Time spent in restaurant and the tip
Does the time you spend at your table in a restaurant effect the tip you leave?
We were out the other night and after several bottles of wine ran out, we wound up just sitting there, picking at the left over bread and running our mouths. We didn't stay overly long, maybe 40 minutes after the meal had ended.
When it came time to pay, someone suggested we over tip our waiter because we had taken up time at the table when someone else could have sat and left a tip.
I've never really thought about this before.
Do you have an obligation to over tip because you have taken too much time at a table, therefore "cheating" the waiter/waitress out of another customer?
Or is it your right, since you paid for the meal to sit and have after dinner conversation until you feel it's time to leave?
What do you think?
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