Re: Here's a tip for you--Don't leave a small tip
The restaurant owner should keep quiet about the whole thing. Getting it in the papers and everything doesn't look good.<br /><br />My dad has been in the restaurant business for a long time, I know a bit about it.<br /><br />For a large party, you should charge for the service, don't call it a tip, you call it service, then if individual people at the party want to give some of the wait staff a tip, which they usually do, the money gets split down the middle at the end of the night and each member of the wait staff gets an equal amount, plus a % of the "service" charge. But its known before hand what the service change will be and who will be paying for it.<br /><br />This is how they do it for weddings and large ($48per head)functions, I'm not sure how it would work out in a little rinkey dink pizza place, but the whole idea makes sense.<br /><br />naturally,<br />you don't do that with a small party who walks in for dinner, but with larger function, its the way to do. All high wedding and large party facilities do it that way.