Letter: Washington Duke Inn is deceiving tippers for money
(02/06/03 5:00am)
Recent Chronicle letters accurately depict the policy of a 19 percent tip at Washington Duke Inn. However, in their outrage at the 19 percent tip, they failed to notice an even more alarming feature of their tip. When my boyfriend and I dined there last semester, we were appalled to discover that Washington Duke Inn automatically included a 19% tip on our bill. Yet, a careful examination revealed that the Inn proceeded to include the 19% tip as part of the subtotal and then included a blank tip line for us to write in our tip.