Subj : Re: My Friday Nets
To   : DARYL STOUT
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Nov 10 2025 08:32:24

DS>  Speaking of laundry, many restaurants nowadays ask if you want to leave
  >a tip BEFORE you get seated, and served your food or drink...and some will
  >have a pre-determined tip percentage (20% or more) on to the ticket. To me,
  >if the service is good, I will leave a tip...if not, I'm tempted to do what
  >this one individual did.

Yes, I suppose I'm old school but I've always felt that, and even if
not shown ahead of time, when they bring the pay machine to the table
that rather large tip is already listed and it's a pain to change it
or eliminate it. You even get that when you order food for pick up.

In the old days, before this changed, I was one to leave small tips
usually, but a few times a waiter/waitress did exceptional service
and I left a much larger one.

One time I asked for 2 orders of an appetizer and the waiter told
me it was pretty big and I'd really just need one for myself and
my date. That saved me a fair bit, and I think the full amount
I saved went into his tip..

At another time, a waitress didn't explain things properly, nor
did the menu, and I ended up being charged 'extra' for things that
appeared to be included. I 'asked' about it after, and she ended
up calling the manager over. He ended up saying, If that's what
you understood then don't pay for those things.. I talked it over
briefly with my date and I figured that the waitress would probably
end up paying for it if we didn't so, in the end, I paid the bill
in full but the waitress got a $0 tip..

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