Originally Posted by
crabbing
heck, if servers are demanding 20% now (15% is the proper amount for good full service, much less for buffet, but adjusted where you're sitting for hours and just ordered coffee), perhaps we should just go to the grocery store, buy and cook our food at home, and stop by the restaurant only to give the server a tip on what we would have paid.
There was one tipping thread where people were discussing eating at counter service or fast food places to avoid having to tip, and one poster implied that was actually stealing from the waitstaff at full service restaurants.