Timeline for How should I tip if the food is good but the service from the waiter/waitress is terrible in the USA?
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| May 21, 2015 at 15:18 | comment | added | Gusdor | If a consumer does not want to leave a tip, is there an option to go to the kitchen and get the food myself? No? Tipping is apparently a mandatory tax on walking through the door. | |
| May 21, 2015 at 11:56 | comment | added | Jose Luis | @JeremyNottingham You can also consume something in the internet and then return it for a full refund. If returned in 14 days or less. So yes there are other businessses where you can consume and not pay because you are not satisfied. | |
| May 21, 2015 at 0:36 | comment | added | Daniel F | @JeremyNottingham "I don't think x is that good, so I will pirate it". | |
| May 20, 2015 at 12:32 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | @DanielF Which particular part of the Internet? | |
| May 20, 2015 at 0:53 | comment | added | Daniel F | @JeremyNottingham The internet? | |
| May 19, 2015 at 20:47 | comment | added | Jeremy Nottingham | I'm not disagreeing with you philosophically, but pragmatically. In my experience in restaurants, bad tipping is thought to be a personality defect, and not generally a legitimate "message". A common opinion is that a diner leaves a penny on the table as a personal insult to the server. As with anyone else, personal insults are rarely constructive. But aside from all that, is there any other business where you can consume the product (service), and then decide not to pay for it? | |
| May 19, 2015 at 20:05 | comment | added | Brad | @JeremyNottingham Is the waiter supposed to remember all the people they have served and account for their lack of presence over the course of the next few months? That seems very difficult. Not going back because of bad food is ok but bad service...no one will ever know. | |
| May 19, 2015 at 13:30 | comment | added | Tuan Anh Hoang-Vu | @JeremyNottingham I think restaurants provide food and servers provide service. Like cdkMoose said, food price is in the menu and service is in the tip. Waiters/waitresses should provide at least adequate service in order to receive reasonable tip. | |
| May 19, 2015 at 13:29 | comment | added | Nobilis | @JeremyNottingham You don't believe that a waiter who provides terrible service won't be incentivised to improve after receiving a string of poor tips? | |
| May 19, 2015 at 12:37 | comment | added | Jeremy Nottingham | Just like any other business, if they don't provide the service you want, don't go there. The idea that you can change the way a business operates by withholding income from one of the employees is misguided. | |
| May 19, 2015 at 10:13 | comment | added | Nobilis | @JeremyNottingham How should an unhappy customer then express their disapproval of the service they received? | |
| May 19, 2015 at 6:14 | comment | added | March Ho | @JeremyNottingham I may have misunderstood this, not having lived in the US, but I completely fail to see how a low tip is not constructive, if used in combination with a complaint to the manager. A waiter who gets consistently low tips and many complaints will either have to improve or get fired/quit due to low income. | |
| May 18, 2015 at 18:37 | comment | added | Jeremy Nottingham | Tipping with a penny or a nickel is not constructive to improve service quality. Talking to the manager may get you a free meal, which is usually what a low-tipper really wants. | |
| May 18, 2015 at 18:18 | comment | added | UnhandledExcepSean | @JeremyNottingham Talking to the manager and/or emailing them feedback is not constructive to improve the service quality of a server? It's not my job to make them better at serving others. | |
| May 18, 2015 at 18:12 | comment | added | Jeremy Nottingham | This does not improve service for you or for anyone else. It's the equivalent of throwing a tantrum, and has just as much effect. | |
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| May 18, 2015 at 15:06 | history | answered | UnhandledExcepSean | CC BY-SA 3.0 |