Would you tip?

[Texas Stalker]

Nope. I'd have left. Tips are based on performance.

[stickerpatch59]

$5 is a 50% tip. Why give someone a 50% tip when they did a lackluster job. Why reward someone for crappy work? I would have given the waiter $1 in this case. That sends him a message. Better work, better service= better money.

i agree with you, but i think that there is a lot of lobster vs tacos thinking going on here. jmo

[stickerpatch59]

Entitlement mentality. It seems I encounter it more than I used to as of late.

Poor service equals poor tip.

To busy to attend to my table means I am to busy to crack my wallet for you.

[BTLowry]

All of you who would pay a $5 tip on a $10 tab and **** poor service send me a PM for my address and send me $5 just because.

I am all for tipping and would even give a $5 tip but not for crappy waiting.

Apparently some of you have the mentality that if you should tip based on the amount in your wallet, not the bill total and level of service. Just because I pay with $100 bill does not mean I have an endless supply or even another

Personally I would have left without tipping if the waiter brought back 2 fives unless I had a dollar or 2 in my pocket

[txfireguy2003]

I think it's funny how some folks talk the talk about firing folks who don't work, paying employees based on what they are worth to the company, work hard, do good work, get paid well etc, then turn around and tell a guy who got bad service they would have tipped the waiter even though the service sucked.

[txfireguy2003]

Oops, double post.

[HoneyBee]

Went to lunch today. Food was good, service was mediocre. What I mean by that was, waiter took my order...someone else brought it out. Waiter never checks if everything was to my satisfaction.. A little bit later I run out of tea and tortillas. Seven min later, I get refill and tortillas. I finish and I wait forever to get check. I pay with $100 bill. Check total was $10.00. He finally brings back (4) $20 and (2) $5. I don't have any other bills. I'm not leaving a $5 tip on a $10 check (50% gratuity), especially for poor service.

Would you ask waiter to break the $5 or leave without tip?

BTW restaurant was not busy.

I just realized your location says College Station!! Was it Casa Rod in Bryan? When I get bad service there I tell George or Mrs B and they have always told me to please not feel obligated to leave a tip and they will talk to the waiter.

[sharkhunter]

No tip! He knew you didn't have ones that's why he brought you two 5's. If he would have put that much thought into "customer service" we would not be talking about it now.

Very manipulative thing for him to do. All goes back to the modern way of thinking we see today. Everybody wants something for nothing.

[JP135]

Entitlement mentality.

The passive entitlement mentality is the part that annoys me. It's like the waiter gave himself a tip knowing it would be awkward for the OP to ask for change. That's heading into no-tip territory for me.

[Bow-TechAggie]

I just realized your location says College Station!! Was it Casa Rod in Bryan? When I get bad service there I tell George or Mrs B and they have always told me to please not feel obligated to leave a tip and they will talk to the waiter.

I won't name the place, because it had nothing to do with establishment. I will say it wasn't Casa Rod, since so many are asking.

[kikn]

Only tip you should have left is a written tip..."find a new job that your good at or die hungry"

[Aggie_bowtech]

I always tip well because I saw Dave Ramsey live and he put a new spin on it for me. It's a psychological thing and I always tip well if they are trying.

[TX CHICKEN]

Being a restaurant manager I feel if the service is bad enough not to tip then I should speak to a manager before leaving-I usually tip but just won't return unless the food is really good

[westtexducks]

Wouldn't have been a tip from me. If he had brought back some ones I would have left a one just for working, but I am not going to go out of my way to break the 5 for mediocre service. If it had been outstanding service would have left the 5.

[Aggie_bowtech]

Bringing back fives does not mean the waiter expected a five. That is what happens when you assume....

The waiter could have been equally frustrated because you paid a $10 tab with a $100....most places don't carry that much cash. I bought a can of dip and a drink at a gas station last week and paid with a $50 and it was only $6. The guy at the gas station looked at me like I was crazy because no places carry that much cash anymore. It's just a sign of the times I guess.

At least he is working. I definitely see both sides here. Anyhow, you can tip as small or large as you want!