Why don't black people tip?

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

It's your responsibility to find out the restaurant's policy. Ignorance of those policies is no excuse. It's written right there on the menu or at the front counter. "An 18% gratuity is automatically added to parties of X or more people." You don't like that policy, you don't have to eat there.

Yes. Yes it is. The problem is that they refer to it as a 'gratuity', not a 'surcharge.'

cf. the definition for gratuity, above.

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Well that didn't seem to work in this case did it? They got arrested.

Had they only been a party of 5, they wouldn't have to pay an automatic gratuity. But they weren't.

Now, will the charge be held up in court? Doubt it.

Have any of you guys waited tables? One of the hardest jobs of my life, actually. You ever get the large table that gips you because 2-3 of the people in the party think they won't be noticed if they don't tip? Classic "I can hide if I'm in a group" mentality. That's what those rules are designed to protect against.

If you don't want to pay the automatic gratuity, why not speak with the manager? Why not tell him exactly what happened, or do you not have the balls? In the vast majority of cases they will do something for you.......Probably even comp your next meal. You'll never know unless you try.

I find your post derogatory toward Gypsies.

Simple: Ask for separate cheques, like I do. Then the server knows who is ripping him off.