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Originally Posted by redbeard911
I wouldn't tip for what I didn't buy. How ridiculous is that? The bar was full so you took a table. If there isn't a "food service at tables during lunch hours" policy then you've done nothing but create your own guilt. Tipping is so out of control is the US it's not even funny. The way you make more as a server is to work in more upscale restaurants where you are turning $500 or more in meals per hour. I'll tip 15% to 20%, and even tip a buck or two on a $10 buffet for someone to bring me a soda that if I'm in 7-11 I can pour myself.
Out of control.
I agree. How did it happen that a culture like this has developed in North America?
Everybody seems to be unhappy:
The guests as they have moral issues when you occupy a table and don't buy the average amount.
The servers who sometimes get way short-changed. (But can't be that bad because otherwise why do so many do thi job?)
And finally the foreigners. If there is a meal for $8 and a drink for $1.60, they expect to pay $10 with tip. But no, on top of that are taxes and tip so the total come out at $14.
(I was very upset about this as a European cost-concious teenager when dining at the hard-rock cafe in the Skydome...)
So why not switch to all-inclusive pricing?
SmilingBoy.