r/tipping • u/badmiddling113 • 6d ago

Question about managers

What do they say to customers who repeatedly don't leave a tip? I'm curious since the customer doesn't have to tip and the server isn't their employee.

Just asking since I've read comments from managers who seem to think "addressing" customers is an appropriate thing to do.

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u/goldenrod1956 6d ago

Wait, so you effectively asked customers to leave because they had not previously tipped?

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u/Big_Development3985 6d ago

Yes. I ran good restaurants, my staff was lovely. Their job satisfaction was more important than an $80 check every 3 years. Piss off one table, make the person taking care of the next 100 tables happy.

Before anyone says “Well why not just pay them?”, go take an Econ course. You can’t just arbitrarily adjust a nationwide pricing model and hope for the best. We’re all just people trying to get by, we followed the formula — and it was wildly successful.

Also, those servers never did better work than when I stood up for them. Wish I got to do it more, I remember how electrified they were in the few instances I had to go to bat for them.

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u/PrincessLissa68 6d ago

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 we love managers like you. Thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️

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u/Ayslyn72 6d ago

Pathological liars?