Waitress left 2 pennies and note by customer

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

37. Alright then, what would you tip in this situation...

Me and three women from work were at a popular Italian themed restaurant, it was after two in the afternoon and the place was empty. We were killing time before dropping two of them at the airport.

In the restaurant there were only two parties, ourselves, average age forty and a table with a bunch of obnoxious abercrombie frat shits. The three visible waitresses rarely left the douchebags side while we waited more than fifteen minutes just to have our drink orders taken and another twenty before our meal orders were taken. Watching the clock it was getting too close to comfort for making their flight. Eventually the food makes it way to us and is approaching room temperature, it had probably been sitting around for twenty minutes or more. The women poked at their warm pasta, but I asked that my pizza be reheated - I never see the pizza again.

Finally, we are out of time and have to go and I still have not eaten. The waitresses are still flirting with the fratbags. We are finally presented with a bill that includes the ethereal pizza. I ask if it can be packed up only to be informed it was thrown away and they forgot to get the kitchen to make another one. But offered a complimentary box of breadsticks for the road.

The women return from the washroom and report having seen our waitresses in there texting.

Pray tell, what was an appropriate tip for this level of service...

Of course had we not left completely enraged we probably would have left a much better tip than the douchebags they all but climbed under the table for.