As an owner of a small restaurant (for 15 years now), I applaud the move by Mr. Tobias. Hopefully many more restaurants will follow his lead. Service in the BVI (with a few exceptions) has been slow at best - maybe this will inspire better service throughout the islands and make the experience for all of us even better. It's been a common understanding when we get to the BVI that the staff are on "island time" and we should just chill and wait for the service.
That being said I do also understand the argument from the servers about poor tippers. My rule of thumb on tipping is when Excellent service is provided 25% +; Good service = 20%; Average service = 15%; Poor service = 10% to 0%. If we all followed a guideline of 15% and above for good service we would all benefit from better attitudes/service in d ilons mon. Just my $.02- <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" />
Capt J