Are you finding that your order is wrong?
Did things not come out the way that you expected?
Before you decide that you are going to lower the amount you're going to tip you should probably consider this....
It might not be the waiters fault.
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I had lunch today at a local Chinese restaurant.
I love Asian food.
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese.... I'm pretty much always up to go out and eat any of it.
Of course I used to love a lot more before my roommate became an Asian Cuisine Chef. Now that our house constantly smells like soy sauce and sesame oil, it is a little bit less appealing to go out and grab a plate of steaming fried shrimp marinated in chili garlic sauce.
Only a little bit less appealing though. I still love it.
Today I had lunch with an older friend that is not accustomed to spicy food. She just can't tolerate it.
After being seated at a nice booth in the back of the restaurant, she made sure to ask the young gentleman that came to take our order to be very careful not to add any spices at all to her order.
Although he appeared to take her very seriously, when our food came out hers was absolutely loaded up with crushed red pepper and a variety of other really hot seasonings.
Well I was very clear with him so that is certainly going to affect the tip. She exclaimed profusely wiping her now sweaty forehead.
Even though I work at a restaurant and I wouldn't dream of lowering somebody's tip, because I know that waiters hardly make any money at all, I didn't say anything to her about it.
After few minutes a young lady came out with our food and delivered it. That same young lady came back to our table about five different times. She refilled our water, she got me a Coke, and she had quite a nice conversation with us.
She's our waiter, not the other guy. I told my friend.
She looked at me nonchalantly, as though it really didn't matter.
I'm only telling you this because it's very likely that the first guy that took our order got the order wrong. However, our actual waiter deserves a good tip for being incredibly friendly with us. She is very attentive, and does not deserve be penalized for his actions.
After few minutes of reflection, she agreed with me.
It left me wondering though, how many people don't tip the waiter because of something that happens in the restaurant that is not the waiters fault? A restaurant is a big machine with a ton of different parts. You have cooks, busboys, food runners, and all kinds of different assistant helpers.
So the next time you thinking about penalizing him or her because your order is wrong consider this....
It might not be the waiter's fault.
