Restaurant manager responds to jerk church who left fake tip

[haele]

64. The tip was 8 percent. 80 cents per $10 on the bill.

While there was a tip, it is a little solace to the waitress who probably spent a good 15 - 20 minutes on the table. That 8% instead of the normal 15% - 25% tip can add up to a $5 to $10 loss on her income for that hour, depending on how large the bill was.
That's why some restaurants have gone to a set wage/no tip business, too many "dine and dash" or "tip by rounding up the bill to the nearest five dollar increment" types that end up costing the wait staff money due to the way taxes on tipped salaries are figured.

My father in law had a bad habit of doing the "round up" if the service was average when he was buying. At least he would slide the rounding up as the bill went up, but still - he would only round up to the nearest $10 for under $50 (i.e, a $42 bill would be $50 with tip, $46 would be $55), and up to $20 ($71 would be $90, $77 would be $95)for under $100 unless he felt the wait staff was paying "sufficient" (jump when he looks up) attention to him.

Me, I always start at 20% at "average" (get the order correct) service and basic attention, even if they do stand and joke with their co-workers a good amount of the time. If I can't afford it, I set a limit to my purchase.

Ugh, some of the comments were horrible. As if working as wait staff is supposed to be easy money - no harder than serving dinner at home. All you have to do is get hired on to a high-end restaurant with only a few tables, flirt outrageously at the high roller's table and close up an easy 6 hour shift with $200 to $500 in tip money all under the table ...

Haele