>>>>Depends on how you define "behave"... :)
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>>>>LOL!!!! All living animals behave. Whether they behave well or badly is a separate issue <g>
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>>>You've never seen JB when the waiter/waitress at a restaurant is more than 30 seconds late coming to our table.
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>>Oho! Both my daughters have worked as waitresses and I can tell you it isn't easy work. They work hard for the money. Allie works now at a Thai restaurant while going to college and says she is tired all the time. The owners are cheap, cheap, cheap and don't have enough waitresses on duty. She says when it's busy she is literally sweating getting orders to customers as fast as possible.
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>>It isn't well known but with the new tax withholding laws the waitress or waiter is paying you if you tip less than 15%. If John doesn't do that, I don't want to hear about it.
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>JB is hard on servers. I'm the softie. Many moons ago in my late teens I worked in a restaurant. I know what it's like. So long as the service doesn't royally suck I'll give 20%


I'm hard on servers that don't do their job. All they have to do is at least acknowledge that you're there (even from across the room) not that you're there until they're good and ready to come to your table. I also tip 30-50% depending on the level of service (I worked as a server when I was younger, so I know how it is). My great tippers never wanted for anything. They got service before standard customers.

If the service is poor in my eyes, I usually call them over and ask them if they want to be our server. I point out that there are many other restaurants that will gladly take my money, that I tip well, but demand top notch service. If they say they can, I stay, but expect great proactive service. If they can't, I talk to the manager and find somewhere else.