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[LizzieInSRQ]

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@patbz wrote:

I tip well but I always tip in cash.

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Whether you tip in cash or nit, if youbuse your CC at a restaurant, i think @Kachina624 s point is to be surevto check your statement. You have a human being literally physically running your card and some have altered the tip. They could add a tip even if you pay tip in cash.

I was offended when some restaurants have tge point of sale at your table where you have to run your own card at a machine on your table but that looks like a good idea to me now. ( if i was going out which im notbthese days).

[lynnie61]

One time at the Cheesecake Factory we were using two gift cards.  Server said the one card was empty.  I called the manager over (I checked the balance before going).  After about 15 minutes she came back, and said they were very sorry, server mistake.  I think the server was trying to get an extra tip the value of the card.  We always tip very well in cash.  Maybe it was an honest mistake.  But I was leary.  The server never apologized, or said, I had made a mistake on the card.  I think the server was embarrassed that he got caught.  If it was a few dollars I may not have cared, but the card had $50 on it.  

[icezeus]

I always Tip in cash.

In the tip line I also write cash.

[Kachina624]

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@LizzieInSRQ wrote:

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@patbz wrote:

I tip well but I always tip in cash.

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Whether you tip in cash or nit, if youbuse your CC at a restaurant, i think @Kachina624 s point is to be surevto check your statement. You have a human being literally physically running your card and some have altered the tip. They could add a tip even if you pay tip in cash.

I was offended when some restaurants have tge point of sale at your table where you have to run your own card at a machine on your table but that looks like a good idea to me now. ( if i was going out which im notbthese days).

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@LizzieInSRQ.  I atecat several restaurants in Canada where they brought the little machine to the table.  I didn't like the waiter standing over me when I entered my PIN number. 

[patbz]

Along the same train of thought: many years ago I purchased $1000 gift card on behalf of my parents to give my brother as an Xmas gift.  One week later he went in to cash it and there was a zero balance. I had also given my brother the receipt for card and he was in his Highway Patrol uniform.  Amazing how quickly " mistake" was corrected ( bet an emp!oyee lost his job, at least).

[Puppy Lips]

Last Fall we ate at a restaurant and when done my husband paid the bill with a credit card on an IPad. There were a lot of items ordered and he did not bother to check the items. Me, being me, asked for a printed receipt before we left. The waiter gave it to me and we left. Looking at it later, I saw an employee had put his discounted meal on our tab. It was for $6.00. I called the restaurant multiple times but there was never any answer. I called our credit card company and they credited the difference. I don’t know if the employee did that on purpose or not, tend to think they did.

[Carolina925]

There are so many scammers out there and we always have to be diligent. When I go out to a restaurant and am having a good time enjoying a great meal, becoming familiar with the server, checking everything twice isn't always on my mind. Nowadays with most people having financial woes, I suppose it's just easy to get over on people. Morals are definitely lacking and it's a darn shame.

[Shanus]

The issue with tipping in cash: Unless you hand the tip directly to your wait person the other staff who clean the table, etc. can take it. You just can't stick money under a glass when you leave. The world has changed.

We add the tip to our check on a charge card and always check our statements each week to catch anything suspicious.

[cheriere]

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@Shanus wrote:

The issue with tipping in cash: Unless you hand the tip directly to your wait person the other staff who clean the table, etc. can take it. You just can't stick money under a glass when you leave. The world has changed.

We add the tip to our check on a charge card and always check our statements each week to catch anything suspicious.

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You're exactly right.  I always hand it directly to the wait person.🌸

[Sunshine Kate]

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@lynnie61 wrote:

One time at the Cheesecake Factory we were using two gift cards.  Server said the one card was empty.  I called the manager over (I checked the balance before going).  After about 15 minutes she came back, and said they were very sorry, server mistake.  I think the server was trying to get an extra tip the value of the card.  We always tip very well in cash.  Maybe it was an honest mistake.  But I was leary.  The server never apologized, or said, I had made a mistake on the card.  I think the server was embarrassed that he got caught.  If it was a few dollars I may not have cared, but the card had $50 on it.  

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That happened to me one time also, but the card had $100 on it.