Dear bar staff
When the change from my drink should be all notes, don't substitute one of them for coins and place these in front of me on a dish in a not-so-subtle hint that I should leave some behind as a tip.
Especially don't do this when (a) there are no other customers at the bar and you have nothing else to do but serve me and (b) it's my first purchase of the day and I haven't had the chance to be grateful for anything.
Whatever you do, don't compound your error by deliberately ignoring me when I return to the (once again uncrowded) bar, forcing one of your colleagues from the adjacent section to take my order.
Call me mad, but in a country where tipping is optional, I prefer to leave a gratuity only after I've established whether the product and/or service is any good. Earn your tip, don't just expect it!
[End of whinge.]
posted by Addster @ 11:56 PM
1 Comments:
Good points. The incident that triggered my post was a work lunch, so we weren't staying *that* long. However, I probably would have tipped the guy five bucks on the last round if he hadn't been so presumptuous and then rude. As it was, I left after pub grub and two drinks to run an errand.
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