Derober

When you get comp’d you should leave an even BIGGER tip than you normally would! Duh, why should your server get screwed outta their rent money just because the owner wants you to be seen in their restaurant!? Rule of thumb, whenever I get comp’d we leave almost whatever the amount of the check WOULD have been if its a small tab, and about half of what the check would have been if it is a big one. For instance, comp me a measly $15 lunch and I leave about $12-$15, comp me a $300 bartab and my buddies and I are leaving $125-$150 or so. Whatever I have in my pocket that is close but without asking for change. Its a great tip for the server, you are still saving a bunch of loot, and the restaurant owner is getting the publicity of having you eat there. Good deal for all parties involved and you get great word-of-mouth from the server who tells all her friends and the other dining guests how great you are. Why ruin your reputation over $25-50? Im just a bartender, but if I were a millionaire celeb knowing that camera phones and papparazzi were all over me I would be dropping everyone from the valet to the busser a twenty or a hundo to help my image! Thats pocket change to these people but they could make a dozen blue collar people’s day every day if they wanted to. Why not? Apparently they would rather wind up getting blasted on your website!