Houston Seafood Restaurant Locks Black Family In The Building and Calls The Cops For Not Paying 17% Gratuity
I’m unbelievably torn here. On the one hand I worked as a bus boy/host/server for most of my young life so I understand the hardships of being in food service and having to deal with people who don’t tip. On the other hand I find it ridiculous that these people should be forced to pay 17% extra if the service was shitty not worthy of a tip. And on the third hand I’m a black guy. Lot’s to consider here.
Personally, I’m a strict double-the-first-number guy. If the bill comes to $71, we’re leaving at least $14. It’s good manners and good karma. But the MAIN reason I double the first number or give even more is because of the stereotype that black people don’t tip. I’ve personally been the victim of shitty service on occasion — I believe — because I’m black and the server assumes I’m only gonna leave $2 anyway. Which is bullshit. So now I’m stuck tipping racists more than they deserve just to maybe make them doubt themselves next time they slack on a negro couple. Totally depressing.
So yeah, maybe these people are liars and the service was fine and they just didn’t want to be forced to pay 17% gratuity. But you can’t assume that. They could have just received bad service and got caught up on some black-people-don’t-tip self-fulfilling prophecy shit.
Locking people in the building and calling the cops over 17% on 2-star seafood? Houston you have a problem.
via Arbroath
Note to all SERVERS, want a tip from me, follow these rules, and you will get a 20% tip.
1. Once seated, show up within a decent time frame and make sure we immediately have menus.
2. I am not your brah, and we don’t care about your kids, or anything. I didn’t come to chit chat with you
3. When you see dirty plates stacked on my table, just sweep in and remove them
4. Don’t complain to us about your job, how tired you are, or whatever. I didn’t come here to talk to you.
5. Refill our drinks when you see them empty. I will make it easy, I will put empty drinks (and also empty) and edge of table for your to easily remove them
6. Bring out all of food at once. It’s very annoying to sit there and have half the table eating and the other half waiting 15 minutes. We went out to eat together
7. Stop trying to fuck each other in front of us. Yeah, I know lots of waiter and waitresses have this whole social scene going on in the back kitchen. Turn off your dick for one minute dude, and stop trying to fuck the cute waitress until after you left our table.
8. Don’t fuck up my order. Chances are pretty good, the kitchen didn’t fuck it up, the waiter did.
Tips are earned, not a given. I will gladly tip 20% or so if you just shut the fuck up and serve us correctly.
tornopen sounds like a fucking douchebag for writing all that nonsense. If I was a server I’d spit in your food.
Mo I guess you’ve never had a bill that was 3 digits, which sounds about right you scrub.
A lot of rules over there just for the waitress. I have an idea if you don’t want terrible service don’t eat at fucking chili’s every night
i’d fuck jasmine marks
youre like a deep beige, not black
this restaurant is bullshit,Noone can force you to pay a tip, dick/racist move. p.s. i am in the kkk
LMFAO MO so fucking true, i do the same thing, hahha, FML haha, tipping racist
@tornopen, solid job on point #5, proofread much?
Rules for all restaurant customers:
1. If you can’t afford to tip properly, you can’t afford to eat out. Period.
2. 15% is the absolute MINIMUM you ever give on a tip. 15% is what you give when the service is subpar. 20% = average service. 25-30% for great service. Stop being cheap, these poor bastards make like $2.50/hr from the restaurant. Unless you get in a near-fistfight with your server, suck it the fuck up and leave at least 15%, you’ll live. Only assholes go into restaurants and judge their server and tip on performance. Also, the quality of the restaurant will most likely dictate the quality of service…deal with it.
3. (in response to tornopen’s #2 and #4) When your server tries to make small-talk, just politely engage them. Don’t worry, they don’t want to talk to you either. In fact, they’re most likely ridiculing you about something with their co-workers as soon as they get back in the kitchen. The friendly routine is just an act. Time is money for a server, they want you in and out as quickly as reasonably possible. As much of a loser as you think your server is, they probably think you’re twice that. Get over yourself if you think you’re that cool that they have any desire to conversate with you.
4.When the server shows up and says, “Hey, guys, how you doing tonight? I’m _____ and i’ll be taking care of you.”, RESPOND WITH WORDS, NOT BORDERLINE-RETARDED STARES. Blows my mind how many times i’ve seen my servers walk up to tables and introduce themselves only to be met by mind-blowing social ineptitude. This is a regular person who’s just at work. It’s no different than your job. Do you want people to come into your office to talk mutual funds and blankly stare at you when you introduce yourself?
