Should you or do you tip even for shoddy service?

What do you do when service isn't up to your standards?

  • Leave the server a smaller tip

    Votes: 18 39.1%
  • Leave no tip

    Votes: 23 50.0%
  • Ask to speak to the manager about the quality of service

    Votes: 3 6.5%
  • Tip the appropriate percentage, even though the service was unsatisfactory

    Votes: 3 6.5%
  • I tip the same amount, no matter where I go

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Total voters
    46

Mr. Daystar

In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
I voted for leaving a smaller tip, but thats if the service was in fact the fault of the server. If it was beyond his/her control, I'll leave the proper percentage. Sometimes the server can't help whats going on...short staffed, over crowded, kitchen issues. If the service is good, I generally round up to the next even dollar amount, figure 20%, then add a couple of bucks. If it's stellar service, I round up and figure 25%. Pizza delivery, at least 2 bucks per delivery. I always get the same driver, from the same pizzeria. At a wedding, first *****, I stuff a $10 into the tip jar, make sure the bartender sees it, and go back to that bartender all night. At a bar, every couple of rounds I slip them something...keep the change, or a buck every other ****...a little something to keep the wait a little less longer then normal. It can really suck doing a job like that, people can be assholes. You gotta take care of the people that take care of you.
 
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