Originally Posted by IK in Seattle

You and VL have obviously never worked in a restaurant. The tip is compensation for the wait staff. In the US the wait staff gets paid very little by the restaurant. The cooks and management are paid on salary or a normal wage, the tip has no bearing on how much they get to take home at the end of the day. If you want to show your displeasure with the food or restaurant polices, you complain to management or don’t patronize the restaurant in the future.

Stiffing a waiter who has no control over the situation is classless IMO.