[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Aces4

Tipping is ridiculous. Pay an hourly rate that is commensurate to the work involved and knock off the tipping cr*p. We seldom go out to a restaurant anymore, food at home is so much better and healthy. We know how it's been handled and since food is for sustenance and nothing more, it works for us. We highly recommend this method for others and maybe restaurants will realign their employment compensation to a reasonable resolution. When a physical therapist works part-time in a restaurant vs fulltime at their degreed education for even better money, something is askew.

After having enough subpar meals being served through the years, we never send food back for the spitters, we just leave it on the plate. Don't bother adjusting our bill for the poor food, we won't be back.

One of the tipping points for our decisions was calling in an order for a 14" pizza for over $20/ from a restaurant. We waited on hold for a couple of minutes to place the order, drove to pick up the pizza, waited in a hallway for the pizza, drove back home with the pizza where we had set up our own utensils, beverages, napkins and plates and cleaning up afterward, disposing of the cardboard box. The real kicker was the tip container on the counter where we paid for the pizza. Really? We're done with them. We can make a much better pizza for half that cost and we don't have to leave the house. Easy peasy.

If we are served at a table we tip, if the food is handed to us in a box or bag we do not.