[Velvet]

Just remembered what Dale Carnegie wrote:

“A man convinced against his will,
Is of the same opinion still.”

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

15% is very reasonable.
Ask servers what the average tip is in TV.
I bet most would snatch your hand off to average that amount.

Tipping 15% is being cheap.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by JSR22

Tipping 15% is being cheap.

......and over tippers are the "look at me" egotists.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

......and over tippers are the "look at me" egotists.

15% is undertipping. I am not an egoist. I believe in providing a good tip for good service. The servers work very hard and deserve to be rewarded.

[Keefelane66]

15% tip is more than fair.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

15% tip is more than fair.

Absolutely not. t is being cheap.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

......and over tippers are the "look at me" egotists.

Who knows what one leaves, save for the recipient of the tip?

How is that "look at me"?

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Who knows what one leaves, save for the recipient of the tip?

How is that "look at me"?

Exactly. The cheap tppers are always looking for an excuse to be cheap.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by JSR22

15% is undertipping. I am not an egoist. I believe in providing a good tip for good service. The servers work very hard and deserve to be rewarded.

By their employer, not by their customers.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

By their employer, not by their customers.

In order to do that they need to raise their prices, and the cheapskates will be screaming.

[Golfer222]

I put a stack of dollars bills on the table (estimating what the tip will be)

excellent service they get it all

I take a bill off of the stack for every mistake.

They get what is left

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Golfer222

I put a stack of dollars bills on the table (estimating what the tip will be)

excellent service they get it all

I take a bill off of the stack for every mistake.

They get what is left

Bit like how the Rabbi and the Priest divied up the weekly collection.
The Priest said the Bishop gave him a percentage back for the church and his keep.
Rabbi said he puts it all on a plate, throws it in the air, God take what he needs, all that comes down is his.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Who knows what one leaves, save for the recipient of the tip?

How is that "look at me"?

Ask and you shall receive??

Originally Posted by Golfer222

I put a stack of dollars bills on the table (estimating what the tip will be)

excellent service they get it all

I take a bill off of the stack for every mistake.

They get what is left

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Velvet

I usually tip 15% everywhere in the world (where people tip) if the service is up to par. If it is better than expected then I increase the amount, if it is less then I decrease it. I like 15%. It is easy for me to remember.

20% is easier for me to calculate but the process is the same.

I do get annoyed at the suggestion that 22%, 25%, or even 28% should be the new norm. In those cases I fight the urge to under-tip on general principles.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Whatever the bill, it could have been in the hundreds, the server was only going to get $4 or $8.
Percentages never entered the argument. Several argued that a dollar each was to much.

That is my point. It depends on the size of the bill. If it was under $20, they were being generous and if it was in the hundreds, they were being cheap.