[Lijahsbubbe]

Who had the nerve to come up with this tipping scam in the first place? These restaurants want me to patronize their business and pay their workers!(and yes, I tip generously, I just think these businesses should pay their own dang workers)

[Guillermo]

That's how they do it in Europe. "Service charges" are included in the price, or sometimes there will be a "cover fee" just to sit down in a restaurant.

I guess American restaraunt owners figure that they'd get better waiters if there was an incentive to hustle.

[nevergore]

Tipping is a way to "empower" the patron not scam him.....If the resturaunt owner paid the additional salary to the workers, the food cost would be substantially higher to compensate...then if you got bad service, you'd be stuck.....

Good service = Good Tip
Bad service = Bad Tip

What really chaffs me are the resturaunts that automatically add-in 15% grautuity to the bill...

NeverGore :*)

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

You're going to pay the waiters anyway; either you'll tip (in which case you can decrease or withhold the tip if service is bad), or you'll pay an extra 15 or 20 percent for everything on the menu regardless of the quality of service.

[The Coopster]

Your post makes me skepltical that you are a good tipper.

What do you consider a "good" tip?

[tru_degenerate]

I generally tip to the level of service. And how much we work the waiter/waitress. I have a family of five and sometimes we can work them to death. We will have them going ack and forth all night. Not to mention spilled drinks and such.

If we are waited on in a respectable manner, we leave a respectable tip. Usually 15% but sometimes more. It has to be earned.

I wonder if the poor tips started before or after the poor service!?! If people are coming into these jobs with the idea of not trying to satisfy black patrons then why should they get tipped. I got a tip, treat all patrons the same regardless of skin color, and regardless of how much a tip is.