Well, we will report you to the police if you actual do that to someone if I see it happen, so it’s YOU who will be doing the TIME for a CRIME. You CAN’T LEGALLY do that, nor is it the “RIGHT” thing to do and YOU KNOW IT! Also, SO WHAT if they did if I didn’t get sick! I mean really, SO. If it DOESN’T affect MY HEALTH, WHO CARES! One gob of spit is just that, big deal.

Traci
“Ummm…Springs is a total asshole. ”

Considering you call someone that just because they treat people they way they are treated tells me YOU are the one this the asshole, NOT ME. I am MORE MATURE than you to not to call people names first, WHY CAN’T YOU? HOW OLD ARE YOU, maybe 12yrs old?

“For my ex-husbands bday one year the waitress publicly humiliated him by bringing every waitstaff out to sing happy birthday. She got a 40% tip. That’s what I call service!”

To YOUR OPINION that’s humiliation, but to me, that’ s THOUGHTFUL. If you thought it was “HUMILIATING” so much, you wouldn’t have left such a high tip. GET REAL, YOU KNOW! You are such a lier about that you felt it was so humilitating. I’m so sure.

Madam Hatter
“sense! – to actually bring dirty dishes back to the kitchen on her way to placing the princess’ order! As Echo wrote – it’s called multi-tasking – or in other words – being efficient. Duh.”

NO, being “EFFICIENT” is worrying about your ***TIPPING*** CUSTOMERS, NOT ABOUT DIRTY DISHES.

DIRTY DISHES DON’T HAVE FEELINGS OR TIP, REMEMBER THAT! Customers DO wait longer for things if the server decides to buss a table or grab dishes BEFORE doing a request. I find that EXTREMELY RUDE to put OBJECTS AHEAD OF PEOPLE’S TIME AND FEELIGNS. THOSE DIRTY DISHES COME LAST, CUSTOMERS ARE WAITING FOR THINGS, SO REMEMBER THAT! If customers wait longer for things than necessary, tips go down in genereal and YOU KNOW IT! There’s NEVER a reason to pick up a dirty dish if someone asks for something unless the customer asked specifically to pick up the dirty dish or dishes. The donut shop I worked at for over 2 yrs, I treated certain situations that if there were dirty dishes, unless the customer wanted to sit at that exact spot, the dishes would SIT UNTIL I not only took the person’s order, but got them what I WAS in CONTROL of, which was putting in an order and getting them a drink if they ordered one whether it was something ordered to-go or if they ate inside. Sometimes, if they wanted to sit at a specific spot that a customer JUST left at, I would just move the dishes down, NOT make them wait for ME to put them in the sink, which is TRUTHFULLY A TIME WASTER and VERY INCONSIDERATE OF THEIR TIME AND FEELINGS. I COULDN’T FATHOM DOING THAT TO SOMEONE, BECAUSE I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO DO IT TO ME! I would NOT WASTE ANY SECOND OF THE CUSTOMER’S TIME TO CLEAN UP, NOR SHOULD ANYONE PUT DIRTY DISHES AHEAD OF SOMEONE’S REQUEST! You know that’s the “RIGHT THING” to do! Cleaning up can TRUTHFULLY ALWAYS WAIT. Those dishes will sit an extra couple of minutes, but a customer shouldn’t have to wait an extra couple of minutes, should they if something like that could truly be done AFTER the request from the customer is done with? It’s the TRUTH and YOU KNOW IT!

“Let’s see how fast your food gets out to you – or you get seated, or get your drinks – if that same server has to make twice (or more) as many trips to do the same amount of work. It’ll be a hell of a lot longer than 2-3 minute (!) delay you’re bitching about. What a blithering idiot.”

I would MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, RATHER WAIT LONGER in the waiting area to get seated than to have things being delayed when I finally do get seated. That’s the TRUTH. You are the IDIOT that TRULY DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF “TAKING TURNS.” If you ordered let’s say a coke refill BEFORE I even got seated, WHY should that server come to get our drink and appetizer orders instead of getting your coke? THEY SHOULDN’T, they should get the refill FIRST, BEFORE, EVER, EVER, COMING TO OUR TABLE TO BE **********FAIR**********! When it’s OUR turn, then I want OUR FULL TURN, NOT a HALF WAY TURN. Don’t think it’s right to give someone a HALF-WAY turn, because it’s MORALLY NOT and YOU KNOW IT! I am NOT talking about food that needs cooking or a mixed drink from the bar, I am talking about soft drinks or a request for the check or just simply going to put in an order into the computer. Things that are 100% in the SERVER’S CONTROL ONLY is what I am talking about.

Anyone
“I can see a coupon, but not a gift certificate that someone already paid for.”

I COMPLETELY AGREE. A gift card is truly like paying with a credit card or cash. It’s NOT a “DISCOUNT.”

Recovering Straight Girl

“It happens all of the time, because customers see the amount left and only tip on that amount, instead of what it was before the gift certificate was applied.”

I think that’s ashame, because I feel a gift card is NOT a discount. The server still served me that food and drinks, so they DO DESERVE a tip for that unless the service was really bad.

If someone is paying with a gift-certificate, it’s the same as paying with cash, unfortunately what happens a LOT of the time is this scenario…

Your bill is 100.00.
You have $50.00 in Gift Certificates and the remaining amount you put on your credit card, ($50.00.)
Your server brings you your credit card receipt and you tip on the balance, which is $50.00, instead of the amount of the check, which was $100.00.

It happens all of the time, because customers see the amount left and only tip on that amount, instead of what it was before the gift certificate was applied.

This also happens occasionally when a large party splits the check and say, gives you some cash and the rest on a card. Same thing.

Anyway, I just wanted ask RSG if you really think that a tip should be before a gift certificate? That’s a bit much. I can see a coupon, but not a gift certificate that someone already paid for.

Btw… I’m the one that used to be called Sapphire. You knew me when….

I had to just laugh at her rantings about the server who had the audacity – the impertinence, the lack of common sense! – to actually bring dirty dishes back to the kitchen on her way to placing the princess’ order! As Echo wrote – it’s called multi-tasking – or in other words – being efficient. Duh.

Let’s see how fast your food gets out to you – or you get seated, or get your drinks – if that same server has to make twice (or more) as many trips to do the same amount of work. It’ll be a hell of a lot longer than 2-3 minute (!) delay you’re bitching about. What a blithering idiot.