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Originally Posted by npwalters
Well you have made quite a few assumptions here including about me. You don't know me and if I am thoughtless or not.
BTW, the ambience of the restaurant (décor, tables, etc)should influence the cost of the meal - not the amount paid for service in my opinion.
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Well, no; I did not single you out. ANYONE who occupies a table in an ultra-expensive restaurant for one or two hours, and who does not realize that such occupation deprives the server of having another customer at the table, and who does not tip accordingly
is thoughtless.
And, of course the ambiance of the restaurant
does affect the cost of the meal. (It pays the overhead.) It is because of the
excessive time you occupy the table that the tip should be increased significantly, not because of the price of the food.
Now, if you gobble and get out as one does at McDonalds, you might justify a smaller tip. But you don't. No one does. The pace of the service of the food courses prevents this, and adds to the pleasure of the dining experience.