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01/17/2005: "Who do you think you are?"
Every month or so, I get a fancy coupon book filled with coupons for stores and restaurants in my neighborhood. I always flip through it and pull a few for restaurants I haven't been to yet - no better way to entice me to try your food than by offering me free delivery or a free dinner!
I was about to pull one for a Mexican restaurant (I've been searching for one that serves tamales for Will) when I noticed a small sentence at the bottom of the coupon:
"We add 15% gratuity to all bills."
Wait a minute. Excuse me? Since when is it a server's right to get a tip? At 15%, no less! I thought a tip was to thank the server for their attention and performance. A tip is not guaranteed! I have definitely been in situations where the service was so horrible and disastrous that we left without leaving a tip.
I ripped the coupon out and threw it away. Anyone who has the nerve to demand a tip from me is NOT going to get my business, thank you very much.