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LonePirate

(13,804 posts) Fri Jul 5, 2024, 10:17 PM Jul 5

Do you still tip your restaurant server even if the service was atrocious? [View all]

If you're dining out at a sit-down restaurant where you are given a menu at your seat and the server takes your order but the service during meal is atrocious, do you still leave your normal tip for the server? I'm not talking about a place where you stand in line to order and then take a seat to eat. I'm talking about your standard, full-service restaurant and truly awful table service - not something minor (like delivering a regular soda if you asked for diet) or something out of the server's control (like food quality).

I suspect most DUers will give the server the benefit of a doubt and still leave a tip. I'm just not sure how high that percentage is. Also, is there a point where the service is so bad that you would not leave a tip?

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	Yes, I will still leave a tip even if the service is horrible.
	20 (53%)
	No, I will not leave a tip for unacceptable service.
	4 (11%)
	Maybe/It depends on the circumstances or restaurant or server.
	14 (37%)
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Do you still tip your restaurant server even if the service was atrocious? [View all] LonePirate Jul 5 OP

i truly can not recall... ret5hd Jul 5 #1

well i guess it begs the question what exactly is "unacceptable" service. unblock Jul 5 #2

by atrocious do you mean fucked up or maybe they were having a bad day Skittles Jul 5 #3

There are times when I'm not MichMan Jul 5 #4

I would never not tip. But when I get the woman dining alone treatment... LisaM Jul 12 #16

I've been a server. The Wandering Harper Jul 5 #5

It's also ridiculously underpaid. soldierant Jul 6 #11

yep. And thank you for doing that. The Wandering Harper Jul 6 #14

It really depends. I have had some bad experiences. However, there was one time I gave a full tip ... Hekate Jul 5 #6

Everyone has a bad day no and then TexasBushwhacker Jul 6 #7

I've only not tipped once, that I can remember. LudwigPastorius Jul 6 #8

Sounds like my short waitressing stint. Was it in Chicago? kerry-is-my-prez Jul 12 #19

Not Chicago. LudwigPastorius Jul 13 #20

I have never had service so terrible that I would not leave a tip. Fla Dem Jul 6 #9

Unless the server is a flat out asshole, Elessar Zappa Jul 6 #10

yes but I bitch about it as well n/t Utley Jul 6 #12

Probably ProfessorGAC Jul 6 #13

If I go back to the same place (With the same person), I don't want any revenge. chouchou Jul 6 #15

Tipping is very uncommon here (Sweden). A service charge is often added anyway, and the servers make a living wage. Celerity Jul 12 #17

no, AllaN01Bear Jul 12 #18

I will still tip, but it will be less than usual. nt Laffy Kat Jul 13 #21