*dramatic eyeroll*

[conuly]

I'm not entirely sure that the service was as bad as he says (though the comment at the end was out of line), but that's not the point. I could be wrong here, I often am. The point is that this guy has a crazy idea that if you don't like your job, you can just leave and get a better one. If your boss isn't paying you adaquately, you can just call in the authorities and everything will be all right, because there's this law.

I'm not sure if I'm laughing or crying here, but whatever I'm doing, at least I'm doing it in the real world.

Comments

[targaff.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I'm with the poster. You tip for service, you tip well for good service; but this person was being consistently rude and essentially not doing his job - and you get paid, whether by wage or by tip, to do your job. Just because he doesn't want to be there, which appears to be the prevailing justification here, doesn't mean he doesn't have to make an effort. If that was the way it worked, I'd just sit and browse the web all day.

I tip like a fiend, but I wouldn't have tipped that server either. I've followed forums/communities/etc. about bad service and I also used to read customers_suck, but I stopped doing both because both groups have entitlement issues and both really need to get over it.

[missfahrenheit.livejournal.com]

I didn't tip today because I had bad service. Shock horror!

Of course though, I'm in a country where waitstaff get real wages, and tipping isn't customary. As a waitress I've been on about £4.50 - 5.75 an hour (approx $9 to $11.50), and in a year and a half I've only ever been tipped once.

[targaff.livejournal.com]

That's crap in London. Demand a raise! :>

I tip almost everywhere, if there's a degree of service involved (so nipping in to the take away to pick up my rung-in order ain't gonna get no financial love from me), and still at the percentage I'd give back in the US as well. I probably get strange looks as I'm leaving as they wonder what I want them to do...

Incidentally, I've never seen you anywhere before, but I like you purely on the basis that your shortened name naturally makes me look for a shrubber.

[conuly]

Here's my issue. The guy, in the beginning, didn't act that badly. It's hard to see this because of the way the post is written, but basically our friend here had to wait a few minutes to be served. And then afterwards, when it appeared that he wasn't getting tipped, the server did something stupid and said something sarcastic. Up until the comment part, I don't think that the server did anything wrong. He was slow.

But fine. No tip for you.

But then our friend makes a point of 1. not talking to the manager and 2. continuing to go to that bar on the same day and sitting where he's sure to get that same server, and continuing to not tip. If I knew I wasn't getting a tip, I wouldn't work for it either.

The whole thing smells fishy, and then when you add comments like "he should just leave and get a real job" or "he's too stupid/lazy to get a better job if he's stuck in one where they don't pay right", I'm not so sure I believe any part of the poster's story.