawbreaker(colors may vary)

2. apron has the same heinz 57 stain on it from three nights ago

3. never writes down the food order and always forgets what the table ordered

4. asks the guest to sample a bite of their food

5. doesn't know about anything on the menu, response is always "Hey, I'm just working here until I finish school"(whatever you say buddy)

6. cell phone is carried on the hip and rings while at a table...the server actually answers it

7. complains to the guest about how tired he/she is and asks to sit next to them to take the order

8. approaches the table with "yeah what do you want?"

9. calls the guest stupid for mispronouncing a menu item

10. attempts to carry 6 iced teas without a tray(always drops at least 1 of course)
(And there are many more...!!!)

Tipping is plain stupid!!!

BOTTOM LINE:So why do we allow this scam, in the form/system of "tipping," to go on by our participation in this practice? Easy! Mainly because of the massive social pressure on us to do so.
Also, there is the vanity aspect--we ourselves, love to tip-- "put on the dog," as they say --by impressing ourselves and others in our demonstarted generosity and ability to reward, handsomely, those "underlings" --yes, perceived underlings, if you care to be honest with yourself about it--even though said underlings may easily be pocketing higher wages than you yourself and for less effort.
And, their employers are laughing at all of us while they are quite content with their lower operating costs, as they, and the IRS, manipulate the whole scene to their personal advantage.
What If.... All costs of going out for meals, etc.--both goods and services--were included in the cost as listed--just like most other things. No tips, surcharges, gratuities, no BS!, whatever...WHAT A CONCEPT!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA!

***THIS POST CAME FROM AN ANONYMOUS IDIOT ON AN ANTI-TIPPING SITE***

10 signs of a bad tipper...

Bad tippers are all around us, they could be anywhere and anyone. Here are the 10 most common signs to identify them:

1. orders a well done steak and uses ketchup as a steak sauce

2. tips you a buck before you even take the order

3. continues to praise you on what a good waiter you are (verbal tip)

4. orders a draft beer and drinks it with a straw

5. a couple wants to split a dinner salad and one beverage

6. brings his/her own food into the restaurant and orders a side dish

7. a full grown man wants to order off of the kids menu

8. orders water with like a thousand lemons, plus they use up every sugar packet (just order lemonade please!!!)

9. gets irate because he/she can't order the free bread as their entree

10. upon finishing the meal he/she says "hey, I don't believe in tipping"

(of course some exceptions apply)

Where is my damn credit card???

A party of six comes into this restaurant, they are seated of course. There was this one guy acting as the "host of the table"......so he pulls the server to the side and says "heres my credit card, I am taking care of everything." They consume cocktails, apps, entrees, you know the works. So a couple of hours pass and the "host of the table" tells the server to get everyone another round of drinks and go ahead and take care of the check. The server comes back with drinks, but no credit card slip for the guy to sign. The server explained that somehow he had misplaced the card, but assured him that he would find it and take care of their check. The table continues to chit chat and enjoy their drinks. Thirty minutes later the server returns empty handed; The guy asks, "Where is my damn credit card?" The sever explains that he still can't locate the card. The guy gets very loud and irate, he then jumps up and takes a swing at the server.... but misses. Another guy from a different table then cold cocks the guy(with the missing credit card) right in his face...knocking him flat on the table. Fortunately this restaurant had security to intervene, the "host" was the only one who ended up in police custody that night.


This really happened folks!!!

I Can't Believe This Happened!!

I want all of you waiters to post the worst experience you've had in a restaurant. Were you stiffed, cursed out, or maybe knocked out? Whatever the situation, let me know about it!!