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Originally Posted by redwitch
As many of you know, my daughter is a server at Olive Garden. It seems that lately people have been leaving notes on checks rather than tipping (this started after OG started putting recommended tip amounts). Some of these comments have included, "Trevon Martin got no justice so you get no tip." "Thanks to Obama, I'm losing my Medicare so you get to lose your tip." "I only make 10% on my annuities so I'm not giving you 18%." and so on and so forth. I've never heard of such small-minded petty comments before.
I understand that some people don't believe in tipping and, I guess, that's up to them but to blame a server for the politics of a state or the general economy is just plain mean.
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From a practical perspective, this raises a question of just how prevalent this problem is. You included three examples of rather tacky customer comments in lieu of tips. Are there others? How many? Over what period of time? This thread is beginning to sound as if this is a problem of epidemic proportions. Is it possible that all this commentary is being spent on just a few isolated issues over a period of time? If that's the case we should not be condemning Darden for doing what many Restaurants have done for many years nor should we be assuming that the predominance of Restaurant patrons are cheap bas---ds who won't tip. Bottom line is that tipping should be proportionate to the level of service delivered and the manner in which it's being delivered. The alternative of course is to eliminate tipping, raise servers wages and add the additional cost to the price of meals. In this scenario, diners won't be able to brag about what generous tippers they are and will resort to condemnation of the establishment because their prices are to high.