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Monday, October 27, 2008
More on Tipping
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A reader sent this to me over the weekend about my blog entry last Friday on tipping; I thought it more than appropriate — ashamed I didn’t think of it myself, and humbled to share it here. So, thanks Mary Jo, for sharing.
“I think the thing that surprised me most was that not one comment was made about contacting management to comment on exceptional service by a server. Unfortunately, I believe that servers and management only hear complaints. As a former educator, I found that parents were shocked when I would call them to share good news about their son or daughter’s academic progress or achievement. Students love to hear the good in their academic lives. My personal philosophy has been to report good news to management, not just complaints. I tell the employee I will do so, and then I do it. To me, it just seems the responsible thing to do. The employee, the manger and I all feel good about our interaction. I believe it encourages each of us to try harder in our daily lives to be more worthy of such experiences.”
And Jason, from Doraville, also asks: Do you tip based on the total of the entire bill, or do you tip MINUS the wine you ordered? What if the wine was very expensive?
The answer: You should tip based on the total amount of the bill, including wine, regardless of how expensive the bottle was. Servers are responsible for wine service as well as food service.
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