re: Here is yet another discussion on tips

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I hear you LALady...I was in Destin a week or two back and ate at LA Lagniappe. The waiter gave us horrible service. The worst I have had in years

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That's funny.. the one time I said I had horrible service in my life was in Destin.

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I'd be hot if I was your wife.

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Too bad his wife's not hot, this discussion would not be taking place.

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The waiter should never have a choice in adding the autograt. Selective application is inviting abuse like the kind you mentioned earlier where you add gratuity to tables that you don't think will tip well.

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It's actually the other way around. Waiters can add tip because of abuse. A lot of people find any reason possible to hold tip, and a lot of people have no idea how to tip, it's that simple. I'm not saying you are one and, I'm not saying your not, but I'm guessing, well, I'll keep that to myself...lol
Again, on tables of 8 or larger or split checks the waiter (in some restaurants) has the choice...please keep up. If you are a good tipper and the server adds 20% he is just covering his/her arse. Add extra if they deserve it. I do.
If they don't add tip and have the ability to, it should be viewed as a complement to you. They are betting on a heavy tip...

You're not very open to the other side are you Martini. Usually the sign of ignorance.
Alright you old red neck frick. Keep your money and your old arse wife and stay the frick home.
Bitch...

I'm not arguing that dumbass. Read the thread. You said you did it arbitrarily, to old ladies because you THOUGHT you might get stiffed. And my reply to that was you do it to me you will get your pleasant arse stiffed.

If it is restaurant policy I will comply.

As I stated earlier you can't read. And your lost argument comprehension skills are lacking as well.

What a moron.

No you read, I'm getting tired of you twisting shite.

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The policy at two of the fine dining restaurants I worked was 17.5 % on parties larger than eight or split checks. I as a waiter could apply that at any time I wanted. A table of 8 50+ year old ladies requesting separate checks, I would be stupid not to add tip. When Mr Manship came in, I wish I could have added17.5%. He requested me every Friday night and added10% every freaking time... He just didn't know any better, a lot like older women back in the day. A table of eight or 20 businessmen on the other hand, i would not add it. Its common sense. Fight the system, go ahead. My advice is stay home and cook for yourself. You sound like a restaurants nightmare bitching about how they always frick you at the drive through.

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Now I'm tired of arguing with you man. I've read some of your other post. You seem like a decent dude and we are on the same page with most topics.
Let's just agree to disagree here...

You neglected to copy and paste your very first post in this thread.

You jammed old ladies because you assumed they were going to jam you.

And you state that. I am just commenting on your post.

As I said, read.

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Alright you old red neck frick. Keep your money and your old arse wife and stay the frick home. Bitch...

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You are making the old red necks cringe because I'm not worthy to them.

It took me a lot more than 160 posts to prove how much of a dumbass I can be.

You just took the express lane.

Claims he was a waiter at Johnny's.

He says fine dining...

An autograt that isn't stated clearly on the menu or advised by the server is stealing in my opinion. I would scratch it out and put the total amount minus the autograt in final tally.

Tips are just that, tips. It's up the diner to decide whether to give one and how much unless the auto grat is plainly stated either in writing or by the server.

Whether you get good or bad tips is the risk of being a server. I'm a good tipper with good service and I said in another thread that I will supplement a tip when dining with someone else who is paying, if I think the tip is lame and the service warranted more, but not everyone is like me. Just the way it goes.

Had a really good server on Saturday night when I took two small people to a nice restaurant. The server might have assumed this wouldn't be a good table for him, but he was really terrific and we ordered way more than he expected as I was doing a bit of a fine dining etiquette night and having the girls taste some things. 9 year old ordered the smoked salmon app without any suggestion from me and ate nearly every bite of it. I tipped 35 % on the total amount of the bill, including tax. If I'd have gotten an autograt, I would have called the manager and raised a pretty big stink about it and the server would have been out of luck. As I said, I consider that to be stealing and I don't tolerate stealing.

I don't let much ruffle me when dining out, but stealing is an exception.