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Originally Posted by tuccillo

So what is the proper amount? It used to be that tips reflected the service provided. The "suggested" amount was 15%. At some point, someone determined the "suggested" amount is now 18% - not sure who that person is. I am sure the "suggested" amount will soon go to 20%. In a previous post, it was suggested that tips should be built in. I am in favor of this. However, there are two issues. The first is that you have little recourse for bad service. The second is that I have belonged to a club where an 18% tip was automatically added in but they left a place on the receipt for "additional tip". Presumably you would provide an "additional tip" for very good service, which is sort of what the definition of a tip was. So then we have two levels of tips: the mandatory and the optional.

I like your idea and if the service is substandard, I will not go back to that particular restaurant.

I like to tip 20% or more if service is good to excellent.

15% if service is poor, but that's me. I would have to check with my son what the industry standard is, at this point in time. He does work in the higher end of hotel service so possibly their rates are probably higher than most.

I have more empathy than most, for helping people who provide a service, to the general public. I seen people who are extremely generous with tipping and people who "throw nickels around like manhole covers".

There will be a certain amount of people who don't tip well and the servers income is affected. As discussed many times before, some people feel that management should pay a living wage and not have servers subject to possibly a sub-standard wage.

Again, this is a subject that will have many opinions for, and against.