Originally Posted by
uncertaintraveler
Tipping should be completely disallowed here, and all service charges should be included in the price of each menu item. Doing so would be easier for everyone: the customer, the employer, the server, and the tax-man.
In a very Machiavellian way, I tip 50% - 100% in restaurants that are close to my home and I eat at very regularly (say 3 times a week), and 15% everywhere else. Post-tax.