I’m tired of hearing about bad tippers. I tip pretty well, and I’ve seen staff manuavering to work my table. However, what part of ‘gift’ do staff fail to understand? Take the entitled attitude with me, and a waiter will get the insulting amount.
Also, the staff I appreciate the most are those who are all business. It seems like most these days want to be your friend before they even take your drink order.
In Europe, a 15% (or now, 20%) “service charge” is included in the bill. You get charged this regardless of how well you are “served”. I prefer the US system where you can pay your server (= “tip”) based on the level of service. I can (and have)left my server one penny (to show that I was not at all pleased with the service). Servers (bartenders and others) generally get paid minimum wage. If that’s what they deserve because they give you crappy service don’t tip them.