Comments on: (FAQ) Why Do Servers Hate Separate Checks?

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:21:40 +0000

I’ve learned to give them separate checks and then our posi lets us automatically recombine the entire check back to normal so if they pay in cash it takes only a minute to close out of it and if it’s all cards I can make sure that the entire original amount was paid for and there isn’t a random 20 missing. They’re still tools but at least it’s only half a headache.

By: Stevie B.

Stevie B. — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:45:00 +0000

This is dumb. Who says that the reason people want separate checks is because people are cheap? Maybe you don’t want to pay for someone else’s steak and lobster meal with his two bottles of wine when all you had was a salad. Taking orders and ringing up checks is YOUR JOB, if you don’t like it, get another one. You are there to serve, that’s what you get paid for, that’s what you get tipped for, why the hell are you complaining about it?? LAME.

By: Narcisa

Narcisa — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:48:11 +0000

What’s most disheartening here is that the people (the uncivilized, the hostile slave-masters, the proselytizing coin-tippers, etc.) who could truly benefit from your hilarious blog are probably not the ones who are reading it. I’m not at all surprised that after a 19-year “retirement” from serving, the cast of customers is virtually unchanged.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:24:27 +0000

I love this post because it confirms something I saw on another site: This blogger has a rant about how the black and white wait-staff at Hooter’s assumed he and his two friends were bad tippers because they were black. In his litany of bad service he claims to have gotten was: She brought a single check instead of thre seperate ones. When I read that, the chiseler bell went off immediately. They claimed to be three professional guys on vacation together in Vegas and they asked for seperate checks on a $45 tab??? Nobody who isn’t a skinflint does that. Guys I know fight to pay the check and one will win or the others will start throwing cash on the table. How pathetic. His blog is called “Black People Don’t Tip” if you want to google it.

By: Step Up! » The Scoop on Las Vegas

Step Up! » The Scoop on Las Vegas — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:12:30 +0000

[...] The servers at places like this sometimes cannot split our checks (hey, it happens). And besides, servers generally groan when they hear separate checks (you should really check out Waiting In Vegas and her FAQ). It’s not cool to stick the last [...]

By: Step Up! at Beer and Blog Las Vegas

Step Up! at Beer and Blog Las Vegas — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:40:01 +0000