“I tip well, having them remember me is a good thing”.
Ya, they won’t spit in your food when they know they shook you down and turned you into a lavish tipper...
Seriously, do you know how ridiculous your justification for a large tip sounds?
Want a tip? GO TO COLLEGE AND GET A GOOD JOB and leave the waitressing to kids & students. Sheese.....
I mean COME ONE! It’s WAITING ON TABLES! There is NOTHING wrong with 10% PERIOD!
I went to college and I have a good job, which is why I can afford to eat out and not be a cheapskate on the tip. I also did my time in food service along the way, I know how hard the work is, how thankless he work is, and how many cheapskate jerks there are in the world who seem to only go to restaurants to try to ruin the day of the staff.
There’s nothing wrong with paying for good service. If you think that’s a ridiculous justification then you should probably go find someplace with even less capitalism than the US.
There’s lots wrong with a 10% tip, it shows you’re cheap and a curmudgeon. And the fact that you feel the need to shout shows you know there’s clearly something wrong with the behavior.
In my line of work I interact with a lot of restaurant owners. Few are wealthy. Most restaurants just get by.
I brought up the subject of tipping to one local owner. Told him I didn’t like it. He showed me his books, how much he was currently paying his wait staff and we calculated how much his $8.00 hamburger dinner would cost if he had to pay them all the regular minimum wage and the extra taxes that go along with it. It came to just over $10. Then we calculated what the same dinner would cost if he were paying the wait staff what they currently earn in hourly plus tips. It was over $12 per dinner.
The tipping system is actually a pretty clear form of capitalism, as long as you truly participate. I will pay less to a poor performing server and hopefully they will realize this is not the work for them and find another job. I will reward a good server who will hopefully keep up the good work. If d-bags under tip and do not reward good behavior, who do we have to blame for surly wait staff who feel under appreciated and treat customers poorly?
You, sir, should NEVER eat out again until you fully understand this concept. Leaving a 10% tip is the equivalent of telling someone they have done a poor job. A 15% tip is for good, if not necessarily inspired work. I tip 20% when the waiter or waitress has gone out of their way to make my evening a pleasure. This is the way it is. If you do not agree with this system DON’T EAT OUT!