Servers who can't handle the basics (taking order, prompt food service and drink refills, secondary services) shouldn't be a candidate to work at the higher end restaurants.
This is the core of my point. Giving high tips to bad servers sends the wrong feedback. The amount of your tip communicates how well you think they performed those basics, in addition to any additional services. If you give a shitty server a 20% tip, why would they have any incentive to stop being a shitty server?
Not saying you should tip on your $30 bill as they would have on there $50 or $100
I tip exactly the same on either of those bills. On a salad or a steak, I am going to give the same tip for the same quality and level of service.
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Date: 2010-08-16 07:44 pm (UTC)This is the core of my point. Giving high tips to bad servers sends the wrong feedback. The amount of your tip communicates how well you think they performed those basics, in addition to any additional services. If you give a shitty server a 20% tip, why would they have any incentive to stop being a shitty server?
I tip exactly the same on either of those bills. On a salad or a steak, I am going to give the same tip for the same quality and level of service.