JeffG:
Sterotyping...which means you are making a judgment call before you even talk/meet with them. I guess you could say pre-judging.
Does it make me feel better or worse, you posting your prejudice out on the web. Not really. You on the other had might want to go back and re-read what you posted.
I did re-read what I posted.
"Wish I could say I found exceptions to sterotyping how my customers would tip... but I didn't. Used to make a game of predicting what the tip would be, and always provided the same excellent service to each table."
I suppose you could call it prejudice if you wanted to, but if I'm not letting my prejudice affect my actions, it's not really a problem, is it?
If I were thinking to myself "Aww great, it's a Canadian... this guy isn't going to tip me jack, so I won't pay as much attention to him as the American table next to him... they'll tip me better", then we'd have a problem. I was not advocating that position, as a careful re-read of my post plainly shows.
JeffG:
Notice a common denominator in the two events?
I suppose you're saying that the common denominator is me. My average nightly tip percentage was 24%, suggesting that most of my customers thought highly enough of me to tip well above average.
As I mentioned before, I put the same amount of effort into satisfying every table I was given. A solo diner, drinking water and ordering half a salad received just as much attention and service as the 12-top that ordered multiple rounds of drinks, appetizers, salad, desert, top of the menu entrees, etc. You'll find many servers who are disgusted when they receive one of the stereotypically lousy tables, but I never felt that way.
That doesn't mean the stereotypes aren't true though.
But... think what you want. I was trying to point out that there are many cultural differences when it comes to tipping. Canadians, as a whole, tip less than Americans do.
Might be 22, but I can defend myself =)
-Brandon.
