Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder The restaurant involved in this is now saying the receipt was altered. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/banker-1-percent-tip-receipt_n_1299280.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...280.html</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>What's a pity is how the U.S. is set up ... where it's an established practice - Restaurants pay their employees crap, and have to rely on tips. Really bad! <<< That's why we gave 20%. Over here you give 10%, but the employees have their fix income and usually the tip goes into a bowl and at the end of the day, it is split between the waiters. At least that's how it worked in the restaurant my sister worked.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper You mean to tell me that everything we read on the internet isn't factual? I'm stunned.
Originally Posted By dshyates This is disappointing. I was so wanting to hate on this 1%er. Now it turns out that the bad guy here is on our side. This kind of thing is not helpful in advancing productive change.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I always leave a 20% tip, unless the service is really bad. That is one of the reasons that I really hate it when restaurants automatically add gratuities for large parties. There was one time that I actually got the manager involved because our waitress was horrible and rude and there was no way I was leaving her an 18% tip.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I usually go 18% to 20% on a tip, though and ladies I am sorry for this, but if the waitress is kind of cute, I may ignore bad service. Yes I am shallow.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 And the fact the story was a hoax I'm a little disappointed, I thought our media was better than that. Oh well I guess they'll have learned their lesson.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper The race to be first is part of the problem with the media. Always has been. But, the race to be sustainable (ie cheaper) in order to make a profit means that the papers are somewhat relying on bloggers who have no real sense of professionalism, ethics, etc. Sources aren't verified, facts not double checked, etc. It is a shame...but it makes me glad that I did not pursue a journalism degree. I would have grown tired of it by now and started over.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Sources aren't verified, facts not double checked, etc.<< Very true. There are also so many "this is what "some" are saying" stories that get picked up and spread around. There truly was a time when that sort of stuff wasn't okay among professional journalists.
Originally Posted By mele <<I thought our media was better than that. Oh well I guess they'll have learned their lesson.>> I see what you did there. Haha
Originally Posted By dshyates Really it's all irrelevant because I've met rich tools, and I've met poor tools. I've met all around tool tools. And what I know is for everyone there's a Bevis to blow a bogie in their burger.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<That requires an awful lot of cruelty.>> I thought that was a prerequisite as a banker.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo Kind of makes me think of the villains' banker in Despicable Me. A perfect caricature to be sure.
Originally Posted By Labuda I tend to tip about 30% at the places I frequent. These are places where they greet me by name, ask if I want my usual, etc. I love those servers and they love me.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>“True Food Kitchen was able to determine a number of things were altered in comparison to the merchant copy. The total bill was $33.54 and the tip was more than $7. The handwritten note was not authentic either,” True Food Kitchen’s Jami Reagan told The Register late Monday night.<< <a href="http://fastfood.ocregister.com/2012/02/27/newport-beach-restaurant-reacts-to-1-tipper-photo/150695/" target="_blank">http://fastfood.ocregister.com.../150695/</a> There's a sucker born every .000000001 seconds on the internets. Al Gore, this is all your fault!
Originally Posted By mele Anyone remember this story from last fall? <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/10/12/bartender-who-shamed-wrong-man-apologizes-%E2%80%93-again/" target="_blank">http://blog.seattlepi.com/theb...3-again/</a>
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^ Never heard of it last fall, but shame ont he bad guy and shame on the bartender for putting the wrong dude's picture up! OY!
