Nobody told him "no" and walked away yet?

If a waiter said that to me I would definitely not be coming back there. Not because of a small tip (though I am notorious for doing that, only because I'm on a budget and only a few paychecks away from being flat out broke) but because of the confrontation.

73- All the waiter is doing is basically asking input on his service. I seee nothing wrong with a waiter asking. Plus, this does bring notice just incase they thought it was included in the bill.

86 - no that's not all the waiter is doing. It is a shame tactic that should not be tolerated. There is no reason to bring attention to the amount of the tip. If their friend really wanted to improve their service all they would say is "Thank you for your business tonight I hope you had great service and would appreciate any input you may have so I can improve to better your next visit with us"

73- If you're "only a few paychecks" from being broke maybe you should be making your own food at home to save money instead of stiffing servers.

That is an awesome idea because it is a shame tactic, I used to be a server and I hated all those fat old cheap bastards that came into the restaurant, always changing their minds and wondering why food takes longer than 20 seconds to cook, but it's a job so I forced out a smile and did the dance, anyone who doesn't tip or purposefully tips low like those people did shouldn't be going out to eat they should go **** themselves, although throwing things is a bit childish

My staff will come to me with a bad tip and I'll go to the table and ask if something wrong with the service, a couple times there was and I trained them for better service. Bottom line my guests feel like they're getting VIP service and my staff gets better at serving.

Idk if anyones sai this yet, but umm.. Auto Grat??? Parties of six or more are supposed to have that option to avoid situations like this....

Really? Cause I am way closer than a few and its due to major illness that prohibits ME from currently working and the $ my spouse makes in the Navy doesn't even equate what OP makes hourly, in situations where his life is on the line constantly. Everyday consists of worry and stress but based on your statement we don't deserve to ever go out but should keep ourselves home and cook? I don't recall there being mention that customers were broke anyway. Are you suggesting the possibility is so far fetched that OP DESERVED that amount because she only brought out the food and nothing more? A tip is a token of gratitude given to a person who went above what the basic duties of their job requirements called for. If you are a waitress and I am at an establishment where u work and all u do is only what is required then u are still making an minimum of $7.25 as mandated by federal law. Someone on here please tell me when it was that our society became so entitled that people want to be given extra but not do anything for it??

Why would they leave her two quarters if they thought the tip was included??

if you figure out some math, a 15% gratuity which should be included in the bill comes out to $112.50, the tip was probably payed with bill. To keep all numbers to total $860, they probably put the $0.50 on the table. The waitress also probably overreacted before looking closely at things, way to go dummy!!

It usually states that you were automatically tipped on a bill that was auto-gratted. Some people will still leave 10% on a auto-gratted bill for really great service.

so violence is never the answer but they deserved violence because they're assholes?

That's true. If they weren't American, they might not have understood the tipping system.