Are you sure your server was tipped? A string of recent lawsuits accuse New York catering companies of adding a 20–30 percent “service charge” onto a bill, only to keep some or all of the fee, instead of distributing it to service employees.
From November 2014 to May 2015, Dickson Fernandez worked approximately 20 catered events at India House, an elite members-only club near Wall Street. For special events like weddings and bat mitzvahs, India House employs a company called Masterpiece Caterers, where Fernandez worked.