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[quote=Anonymous]less attentive service when dining in a restaurant? Like, the waiter has already decided he'll get a $40 check out of you with an $8-10 tip, so they don't try very hard?

I noticed this last year and have really been paying attention this year when eating out. The most recent occurrence was over the weekend when dining out with my parents for my mom's bday. We were at an Italian restaurant and didn't order any alcohol. My parents ordered iced tea and diet coke and I had a water, so it's not like we were all drinking free beverages. Anyway, we ordered starters and our mains at the same time. Our starters came out via a food runner who then also brought me a water refill. Our mains then came out and our waiter never came to check on us to see if things came out correctly. I noticed that our waiter was focusing all his time on the tables that had purchased alcohol. For example, 2 tables down from us ordered a bottle of wine and were sharing a starter. He visited them 3 times that I noticed. He came by as we finished our meal and apologized for being so busy and asked us how our meals were. Our bill was $82 and instead of tipping $20 like I normally would, I only left $16. [/quote]

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