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Old 03-23-2015, 09:11 AM   #28
Tired of Waiting
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Default Based on service also

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Originally Posted by Crusty View Post
My wife and I availed ourselves of the Monday night special several times this past fall. It was great! It's on our permanent list of Monday night activities.

Now, $5 for dinner is all well and good, but a $0.75 (15%) tip is hardly fair for the excellent services provided. Remember that server wages take into account that a large part of their income will come from tips.

A good rule of thumb is to compute your tip based on the "regular" prices you would expect to pay, not on specials and coupons.
Agreed,

However I base most of my tips on the service I get. It's not a rare thing for me to drop a $5 tip on a bill of $8. But there are also times where the percentage of the tip is far below the 20% some expect and it was because the server only took the order then delivered it and was never to be seen again except to drop the bill off. And yes I take into account how busy the establishment is under those circumstances.

Now back to the regular program.

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