Originally Posted by
SocietyFlyGirl
+1 When I was a server during my college years, I had on occasion tables with Europeans, who I would chose to serve [instead of having another server take that table] -- I still remember one table of older Germans whom I'd provided extra service above and beyond -- who then proudly handed me their tip saying "here for you, you've been great" -- it was a dollar or two, far below even 15%!! Now, I know they thought they were being kind and tipping well, but if we'd had the amount of common tips on the bill, it would have saved them from severe undertipping....or devil's advocate, if I wasn't as good a server as I thought -- at least, if I knew that they KNEW it was undertipping, they couldn't have hid behind a lack of knowlege.
If you write on the menu 'we get 15% or more, you dumb foreigner', it's pretty insulting IMO, and you deserve a downgrade from your tip.
I wouldn't expect an insert in menus in the UK saying 'we've noticed you're American, to get the amount of food you're used to, order two entrees'.