In the U.S., if you dine at an establishment with wait staff, you need to leave a tip. It is not a matter of rewarding excellent service, it is the price you pay for having someone else wait on your needs. People who can't accept that shouldn't eat out, or they should just eat at Taco Hell.
I agree with Jeff's general guideline- start with 20% and go from there based on the conduct of your waiter. I have had some very well-meaning waiters who did a poor job because it was their first day, and I didn't punish them ecessively for that. My wife has a friend who is a terrible tipper, and on top of that she complains about her meal or the service everywhere she goes. I refuse to eat out with her or anyone like her. Life is too short to sweat an extra couple of dollars for a good meal and decent service. >To Tip or Not to Tip: That is the Question. > >Once upon a time, tips were intended as rewards for excellent service. >More often then not, however, tips are given from feelings of guilt or a >desire to impress others, hardly an honest reason to spend money. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142263 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
