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Originally Posted by ma-skis.com
depends on the restaurant (although most do this), but i still don't think that should be a reason why you have to tip, if anything it should motivate the server to provide better service to get above the tip out.
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TIP: To Insure Prompt Service.
It exists precisely to motivate a server. A server is not entitled to a tip nor is a patron expected to give one.
If the patron wishes to get better service then par, then you tip your server (waiter, bartender, valet, etc). It's really meant for long standing relationships between servers and patrons - if you tip well, you will get a reputation at the venues you frequent and will receive better service as a result.
Sadly, the d-bag restaurant industry decided to capitalize on the social expectation of tipping prevalent in our society and dropped the wages of servers to the point where they literally HAVE to make tips in order to make any money at all.
Don't like tipping and hate that you're expected to anyways? Blame the jackass restaurant "manager" driving the BMW outside.
I tip GST * 3, rounded up to the nearest dollar. I make quite a bit more then minimum wage and I treat my servers like human beings so I almost never receive bad service. When I do, I still tip - because I assume the servers need the money more then I do. I have never been treated rudely by a server, ever. I suspect the people who do get that treatment earned it in some regard, or have ridiculous expectations.