It's tacky, eh? What's the alternative? Throwing all the food away? That's just wasteful, which is a larger offense than (subjective) tackiness.

Great article with great instruction. But perhaps you can also consider the flipside? If we get great service, we also call over a manager...to rave about the service. It's one thing to have a manager know about all of his/her crappy servers, but it leaves a great feeling for everyone involved if they know about a stel...more