Dan Logcher > wrote:
> KLC Lewis wrote:
> > "robert ratskywatsky" > wrote in message

> >>And now it's come to this
> >>
> >>http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/...ison--70426052
> >>.html?yhp=1

> > Absolutely outrageous. A gratuity is exactly that -- a gift, not a
> > requirement.
>
> I wonder if they were told before dining that the gratuity was included.
> That's more of a surcharge and may have stopped me from dining there..

A lot of restaurants add the tip to the bill for groups over some size.
From what I've seen, it's so stated in the menu or elsewhere.

My daughter waitressed at Todai, where gratuities were not included in the
bill. She said large groups were the worst tippers, so maybe that has
something to do with it.

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