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Originally Posted by npwalters
I totally agree. This is why I usually way over tip in Waffle House and undertip in upscale restaurants. The establishment and amenities are already priced into the meal.
So, if you just consider SERVICE the Waffle House waitress takes your order, fills your coffee cup 2 or 3 times, brings your meal, calls you sweetie, and brings the bill. Say you ordered eggs and bacon. With coffee less than 10 bucks. 20% tip?- $2.00.
A steak at Chop House and 2 glasses of wine. About the same service (again ignore the atmosphere - you pay for that in the meal) and the bill is around 50 bucks. 20% tip? - $10.
Stupid custom. I wish the servers were just paid a decent wage and there was no tipping like in many European countries.
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Tipping is spreading over there.
If servers were smart they would train at a place like Waffle House and than seek to move up to a higher end place where they can make more money.
But than again a waffle house table probably turns over 4-5x as often as a Chop House so perhaps their is not that big an income disparity.