So tonight, I went out to eat with some friends and the waitress accidentally us for four sodasinstead of three. Other than that, the service was fine, but our friend's girlfriend is kind of bitchy and she didn't like the waitress, so she was already pushing for us to leave the waitress a bad tip and she also wanted to get out of there and go home, rather than explain to the waitress the bill was wrong. So we ended up leaving the waitress the correct tip, assuming she hadn't charged us for an extra drink. I had wanted to correct the bill with a pen so she'd understand what was up, but no one had one. So hopefully she figured it out. She probably didn't though. Oh well.

Black Zarak wrote:

Eh, you worry too much. She was kind of a crappy waitress after all.

The more I think about it, she kinda was. We did have to ASK for napkins and utensils after all. Her head wasn't in the game.

Oh yeah, being charged for 4 sodas when you had 4 people at the table is a mistake that should be corrected, but that alone isn't worth leaving a bad tip for. However, I was once charged, I shit you not, for "ice cream sundae a la mode". Like, they were 2 seperate line items. Ice cream sunday was like $3 or something, and then another $1.50 or whatever for a la mode. How do you fuck that up?[/quote]
Well, like I said, we had to ask for napkins and utensils too. Like, she's supposed to give us napkins and utensils when she first comes over and takes our drink orders. She didn't. When our food came out, we still didn't have them. When the server brought our food out, I had to wait two minutes for her to come back around before I could eat because I didn't have a fucking fork. I would have asked the server, but I didn't realize til after she left.

Also, they're doing that thing again where they give you a pepper to color in and you can donate $1, $5, or $10 to have them put it up on the wall and she didn't give us crayons to color them in with. If she had given us crayons, I could have corrected the bill before we left so she would have known she messed up.

Optimist With Doubts wrote:

Maybe her dog has broken legs and she is forced to work double shifts so she can pay for the operation. How do you feel now?

Well now I don't care; I'm a cat person.

And seriously, people who waste money on expensive pet operations are dumb. Instead of paying $5000 to get your dog some doggy chemo for his doggy cancer, you could take him out into the backyard, bash his head in with a shovel and bury him and no one would be the wiser. Then you could get a healthy new dog for a mere fraction of that $5000. It's called fiscal responsibility people. Learn it, love it, live it.

Well, we left a tip. And if we had been billed properly, it would have ended up being about 17%. But since they didn't want to stick around and dispute the extra 2.29, it ended up being about 11%. Do I feel guilty about leaving a crappy tip? Yes, very much so. But at the same time, it's not really my fault. I paid my fair share, and I wasn't about to pay more than my fair share just so I could sleep easier knowing I didn't dick over the waitress who overcharged us.

Tyop wrote:

I thought this thread would be about Syd feeling guilty for using condoms. I heard God gets quite irate about that.

Let the heathens spill theirs on the dusty ground. God will strike them down for each sperm that can't be found.