I think people who diagree with this should go look up the definition for tip. How can a restaurant put that in their policy? I’d like to know what other people have to say concerning this couple being arrested for not leaving a tip. Lets hear others thoughts!

This whole situation might be different were the auto-grat not shown, but like most restaurants that add a party gratuity, it was.

Let me ask you something: Do you know how much servers are actually paid hourly? Before you answer, I’ll let you know that we don’t make the 7.25 hourly wage of other professions. Regardless of your beliefs on how we should be paid, we do in fact rely on those tips.

That’s part of the reason restaurants add the gratuity to larger groups. The other part has to do with making sure the server is properly compensated for the work done as large groups can be stressful and demanding – especially when that same server has other guests they’re serving at the same time.

One final thought – the service is NEVER as bad as it’s made out to be – the exaggeration happens due to anger at the smallest of issues. Suddenly, everything minor becomes a major ordeal, and the server is suddenly the worst person in the world, deserving of termination but never a tip for the work he/she did. Yes, there are servers who are “less than”, and I’m not defending them. I’m saying you need to take into account that sometimes large groups that have to possibly.. wait on something get a little pissy sometimes.