5. When you’ve paid your bill, LEAVE. You want to chill at the table? Cool….buy another round of drinks. The second you stop paying money is the second you start taking up a table that the server and the restaurant could be making money on. You need 5-10 minutes to wind down and get your shit together? No problem. But hanging out for an hour after your check has been presented is nothing short of douchebaggery.
6. Stop coming in before you have some event to be at and being like “Hi, we have half an hour before this concert starts, so we need to hurry.” Uhhhh, do you think you’re the only people in the world? If it’s 7:00 on a Friday night, it ain’t happening. Allow yourself 1 1/2 to 2 hours on busy nights, and at least an hour on slow nights. They’re not magicians. Well-done steaks take 20 minutes to cook, there’s nothing you can do about it. Plus, the grill has 30 people’s orders in front of yours. Also, consider that a grill has a finite amount of space to work with. If it’s all full with burgers and chicken breasts, your steak can’t even be started yet.
7. This is a big one: IF YOUR FOOD ISN’T COOKED RIGHT, DON’T BLAME THE SERVER. Kitchens fuck up, it happens daily. It’s not the end of the world. But recognize that the waiter had nothing to do with it. If your burger is overcooked, don’t give them an attitude, and don’t lessen their tip. Just let them know, and they’ll get it fixed. Shit happens.
8. Asking to have meals comped is the cheapest shit i’ve ever seen in my life. If you don’t like your food, then just don’t go to that restaurant again. You’re paying someone to make food for you and bring it to your table. Obviously it’s in the restaurant’s best interest to make good food and have good service. But in the event that something goes wrong, with only a few exceptions, you have to pay for that food regardless. If it takes three times to get your order right, obviously you’ll be taken care of, you won’t even have to ask. But “i didn’t like my ______” is NOT grounds for a free meal, especially if you eat the majority of it. If you don’t like it, tell the server, order something else, and you won’t be charged for the original meal. But there’s no one in the world that i’m more embarrassed for than people that demand to have stuff taken off the bill.
there’s probably more than that, but that’s a lot of shit i’ve wanted to teach the world for a while, so i was glad tornopen paved the way to write that.
bottom-line: it’s a shitty job, most people treat you like an asshole, and it’s not great money. life sucks enough for them. banging that cute waitress is one of the few perks they have, so just let them live. expecting a near-perfect restaurant experience is unrealistic. just way too many variables. you might fuck up your order, the server might fuck up your order, the kitchen might fuck up your order….that’s life. if you can’t handle it, cook at home.
Tornopen, I hope you die from food posioning.
II love this “it’s a stereotype” shit. I’ve worked in the service industry for 20 years so I think i have a plenty good applicant pool to draw from here. Black people are the shittiest tippers on the planet bar none and that’s if you even get a tip. 20 years and 1000′s of people I don’t think qualify as a stereotype, eventually it’s called a fact.
Honestly, I think the whole black people not tipping thing is mostly black WOMEN not tipping. When it’s a table of brothers watching the game and boozing it up, they’re usually overly generous. But you throw a couple sisters in the mix and holy shit are you in for a long night. Never enough liquor in the drink, “That’s not what I ordered”- Yes it is- “Well I didn’t know it had fish in it”, “Damn, y’all charge a lot for Courvoisier!”, “What do you mean you don’t have that new shitty vodka that tastes like marshmallows?”, and god forbid anyone spills a drink within a mile of their table because they’ll be asking for straight cash to handle the cleaning bill. Lots of people don’t tip. Rednecks, Indians, Asians, Italians, none of ‘em are known for tipping. But a table of black women will run you fucking ragged before leaving you $2 on $225.
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@The_Dro_Man…You were making valid points for ‘customer etiquette’ even if it was much too long (nice point jacksc) right up until the comment you made about “teaching the world” these rules. People do realize that this whole tipping conversation is primarily a United States issue. Unless you are at a finer restaurant in the US, the service is rarely worthy of a 20% tip. Yet that is what we leave because it is customary.
Dining out in Europe or Asia and tipping is not customary or expected. Yet the service in all restaurants in these countries is far superior to most US restaurants. Why? Because other countries don’t pay their servers $2.50/hr. Those servers take pride in their work and actually care that you have a pleasant meal. (maybe because they want you to come back)
I’m not sure how we got into the whole tipping thing but don’t think that your ‘rules’ apply to the rest of the world