Quote Originally Posted by dean_martin
Did you think less of your customer because of his/her comment? If the customer was paying would you have been comfortable in telling the customer to do the right thing?
Yeah, I do think less of my customer because of it. I'll still do business with him, but I've lost some respect for him. If the customer was paying, I would have said something to him but if he still insisted on paying the lower amount, I would let it go. Then I would have gone back into the restaurant after we parted ways in the parking lot, and set things straight.

If I hadn't noticed the error until I got home, in this case I would have called the restaurant and tried to correct it, but only because this waitress was also very good at what she was doing and deserved a nice tip. If she had been b!tchy and done a poor job, I probably wouldn't call.

I've never waited tables myself, but my husband used to wait tables part-time when we were dating. That was on top of his full-time job. So, like kexodusc, I have a soft spot for waiters. I know the sh!t that they put up with from some people (which is why I've never done it, I can just see myself intentionally dropping soup in someone's lap) and they have my respect.