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In reply to the discussion: Chelsea Welch-Fired Applebee's Waitress- Heroic "Statement On Behalf Of Wait Staff Everywhere' [View all]elias7
(4,080 posts)I don't know what the average tip at Appleby's is, nor do I know what quality of service was provided by that server on that day. It just seems to me that people have really been highly judgmental without having a ton of information in this case.
Like I said, I tip 30%.... to reward good service and to give incentive to those who provide poor or average service. I figure that that kind of tip can really make a server's day, so I do it.
But, in the end, it is a reward and should be earned, not expected.
I grant you that incentive to do a good job is not necessarily connected to the promise of reward. I certainly don't work that way, and I imagine most people don't either. It doesn't take a paycheck to have pride in your work.
But we don't know what the pastor's experience of her service was that day, and Appleby's is not high end, so an included 18% tip may have come as a surprise to someone on a limited budget. It may have been that the pastor didn't feel that high a gratuity was justified (she did pay it, though). I strongly believe she had a right to complain without having her identity revealed to the public, however.
Chelsea needs to own that error. In my world, breaching patient privacy may constitute a HIIPA violation, as is a punishable offense.
Meanwhile, automatic 18% gratuities piss me off, because then I have to calculate an additional 12% and somehow add that to a bill where the gratuity has already been filled in.
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