If you are eating alone and you think you are entitled to get a table all to yourself, then go fuck yourself

submitted by RedViking from self.whatever

The designated area for customers eating alone is the bar area. That is where you sit if you are eating alone. You are not entitled to a table.

And when you sit at the bar, you better tip the full 20% or you are a fucking asshole. Some people think they can get away with only 15%, but in the bar area they still have to take your order, bring you food, bring you drinks, clean up after you, so anything less than 20% is an insult.

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[–]hfxB0oyA 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Somebody on here obviously works in the food service industry.

[–]hfxB0oyA 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And apparently in New Jersey.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

anything less than 20% is an insult.

Yes because the service was fucking bad. What you thought it's a complement?

I tip 0% when there is bad service. Give me attitude like this post is a great way to ensure you get 0%.

[–]Zapped 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I always leave something. Like two quarters or a one-dollar bill. That lets them know I didn't forget and purposely left a very small amount.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you are going to waste your money like that leave a single penny.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, that's just you being OCD.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No, that's me being passive-aggressive.

[–]Chadleychaddington 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

jfc, the sense of entitlement in your post

[–]IkeConn 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Never forget that servers are stupid enough to work for "tips" and not a real salary.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

fuck you nazi, yes I am

[–]jet199Instigatrix 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are getting 10% or nothing if service is bad. You aren't worth anymore.

It's not the customer's job to pay your wages. It's your job to make yourself worth your boss paying you a decent wage.

You are clearly failing at that.

[–]IndianaJonesIf I asked you for a hug, would you say yes? 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And when you sit at the bar, you better tip the full 20% or you are a fucking asshole.

I'll never understand you Americans.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, we just decide to do things differently For No Reason at AllTM. Some people are just more stupid and less civilized than others. In no way are the differences between your society and ours explicable in terms of different histories or demographic makeups. We're just assholes.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

20% is for excellent service. Did you keep my water glass full, remember my hot sauce, etc.?

Chances are, you fucked something up, and in my book that means less than 15%. I say "less than" because the standard was always 15% before butthurt waitstaff got access to the internet and manufactured the 20% figure out of thin air. So although I go along with the 20% guideline, my willingness to do so goes away at your first fuck-up.

I'd challenge you to produce an etiquette book produced before 2005 that mentions any guideline other than 15%.

[–]AXXA👁⃤웃 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

people eating alone can sit at a table, they just have to share the table with anybody that asks

[–]jet199Instigatrix 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No restaurant is that busy post covid.

These entitled, rude idiots are going to destroy what's left of their industry then blame The Man.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I got kicked out of an IHOP in the middle of eating because there were two of us and they wanted the table for a party of four. They told us we could finish our meal in the waiting area.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's a great way to ensure a 0% tip.

[–]Evola 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We go to bars to get away from the rules.

[–]yabbit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why even go to a restaurant.

[–]at_finn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fuck off with your demands

[–]chickenz 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

what a bunch of fucktards, you act like tossing a tantrum is going to get the economy kick started..

you are foolish children.

those days are long gone for you.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, you're one of those who thinks tipping is mandatory. Go fuck yourself, you deserve nothing. In Europe we tip nothing and get treated like shit and we like it that way dammit!