And they’ll bring you more bread if you’re nice

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Gene

When I eat out, I generally try to be kind to wait staff. I usually tip at least 20%, sometimes a little higher depending on a number of factors.
I tend to be an agreeable person when in that kind of environment — far more so than in real life — and get flustered and annoyed when I am out with someone who treats the waiter as if they are an indentured servant or their own personal whipping boy.
And now that I’ve read this undercover report from a critic posing as a waiter, I am even more sympathetic.
I know that I would never be able to handle that job, and that’s all the more reason to understand how to treat your wait staff.
[via Jason Kottke]