That's a good point to consider - it must be hard for a waitress / waiter to swallow that their evening will take a pay cut because their boss has decided to get into social advertising.
The onus could just as fairly be applied to Groupon itself as to its customers; shouldn't Groupon be helping the restaurants it does business with, by encouraging/reminding customers to tip servers fairly, and not harm the staff of its business partners?
They encourage that prominently in several places, including this message on the actually coupon voucher:
"*Remember: Groupon customers tip on the full
amount of the pre-discounted bill (and tip
generously). That's why we are the coolest
customers out there."
I've got no lost love for GroupOn, but this massive pile on/proof by anecdote thing is not a dignified moment for HN.
