had a bit of a weird situation yesterday. Went to my local taco bar (not a taco joint run by Mexicans serving awesome tacos but a bar that serves tacos that are gourmet type Rick Bayless shit) and it was a little busy after the softball games in the park around the block ended.
me and my GF walked in, sat down, and ordered 4 steak tacos. about 30 minutes later, the waitress comes over and tells us she's sorry for the wait the kitchen is backed up. But the joint was maybe half full, and people were mostly drinking.
so after 40 minutes, out comes 4 tacos.
they were good.
then it came time to leave a tip. I thought and tried to be a stingy jew and act like my grandma and not leave a tip but I just couldn't.
so I left a 25% tip (4 on a 16 dollar check) and afterwords my girlfriend came to the conclusion that most likely he waitress forgot to put in the order, then realized and did it.
so now I'm pissed: bc A, the waitress probably fucked up and blamed it on the cook just to save face and get a tip.
and B, she didn't offer us any sort of comp like a round of shots or a beer or even some chips and guacamole (which they charge for and I think that's redic bc it's a taco place)
but then my GF pointed out that by leaving the tip, I in fact shamed the waitress who probably thought I was gonna leave nothing.
but in the end, I feel scammed bc she probably blamed it on the cook.
fuck. I'm mad now. I've been duped.
am I just being a cheap jew? probably.