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Originally Posted by Flames89
Wow. You are a big tipper! I consider the "norm" to be to use the percentages. 15% for average/good, and upwards. Smoking hot looks alters accordingly.
Now, in your example you are just over-tipping.
If your bill is $12.12, we can assume this is $11.54 before 5% sales tax. So from this if you want to tip 15% = $1.73. (and yes, I would adjust to even it out, but she can have the excess change). So $1.88 is OVER 15% and 15% is a pretty normal tip for average/good service.
Now if you leave her with $15 even, you are tipping her 25%!
And your $18 move is 51% ... 
Do what you want, but don't call us cheap while you continue to give no motivation for bad servers to up their game...
Now as another question, what do you tip taxi drivers, pizza guys, and hair-cutters? |
We're talking about amounts less than $20 here. These are the annoying amounts that are really only two or three drinks that she had to serve while we take up a table.
It doesn't mean that I go around dropping $75 on $50 tabs all the time.
And I didn't mean to call you cheap, I just don't see how anyone can scoop a dollar out of a $2.88 tip. I really don't care about percentages. I tip amounts just feel right. A $23 dollar tab garners $7 change. I'd leave her a fiver, not a toonie. Probably both if the service was good.
I guess I figure that since I only find myself in tipping situations two or three times per week, saving 2 bucks each time doesn't really add up to much for me, but for the person making minimum wage plus tips, it adds up alot faster for her. So why not?
Besides all the reasoning, I have three sisters that are/were in the industry and a couple of ex g/fs that waitressed. I guess I've just seen and heard enough of their stories to know that waitressing isn't exactly easy money.