Never ever go into a restaurant if they happen to be closing in 5 or 10 minutes, and God help you if you try to get a table after close. You automatically become an asshole. The servers don't like you. The busboys don't like you. The bartenders don't like you. The kitchen staff really doesn't like you and why should they? The kitchen staff has started cleaning, and breaking things down a half hour earlier; so has the bartender. The servers need to make money... true, but with five minutes left in a shift all that server can think about is getting the hell out of ther restaurant and going home to their significant other, or going out drinking.
"It's okay. I tip really well, " you say.
Great, that's 10 or 20 more dollars that the server will have in his pocket, oh no, but wait, that's potentially $100 or $200 that that server has to tip out on at the end of the night.
Listen to me, your service will be blah. The food, more than likely will be blah. The staff will be glaring at you, or cleaning up around you. Even if you tip well and think you're being 'cool' with your server they still don't like you. They might say something like, "The tipped me 25% so it wasn't that bad." It was still bad though, because your dumbass kept them their longer than they should have been there.
P.S: If a waitstaff is so amazingly nice and courteous to you even though you came in late and sat for an hour and a half after close... I'd check my burger for pubes, and I'd be willing to bet someone spit in your lasagna!
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