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Old 03-21-2017, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
One of my all time pet peeves about restaurants is the person at the entrance with a clipboard who immediately wants to "show you to your table". Why can't I sit where ever I want, and let the staff adjust? If some restaurants can do it, why can't others, especially when the restaurant is obviously not busy. Just one reason why I don't go to restaurants very often.
Some restaurants can do it because all the wait staff have to split the tips among themselves. Where each waiter/waitress gets to keep their own tips, it is only fair to distribute the customers among them.
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