Yep, I agree on the tipping part… Sometimes when we all go out to eat, I’ll feign that I forgot something back at the table, and throw a few more dollars in his pile for the tip (especially if it’s obvious, and the server was excellent).

He’s a good guy, and I believe it has something to do with the way he was raised (most like his Dad taught him this…) He’s my senior by more than 10 years, so I can’t really school him about it. Perhaps I’ll say something to his daughter (maybe she’s done this already, I noticed he did tip more the last time we had dinner together).

Now, the no-tipping thing is a big no-no and here is why. I am assuming that by bad service the server was bad. First, if you are getting bad service you need to immediately ask for a manager to rectify the situation rather than suffer the entire meal in silence and seething anger. Usually, they will comp the entree, offer dessert, offer a coupon for the next visit and immediately replace your server.

Second, you always always always leave at least a 3% to 5% tip no matter how bad your server was because that is the percent garnished from the price of the meal to be shared with the hostess’ and bussers. If you leave nothing and the tab was $100 then you hust made the server pay the restaurant $3 to $5 to wait on you. Not cool at all.