It's the offseason. Might as well have another good discussion on tipping.
Family says restaurant locked them inside over tip refusal | News - Home
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It's the offseason. Might as well have another good discussion on tipping.
Family says restaurant locked them inside over tip refusal | News - Home
Be interested to know what the legalities of not paying the automatic gratuity portion of a check would be.
If it's stated, you gotta pay it. But it's still stupid to auto-add it.
Legally? I never really thought about it I guess.Quote:
If it's stated, you gotta pay it.
Automatic gratuity for a party of 5 is ridiculous in and of itself, I could see a large party, say 8 or 9 people maybe.
agreed. The fact that it's become customary is the bad part. I wonder what would happen if a store like HyVee posted a sign outside that said "15% gratuity added for all purchases of greater than $100." How long would that last?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1
It's illegal to not pay the $9.99 for the burger, just like if it says you have to pay the 17% and you don't. It's part of the bill, part of what you are buying.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3TrueFans
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In the end, the family ended up paying the 17 percent gratuity because they wanted to avoid any further problems.
buncha *******
Yup, exactly. But it does go both ways. Regulars at bars sometimes think they can leave tabs and pay next time they come in. Can you do that at HyVee? So it's a headache going the other way, too. And then they fail to tip when they come back and pay most of the time. Annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Janny
I work at a restaurant where there's no automatic gratuity. 15% on over $100 would be nice. I hate the feeling of busting my *** (flawless service) for a large amount of people only to be left with nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Janny
True.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1
A good manager will bend over backwards and remove the tip.
8 out of 10 people who have bad restaurant experiences correct immediately will come back.
A person is likely to tell 7 people about a bad experience at a restaurant.
You can't force someone to pay a gratuity. I'm sure that's exactly what it's called in that restaurant's policy, too. Call it a surcharge and you can make it mandatory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1
But if they call it a gratuity, you don't have to pay it.
I don't care what you call it, it doesn't matter. If it states it will be added and that you have to pay it, you can call it whatever you want - but you are gonna have to pay it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyFan61
I always tell 10.5 people about a bad experience. See, we Amish do everything half again as hard as you do.Quote:
Originally Posted by mj4cy
7 people? That's for Quakers.
That's not necessarily true. I had a friend that paid cash on a check once that had gratuity added. His check was like $23 something and he gave the waiter $22 just to mess with him. The waiter saw it, but didn't do anything about it. He was kind of ******, but didn't say anything to my friend about not paying to whole bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1
(yes, he made good on the bill before anyone goes off on my friend.)