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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 3:51 pm
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Originally Posted by phillygold
I realize that waiters/waitresses survive on tips...but using your reasoning, the next time that you order a $4 cup of coffee at Starbucks, you should throw a $3 tip in the jar at the counter, because you didn't order a muffin as well to drive up the cost.
Not to devolve into a Starbucks tipping thread, but I rarely tip at Starbucks. The fact that I'm paying $5 for my coffee is giving even a part time employee good benefits, especially medical. Waitresses don't get the same benefits.

I wouldn't have left quite as much as you ElkeNorEast, but I would have left probably twice what your associates did. Between $7-$10 as a courtesy for taking a four-top away from that waitress who would have otherwise had a check that was at least twice (and probably more) what yours was otherwise.
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