Look, I understand it’s a tough world out there. I get it. I don’t make much money; hell, I probably make less than you. So why is it that you proceed to hound me (and every other customer) the second I walk up to the counter. You’re not funny. You’re not amusing anybody. You make people feel uncomfortable and awkward through what should be the very easy-going process of ordering a meal, and it makes it all the worse that you’re eye-fucking my wallet for a tip the entire time.
Three times I’ve been to your restaurant. The second time I went, you frustrated me so severely with your behaviour that I swore not to return. Oh, but wait, your restaurant opened up a second location. “Yay,” I thought, “I can go in peace not having to be concerned with your god-awful presence!” That was not the case. You were there, telling me some illogical story I didn’t even understand and throwing in your occasional encouragement to leave a tip. Fuck you. I just want to eat a fucking gourmet burger with out having to see your face, and now I can’t, because I refuse to have another conversation with you for the rest of my existence. I hate you. —A Guy Who Just Wants to Order his Burger in Peace
This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2013.
I went to one ‘gourmet’ burger place in central Hfx. last week, saw the $12+ menu (mostly in the $13-$17 range), turned heel and walked out. No cooked crumbly cow, even with fries, is worth that kind of coin.
So, OP, was this the owner or one of the simpering peons begging for your Queen Lizzies? No matter, I wouldn’t be able to resist saying: ‘Is there a reason why you keep eye-fucking my wallet?’ I love being a jaded old crone – you just call it as you see it then walk away.
Don’t need to tip at Mac D’s and get 3 for the price of one
I think the best course of action is to complain anonymously on a bitch board. Usually a quick way to get results to just about any problem.
As soon as a “Server” hints at wanting a tip, he or she will not get one from me.
what constitutes ‘begging for a tip’?
did he/she come right out and ask? suggest an amount? get down on bended knee with orphan pics?
maybe the server likes you. maybe he/she was looking at your bum, not your wallet.
I don’t think a server has ever begged me for a tip or pestered me for one, and I sure haven’t noticed anyone eye-fondling my purse. I must look poor.
“Stop Begging For Tips”
-sounds like an outreach program for sex-trade workers at a leper colony.
Ba-Dum-Bum. Tsshhhhh.
One of my jobs is tip oriented…as long as I get paid for my services, it wouldn’t matter about tips.. I think of tips as bonuses and a way for the customer to say “job well done”. I strive to give the best level of service and professionalism and have them leave with 100%satisfaction.
My hand is neither out or my expectation.
Its funny how you put server in brackets like its not a real job. kinda like the ‘RCMP’ am I right?
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/11…
But, the Mounties asked for a tip, a tip off maybe?
gourmet is a disgusting word. doesn’t really mean a thing anymore, except more money. kinda like the adjective ‘quality.’ in nova scotia, it reminds me of a fat politician stammering for his soundbite. we all put up with it, and don’t really know why. we accept. i’d like to slap anyone who writes about wanting to eat their gourmet burger in piece. but the waitstaff too . slaps all around. slap slap.
sort of like “executive residence” – terms are becoming irrelevant.
I had a dumb bitch of a sushi waitress as me how much of my change i wanted back. I said “well.. i believe all of it is customary…”
She said “Well just not sure what you plan to leave as a tip…..”
I said “after that? Nothing.” and left. I wrote a complaint to the restaurant and won’t go back if there were a gun to my head. Which is too bad. I liked it there a lot.
My other favourite? The tip cup at a once-booming-but-long-gone halifax coffee house. It sported a wonderfully racist little gem “Tipping is not a city in China.”
So one day i wrote a sign and put it beside the tip cup “Fuckoff is not a city in Thailand. What’s your point?”
And didn’t go back.
Ugh.. Sometimes i think i expect too much from people. I really do.. Maybe it’s my fault… i dunno…
and let me just add for the record that i tip generously under normal circumstances. I just don’t like to be treated as if gratuity is part of the bill. It IS in the USA often. And very much expected. And I find that preposterous.
If the service is good I tip above the norm, if it’s poor I either don’t tip or drastically drop the size of the tip. I also follow up with the Owner/Manager of the place in question just to let them know either my pleasure or displeasure, all done in a respectful manner, it helps the Owner/Manager and ultimately other customers.
Oh man, now I want to go to flingburger just for the experience.
FWIW, “gourmet” burgers tend to be nicer than the bunsen burgers you get at the franchised joints. Whether or not the price is right is up to debate.