Is it ever acceptable to not leave a tip at a restaurant?

yes

if your waitress is verbally abusive.

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I'm really REALLY forgiving of servers when I go out to eat because I know servers and I've worked in a restaurant. I will almost always tip even if they are slow, mess up the order, or forget things because I figure anyone can have a bad night, right? Even still there is one time I did not tip because I literally did not tip because we couldn't get service. We got out drinks and meals, and then the waitress never showed up again. We sat for over an hour waiting for a check (we were going to order desert, but after a while I just wanted to leave) and we couldn't get anyone's attention. So finally we paid with the manager and left. No tip. I'm not even sure the waitress was still there because I didn't even see her.

In your situation I would not have tipped either.

I am a server, and that was totally unacceptable. I would of went straight to the manager, and would not of left a tip. I can't believe she actually told you that she was deliberately ignoring your table. If I was ever to speak like that to a customer I would be fired on the spot. She obviously lacks people skills and doesn't need to be working with the public. You were 100% right.

I am a server, and I was going to say "leave at least 10% for bad service" but your details are ridiculous. I would have left nothing AND told the manager.

With the economy the way it is (my income is cut in half) that girl should be grateful to have a job and be busting her booty to make the most in a shift. What an idiot. How sad.

I would say it is totally acceptable to not tip in some cases. I know that servers sometimes rely on tips and sometimes they have to be split with the hostesses and such, but a tip is given in response for good service and to show the server that they did a good job. If they didn't, they don't deserve it. My husband and I have actually left a server a 2 cent tip. We were at a pizza place and they brought out pizza to tables that came in way after us. It turns out that she forgot to put our order in. My husband went back into the restaurant to go to the bathroom and she was cleaning up our table, he told her to not spend it all in one place.

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There is no way she deserves a tip; waitresses can be fired for behaving like that. I would even leave a ten cent tip just to make the hint less subtle, but don't do that if you plan on eating there again b/c you'll get worse service/tampered food.

I would have asked to speak to her manager. If it is a chain restaurant, I would write a letter to their headquarters. I did that once for the Red Lobster when the waiter refused to serve me (I just left). I got an apologetic response.

Well I think it was totally okay for you not to leave a tip. She was too lazy to serve you guys so she doesn't deserve your money. I would not fill bad about it.

Yes it's very acceptable not to leave a tip. If she chooses to ignore you ,you can do the same.

lol if she actually said she did not want to walk over to table i would tip allot less and id actually ask to see the manager