Originally Posted by
Kettering Northants QC
...and in 2 short sentences we have the perfect anecdote that sums up just how screwed up tipping has got - harassed for not voluntarily tipping enough.
Originally Posted by
Kettering Northants QC
Synchronising so everyone gets their meal at the main time, It's not rocket science is it? And it doesn't matter if you screw it up because you're on a guaranteed 20%. Let's not forget those big groups knocking more booze back and the 20% on that. That's a nice earner.
If you're opposed to the American/Canadian system of "voluntary" tips, wouldn't you be better satisfied by a service charge included in the bill service
compris-style?
Granted, in many if not most other countries the service charge is included in the menu price, but if you read on a menu that "a service charge of 18% is added for parties of six or more," isn't that a step in the right direction for you?
Originally Posted by
cbn42
Perhaps that's because you always leave a generous tip rather than tying it to the quality of the service like I do?
Just a guess, I don't really know.
Ah, it didn't dawn on me that perhaps
you were the recipient of the abusiveness. I thought you were referring to numbers of scenes you had witnessed of
other diners being berated.
To answer your query, I'm a generous tipper by the standards of some and chintzy by the standards of others. I have brothers-in-law who will tip 25% for excellent service while I top out around 20%.
In comparison, we dined fairly often with my late Canadian father over the years in British Columbia and Washington State, and I never saw him berated, snubbed, or slighted for his habitual 10% tips. I was watching for any sign because that tip made me feel personally uncomfortable.
Maybe people in our favored corner are just a lot nicer than everybody else, but I doubt it.
