Oh hey cool, I thought I'd banned you last week. Thanks for reminding me that I'd forgotten! Read more
C.A. Pinkham
Ubertrout
There are so many different perspectives on this subject that I'm honestly not sure what the right answer is. I always leave something, but the % tends to vary based on whether it's a place I frequent. I don't have a right answer here because there's no hard and fast rule. Read more
A co-worker did this with a table that left $5 on a $130. He actually ripped up the $5 in front of them. He was a little bit crazy. Great server, but man, dude had some temper issues. Read more
It depends on how you phrase it. If a customer wants to be a huge douche, they can get your manager involved and accuse you of trying to shame them for a shitty tip (which is exactly what you're doing, even if you're not couching it in those terms). That's a firing offense at most places. Read more
Never, ever, EVER come to America. Read more
Based on the number of commenters who are ABSOLUTELY APPALLED that any server would mess with a person's food for ANY reason, that is ASSAULT and it is NEVER JUSTIFIED and LOTS OF OTHER WORDS IN CAPITAL LETTERS and other HORSESHIT, I'm going to assume a lot of people think no one would ever do this. Lol. OK. Read more
Christ, I get haircuts like once a year and even I fucking know you're supposed to tip them. Read more
Confront him. Friends don't let friends be shitty tippers, and persistently shitty tippers are not worthy of being friends with. Read more
So don't read them. Read more
Dave Barry once wrote "someone who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person." Read more
I feel like this story is going to be underrated, which is a shame, because it's so good. Read more
Yeah, I really should add "gay European couple," since that was what it intended. Read more
My dad, who is himself a retail store manager (optician), is so fanatically pro-worker that not only has he tipped the full 20% even after a server spilled a pitcher of water on him, but he has — multiple times — waged private crusades against terrible restaurant managers on behalf of servers. Read more
Why haven't you e-mailed this to me before?! Read more
It is so bad. So, so, SO bad. And I'm not just saying that as a fuck you to Baltimore (although it's a nice fuck you to Baltimore, so that's fun too). Read more
I think my exact reaction to this was "Beck is still a thing?" Read more
Every time Pitbull comes up in Slack, I wonder whether I will ever love anything the way you love Pitbull. Read more
I mean, I had reservations from the start — not because of the vegetarian aspect, but because of the whole "potluck" idea. Honestly, I think that's tacky as hell unless you know for a fact your guests are good cooks. But it would still be passable if not for the fact that the happy couple apparently knew like three… Read more
My mother lives in England, my stepfather is British. I've had what you would refer to as "good" tea. Read more
Once in a while that happens. It's never on the stuff you expect, though. Read more