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none (Rich Phyllisman) writes:
>On the question of iced tea: Most restaurant managers tell their waiters
>not to refill coffee or iced tea more than once. Nevertheless, since most
>waiters are nice, they usually will refill coffee or iced tea as many times
>as necessary to keep a customer happy.

So are the waiters giving away something they're not supposed to
in order to possibly get a better tip?

Would they also give me several place settings of silverware if 
they thought I'd respond with a really good tip?  How about crating
up the espresso machine and leaving it outside the door for me?

I usually tip at least 15% except for really bad, ARROGANTLY BAD,
service.  The worst tip was 7 cents for three lunchtime diners
as a Chinese restaurant in McLean (up the hill behind Mitre).
The waiter was painfully slow, complained loudly when someone 
joined us at the table, then announced "Your bill is xxx, PLUS TIP."  
So after some consultation amongst ourselves, we left him a tip.

We had no sooner gotten out the door than he comes shooting
through the lobby and THROWS the change after us.  Seemed a bit 
out of place for a restaurant with goldfish in the lobby pool
and pictures of the owner shaking hands with Jimmy Carter. :-)

Al