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Originally Posted by Sliver
Yeah I tip pretty big on wing night but mostly because we're regulars. They treat us awesome and we're kind of jackasses sometimes so I figure you gotta pay to play.
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I did that when I was a regular. You tip more in general because they pay attention to you more. You can always tip less if it was an off night or just chat them up to see what's going on and it usually resolves itself. Sometimes, you can't even pay to get good service, so truly show appreciation when you get it.
One thing my friends and wife (GF at time) do is low ball tip servers who half ass serving a table. Hear me out. A couple sits at a table. The waitress flirts with the guy expecting he will pay and tip more due to her... well endowed service in a tight shirt. Completely ignores the girl (as in, talks and serves guy pretty well all night and pretty much pretends pretends she isn't there). This happened a few times where I could get maybe 3-4 refills, my GF like 0-1 even though her cup is bone dry. GF grabs the bill and turns whatever shade she wants on the server tip wise and I turn a blind eye. I mean, I got a view and my GF got a butt in her face. Turn the tables and I would probably rage tip or zero tip too if I had a butt in my face.
We've done it with tables of like 5+ guys and 1-2 girls (usually evening drinks) where the girl is seriously being under served literally to the point of being ignored (as in, we as the guys have to ask for water, booze, cutlery etc. and give it to our friend since the level of bad service to our female friend while we guys receive good/great service; female asks for service, get it once with attitude, then completely ignored again). We consider it the law of averages. Tip should be average of table. If someone had an extremely negative experience while the rest positive, tip should reflect this average per person. Expect a woman scorned to give 0-5% and it seems like a completely justified tip for the entire table... or maybe we just don't want to be attacked by an angry friend for treating someone nicely who treated them poorly?