Re: Leave a TINY Tip
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Instead of getting mad and irritated, walk up from the table, go to the kitchen and ask the cook if he will take your order for food (this will make you then center of attention, be VERY NICE about it, have a good FAKE friendly face). 95% of the time the manager will come to you to solve your waitress problem. A secondary benefit is your waitress will be deeply embarassed and so you send a powerful message to her without having to be a prick. If you are on a first date, this is a bit trickier because your date may get embarrassed. If it is me, I'd still do it.
Awful, awful advice. This would definitely constitute 'being a prick' and I'd wager you've gotten more than your fair share of loogie burgers as a result. The cook doesn't want to talk to you and he knows you're full of it with your big fake smile. People like you always get the worst possible service because everyone can tell you're going to leave a pitiful tip for whatever reason you feel like anyway.
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This isn't really true. As a cook, we love it when the waitstaff screws up and drama happens. A customer coming back into the kitchen would be priceless. Sure, we'd pretend to be pissed off and rant about how Mandy shouldn't be allowed to wait tables, but we would absolutely love it and we'd be telling the story for weeks. As for loogie burgers, I've worked in this industry for 4 years and have yet to have seen one made. A friend of mine admitted to making one once, but then said she'd felt horrible after and never did it again. The stories I hear come more from waitstaff about other waitstaff contaminating the food. Cooks are surprisingly prideful of their product.
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