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Originally posted by dave
I think I've only ever tipped under 15% once, and that was when I was livid with our waitress. She was by the table to take our order, bring our drinks, bring the food and then pick up the check. I asked for stuff that I didn't get and I really didn't have an opportunity to ask for it again.
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Originally posted by SteveDallas
The one time I left a 5% tip was at Olive Garden. We were there for my wife's birthday and the amount of time it took to get takeout boxes and pay the bill was shocking---almost 45 minutes. In retrospect I should have complained to the manager. But I didn't feel like it, we just never went back.
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It's interesting to me how the very things we tip to avoid are the very problems that the practice of tipping itself causes. If that's not irony, I don't know what is.