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I'll be ed. Same thing just happened to us. We went to a mexican restaurant for lunch with a couple of co-workers on Cinco de Mayo. We've gone there many times before and never had a problem. We generally tip pretty well (based on service and amount) but this lady was bad. The only thing that showed up promptly was the bill. And we had to tackle her just to pay it!

Now I hate under tipping as I understand their payscale and how they make money. And I also understand that when your are understaffed and the place is swamped (which is wasn't, but that was her excuse) things can get a little hectic, but when the service provided is almost just as good as no service at all (not to mention burning an hour and a half lunch @ dinner prices) we felt we needed to make a statement. Either never come back (which would be a shame because the food is pretty good) or under tip. We tipped her $2 between me and my wife's food via credit card. I have no idea what what everyone else tipped. Probably something similar. They paid with cash.

Then I saw your post the next day and couldn't help but laugh at the coincidence. I made a post about my experience but it didn't go through. Our connection sucks at work. At any rate I'll be ed if my wife didn't just tell me that she changed the amount of the tip. I have only experienced someone changing the tip once. And that guy removed the tip. I was picking up a To Go order and he brought everything to my car. I was in a good mood so I tipped him a couple bucks. For whatever reason he removed it.

This lady actually decided that she deserved more money. I understand that times are tough, but stealing? Really? I don't think this lady knows what she is getting herself into. When my wife gets pissed she is a f'n terror! I make sure I get well out of harm's way in such situations. Usually by putting on some headphones and hiding in the closet. Don't want to be collateral damage. lol.

To me its only $3. Ill let Karma deal with the rest of her.

To me its only $3. Ill let Karma deal with the rest of her.

oh how noble:rollin:

thats 18% of a tip there man!  I travel a lot and tip well but once burned, I am usually in town long enough to revisit the situation and have them fix it on the spot.

little angle nailed it.

that carma you talk about is visiting every thief , cheat and slickster in the market now and rewarding them all.  Keep on feeding them and they will continue to work around the debt they owe carma.  keep ignoring it and soon they will be your future lawmaker,,lol

The only thing preventing you from doing anything real about is is the fact you know people there.  Have the corp office of the eatery get involved and send in your complaint to them ,, along with your intent to sue for damages.

wanna know how much tip fraud I have had this year alone?

Last year was about 350 dollars in fraud

this year its up to 200.  Times are hard but it happens about every third or fourth time i go get food somewhere.  Indiana and florida are my most troublesome states.

Oh thank you so much.  You could do something about it and help everyone or you can let Karma do it and let everyone get swindled. Think about it do you catch someone stealing other things and let Karma Deal with it. Hope not. That kinda of thinking is part of the problem. Sure you wouldn't wanna get in trouble if you had done that but if she did it to you and has done it before what kinda message does that send her.  Your telling her it is alright as long as they don't catch you. What about telling her you knew not to steal but you did it anyway so this is what you get.  This is a major offense. CC fraud is a Federal crime. Just my 2 cents

Stuckman

I think about these things differently because I am always on the reverse side of it. They are willing to make it right. That is all I need, anything more than that is a waste an greed.

I am not letting her get away with it. Things are getting dealt with. When I said its only $3, I meant that is not enough for me to make a huge deal about; If theey are willing to fix it and take care of everything for me at the store level why do I need to call corp? Too many times things are made in to a much larger production than is needed. Half the time a manager does not need to be evolved but most people think they are the only ones that can help.

I think about these things differently because I am always on the reverse side of it. They are willing to make it right. That is all I need, anything more than that is a waste an greed.