My dad used to say tip stands for “to insure promptness”, ie: to give the customer the attention to make their visit comfortable.
Tipping has gotten out of hand at some venues. For example you go to a frozen yogurt store, fill your own cup, apply toppings and then go pay and be expected to tip the cashier. For what? Taking your money? I agree big tippers like others say, are showing off and actually diminish services to reasonable tippers. I am a 20% guy, unless the service is terrible I will drop to 5% and percentages in between. I like to support those hard working people who can use extra bucks, but not because they are simply there, but because they are doing their job. One waitress moved us to a better table at Cody’s lake Sumter, she reminded me several times her doing so should be rewarded, which I was originally planning to do. Her insistence and subsequent poor service resulted in two things 1) a 10% tip (should have been 0) and 2) I don’t got to Cody’s LS restaurant and just stay at bar where service is good
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