Could’ve been worse
Wil and I went to a restaurant tonight that I have been going to since high school. I love East Village Grill and tell others to go. The last three times we’ve been, the service has sucked and the food has made us feel icky. Our waitress tonight brought us a pitcher of beer instead of a pint and wouldn’t take it back. A $10 difference and then when I said I might as well drink the beer since we’re paying for it, I asked her to take away the tea and take it off the bill. She did neither. She wasn’t rude but obviously stressed out. I wasn’t rude but obviously poor and I needed her to throw me a freakin bone. So I did something I said that I would never do, I docked the tip for the tea leaving her only 8%. Now, I know that she is a working girl and I have been a waitress and it ain’t easy but I felt like she did me wrong. Those things were within her power to fix.
So on the way home the guilt struck. Kharma is so going to get me for this…..I know. I even circled the tea on the bill and put a frownie face. I actually had to get my paint set out and make some angry sad art to make myself feel better. Was it justfied the dock in tip or am I just like mean old men who just don’t get the working peeps? Discuss.
February 1st, 2006 at 11:53 am
NOOOOOO! Not East Village Grill! Tell me the chicken strip salad is still good. Anyway, I think you were COMPLETELY in the right and should not feel guilty AT ALL. Yeah, waiting tables sucks — I’ve been there. But the fact is, if you choose to wait tables, you know that you need to provide good, or at least decent, service in order to get a good tip. Nobody wants to go out to dinner and be treated badly, which you were. If anything, you were bordering on too nice. Don’t worry about it for another second!
February 7th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Kharma’s not going to get you…it’s going to get the crappy waitress…i wouldn’t feel guilty at all…if the service is bad, the tip should be bad…and yes, this is coming from a former waitress…tip is at the consumer’s discretion…if she can’t justifiably give you a reason for not taking the tea or beer off the bill, or even offer to get a manager, then dock it…ps..i love you
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