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I think it should be mandatory for everyone to be a server once in their lives...then they might realize the importance of tipping to servers.
I swear, sometimes I don't think people know that servers only get around 2.13 an hour, and that they are counting on tips to make up the rest of the difference to get minimum wage.
The other thing is: if you are getting bad service, tell your server!!! I've had one table tell me that they weren't happy with the service I was giving them (which was the same as I was giving everyone else I though), and the NICELY said that they weren't happy...let me tell you I up my effort on everything for that table and in the end they thanked me and gave me a nice 19% tip. As long as you are nice about it, and aren't making demands that can't be met, I don't know of any server who isnt' going to change what they can to make you happy.
Finally, I can't believe that people haggle over a couple dollars. I have one friend who is like that and I simply won't go any where with him that might require us to split the check b/c of the way he acts. All my other friends...it's such a non issue. We keep general idea of what is what over the course of several months and if one is way ahead than the other guy will buy his dinner and everything will be settled...In the grand scheme of things it just doens't make sense to haggle over a couple bucks unless you simply don't have the money.
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