Ravi
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This happened three years ago.
The charges were dropped. The Lehigh Pub no longer exists.
Thank you President Obama for protecting our civil rights.
^So stupid she thinks this issue has something to do with Obama.
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This happened three years ago.
The charges were dropped. The Lehigh Pub no longer exists.
Thank you President Obama for protecting our civil rights.
^So stupid she thinks this issue has something to do with Obama.
This is what happens when you have a communist like obozo in the WH. You have no rights and the state controls everything.
Couple arrested over 'theft' for refusing to tip in restaurant - Telegraph
5:47PM GMT 23 Nov 2009
Leslie Pope and John Wagner were handcuffed and hauled away after they failed to leave a restaurant's mandatory 18 per cent gratuity - totalling $16 (£10) - for their party of eight.
"Nobody wants to be forced to pay a tip or be arrested for terrible service," said Miss Pope, 22.
The couple, students at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had joined six friends at the town's Lehigh Pub for dinner. They claimed they had to wait almost an hour for their meal to arrive and Miss Pope said the service was so shoddy they had to get their own cutlery and napkins.
The group said they had to repeatedly ask for drink refills while their waitress smoked outside the pub.
At the end of the meal of salad and chicken wings, they were presented with a $73.87 bill. A $16.35 tip had been added as there was eight people in the party
The bill sounds pretty reasonable for 8 people. Apparently the menu said that gratuities were included in the bill but the college types couldn't understand that concept. They were arrested for theft of services and it sounds like they are guilty.
You know, my dad had a policy about that sort of shit...
You see, my dad was a generous guy. Friendly. He always took the time to remeber the name of his waiter or waitress, made a point to use their names during the course of the evening. Joked with them, got to know them a little. And he would always tip well, sometimes better than 30% if he had had a good time, I don't think I ever saw him tip less than 20%.. But there was always one thing he resented, it was that notice that a particular percentage of your bill would be automatically added if you had a party of a particular size or larger. What if the food sucked? What if the service sucked? He believed tipping was based on the quality of the food and service, not the size of your party...
So, his solution? If you want to limit yourself to 18%, if you want to force me to pay 18%, fine, but that's all you'll get. Those were the only times he tipped less than 20% or better.
Thanks to Reagan, waitperson have to pay 15% of their sales to taxes.
Thanks to Reagan, waitperson have to pay 15% of their sales to taxes. Whether they get a tip or not. The mandatory tip is for large parties. If youhave a bitch tell the rest.
It is not the governments fault that mandatory gratuity is printed upon the menus.
So tell the OP his BS about communism is no where near close to gratuity.
This is what happens when you have a communist like obozo in the WH. You have no rights and the state controls everything.
Couple arrested over 'theft' for refusing to tip in restaurant - Telegraph
5:47PM GMT 23 Nov 2009
Leslie Pope and John Wagner were handcuffed and hauled away after they failed to leave a restaurant's mandatory 18 per cent gratuity - totalling $16 (£10) - for their party of eight.
"Nobody wants to be forced to pay a tip or be arrested for terrible service," said Miss Pope, 22.
The couple, students at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had joined six friends at the town's Lehigh Pub for dinner. They claimed they had to wait almost an hour for their meal to arrive and Miss Pope said the service was so shoddy they had to get their own cutlery and napkins.
The group said they had to repeatedly ask for drink refills while their waitress smoked outside the pub.
At the end of the meal of salad and chicken wings, they were presented with a $73.87 bill. A $16.35 tip had been added as there was eight people in the party
It seems to me to be a perversion of tradition not only to include the supposed "gratuity" in the bill but to enforce the policy even when very reason for a gratuity (appreciable service) is not forthcoming. Unless there are extenuating circumstances we are not informed of here, such as obnoxious customer behavior, I'd say that restaurant deserves some really bad publicity.The bill sounds pretty reasonable for 8 people. Apparently the menu said that gratuities were included in the bill but the college types couldn't understand that concept. They were arrested for theft of services and it sounds like they are guilty.
So the entertainment editor of the local paper needs to do some checking and reporting on that place.
Thanks to Reagan, waitperson have to pay 15% of their sales to taxes. Whether they get a tip or not. The mandatory tip is for large parties. If youhave a bitch tell the rest.
It is not the governments fault that mandatory gratuity is printed upon the menus.
So tell the OP his BS about communism is no where near close to gratuity.
i think it's disgusting to have a mandatory gratuity. you cant demand a gift for crappy service.
The bill sounds pretty reasonable for 8 people. Apparently the menu said that gratuities were included in the bill but the college types couldn't understand that concept. .
Oh i see. The restaurant says you have to pay and so you pay or the state locks you up!!
It seems to me to be a perversion of tradition not only to include the supposed "gratuity" in the bill but to enforce the policy even when very reason for a gratuity (appreciable service) is not forthcoming. Unless there are extenuating circumstances we are not informed of here, such as obnoxious customer behavior, I'd say that restaurant deserves some really bad publicity.The bill sounds pretty reasonable for 8 people. Apparently the menu said that gratuities were included in the bill but the college types couldn't understand that concept. They were arrested for theft of services and it sounds like they are guilty.
So the entertainment editor of the local paper needs to do some checking and reporting on that place.
And if that is the case it's likely the service was poor because of this guaranteed tip policy, which in fact is a levied tax.The bill sounds pretty reasonable for 8 people. Apparently the menu said that gratuities were included in the bill but the college types couldn't understand that concept. They were arrested for theft of services and it sounds like they are guilty.
I used to wait tables before I finished college and if the service really was as bad as they claim, then they were justified by not wanting to pay it. Having them arrested was a very poor decision by the management and they have just garnered bad publicity for this restaurant.
And if that is the case it's likely the service was poor because of this guaranteed tip policy, which in fact is a levied tax.The bill sounds pretty reasonable for 8 people. Apparently the menu said that gratuities were included in the bill but the college types couldn't understand that concept. They were arrested for theft of services and it sounds like they are guilty.
I used to wait tables before I finished college and if the service really was as bad as they claim, then they were justified by not wanting to pay it. Having them arrested was a very poor decision by the management and they have just garnered bad publicity for this restaurant.
i think it's disgusting to have a mandatory gratuity. you cant demand a gift for crappy service.
Gratuities are not "gifts".
i think it's disgusting to have a mandatory gratuity. you cant demand a gift for crappy service.
Gratuities are not "gifts".
i think it's disgusting to have a mandatory gratuity. you cant demand a gift for crappy service.
Gratuities are not "gifts".
i think it's disgusting to have a mandatory gratuity. you cant demand a gift for crappy service.
Gratuities are not "gifts".
Yes, they are.