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It has recently been publicized that a 20 percent tip is now appropriate because servers are usually only guaranteed $2.13 an hour and the tips have to be split. Let me explain something. It is the customer's sole right to determine whether a tip is given, the amount and who will be the recipient of his tip. Such rights are not only guaranteed by our constitution they are clearly explained in the Code of Federal Regulations. Customers may tip any amount they choose. Instead of a higher tip being appropriate, what is now actually appropriate is for the public to...

Bad tippers and bitter waitressesBy Jack Kemp (not the politician) Nov. 26, 2005 Once, years ago, I heard a heard a lecture by a rabbi on dating. He advised that if your date treats a waiter/waitress or a busboy in a condescending and mean manner, that is the way they will treat you after a while – if you were to marry them. Today's New York Post had an article about cheap celebrity tippers listed on the website www.bitterwaitress.com. I went there to see how many well known political "champions of the little guy and gal" rated. I cross referenced the...

Waiter, there's a service charge on my soup. Customers at a high-end Manhattan restaurant soon will notice an extra expense when they get their bill, and not only for their soup course. Beginning Thursday, chef Thomas Keller will charge customers a 20 percent service fee at Per Se, his year-old outpost in the Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle, where the views of Central Park are nearly as breathtaking as the prices.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - China is building up its military at a pace and scope that is tipping the military balance against Taiwan and could pose a credible threat to modern militaries operating in the region, a Pentagon report on Chinese military power said. The annual report to Congress said China's actual defense spending is estimated to be two to three times more than acknowledged by Beijing, or up to 90 billion dollars this year, the largest in Asia and the third largest in the world after the United States and Russia. The report detailed China's efforts to improve and add...

Here are some parameters for tipping valued-or not so valued-employees.

(AP) A New York City man accused of leaving an inadequate tip at a restaurant was arrested, fingerprinted and photographed for a mug shot. Humberto A. Taveras, 41, faces a misdemeanor charge of theft of services after he and his fellow diners argued with Soprano's Italian and American Grill managers over the legality of requiring an 18 percent tip for large parties. "They chased us down like a bunch of criminals," Taveras said. "It killed our weekend." Taveras and eight others had pizza at the restaurant in this resort village Sunday night. He told the Glens Falls Post-Star they weren't...

THERE'S an imperfection that might offer a clue as to why Tiger Woods (above) and Swedish stunner Elin Nordegren have reportedly split. He's cheap. A valet at the Rio in Las Vegas tells us Woods is one of the worst tippers ever. "Tiger is arrogant and cheap," the valet said. "He would rather carry his own bag than tip us. But if Tiger is traveling with his dad, his dad compensates for his son's thoughtlessness." On the other hand, another Woods, actor James Woods, is the nicest man — "great guy, friendly, egoless, and great tipper."

Tip means To Insure Promptness, or Tips, To Insure Promt Service... Numerous writings regarding the history of "tipping" would indicate that tipping came about centuries ago, and was paid up front to insure prompt service subsequent to you providing a gratuity. Now, the gratuity is paid after the fact; just another aspect of how backasswards things have become. Gone are the olden days when the innkeeper's daughter was the servant administering to weary travelers at wayside inns. But today, tipping has grown into an institution unto itself, and we are "conditioned" to this with obedience, and without question, no resistence,...

Gossip About: Julia Roberts Location: Glen Ellyn, IL Restaurant: Glen Oaks Restaurant I was fortunate enough to receive a whopping $12.00 tip from Julia,Danny Moder, and the film crew when they dined in my place of employment last year sometime, they were in Glen Ellyn filming "OLD FRIENDS" There had to be 12 of them in all. My boss picked up the check, why, God only knows, the bitch makes millions a flick! Whatever, anyways, the check was around $125.00. I would have thrown more down on the table, thats alright, next time I'll let someone else wait on her,...

July 11, 2003 -- A new study finds many waiters and waitresses feel that black Americans generally tip less than restaurant diners who are white. The study, by a researcher at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, found that blacks tip on average 20 percent less than whites. In addition, restaurant workers of all races dislike waiting on black people because they assume the tips will be less no matter how good the service. NPR's Juan Williams reports. The study found that 63 percent of blacks and 30 percent of whites didn't understand that the standard restaurant tip in the...

After a night of beers in Billings, one Colorado cowboy isn't feeling so good. Charmed by a waitress raising two small children, the bar-hopping cowboy piled a $2,000 tip onto an $11 bar tab. Now, much sobered up, he wants his tip back, or most of it. The young cowboy, who doesn't want his name used, came to Montana for the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale. On his way home Sunday night, he and a friend visited the Billings Club for a few drinks. He was a gentleman, said the waitress, Tara, who is 21. "He told me to go...