Customers that are rude to a server. If the service is bad, I do my talking with the tip. I always leave something, usually too much, but I've been known to leave a very small amount of loose change. Didn't want the server to think I'd forgotten to tip. However, there is absolutely no reason to berate the server and make everyone around you uncomfortable.
A lot of the complaints I've seen here are well beyond the control of the server. Servers put the orders in, the cook fixes the meal. If the main dish sits over a certain amount of time regardless if the customer is finished with their salad, the server is written up for leaving the food sitting. Some restaurants don't allow servers to bring pitchers of water out. And so on. Before chalking things up to bad service, look around and see if your server is hustling. If so, cut 'em some slack.
And I totally hate runners delivering the food. Think this is the worst practice ever devised but I blame the restaurants, not the servers.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
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