[Jadge]

I worked at a Cracker Barrel for years when I was in college, and I never saw anything like this.

I will say this, most of the blacks we had came in large church groups. Parties of 10 or more. So obviously a party of two will get seated before a party of 10, or even 5, in a crowded restaurant.

My personal experience with those church groups was that tipping was NOT something they felt they had to do. It was very common to make $1.00 (or nothing) off a party of 12 who occupied your entire section for an hour. If servers (of any color) refused to wait on blacks, I'd bet it was because of perceived tip concerns based on experience. That is certainly not a justification for refusing service, but rational thinking was not a strength of the common Cracker Barrel employee in my day.

Still smells fishy to me.

[Darnright]

>My personal experience with those church groups was that tipping was NOT something they felt they had to do. It was very common to make $1.00 (or nothing) off a party of 12 who occupied your entire section for an hour. If servers (of any color) refused to wait on blacks, I'd bet it was because of perceived tip concerns based on experience.<

Cracker Barrel needs to assess a 15% gratuity on large parties, like other restaurants do. There is no excuse in not protecting its wait staff from boors.