Tell The Waiter You Will Just Walk Out

Without paying.   

Yes, there is a new app on the way called “Cover”.  Cover lets you check in to a restaurant on arrival, and they will know your game plan, and so when the time comes to leave, you just walk out.   A few minutes after you leave you will get an email telling you that the restaurant was paid “$ X “ and the waitress was tipped 20 %. 

See details in link below.  Restaurants and others say that people who pay by charge card tip better than those tipping with cash.  Also 18% is the least Cover will let you tip, as the industry thinks that’s about the least the wait-staff can survive on. It also costs the restaurant less commission than charge card companies would have charged them to process the same payment.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/10/01/cover-launches-its-dining-out-ios-app-to-eliminate-waiting-for-the-check/

Right now it is limited to NYC, and , after beta testing for a year, 200 restaurants have signed on.  But the hopes are it will spread.  Venture capitalists are circling. Is this the next Groupon? Or restaurant PayPal? You saw it here first !