[l2ridehd]

Comments on prior posts.

California girl, I like how you think. I also dine alone sometimes. And you are so right about the servers thinking small tip. I tip based on service quality. As low as 5% to make a point that you were awful to as high as 30% to say great job. I will even over tip when going someplace where they add it to the bill to recognize good service. However I do it based on service with "average" getting 15% of total bill including tax.

Water with lemon? Do it all the time. Why? Because I want to avoid sugar based drinks and I don't want the Aspertane in the diet drinks. I will usually order wine or beer as well if appropriate. I just prefer water to the other available drinks. And the Florida water requires lemon to be drinkable. So if the server thinks that's a sign of a poor tipper, so be it. Their loss.

I prefer the standard of tipping well for good service vs the European way of paying a good salary and the wait staff have no incentive to provide good. service