If you don't want to tip a server, don't go to places that have servers. Get your overpriced food to go, or cook it yourself at home.
It's not a hard concept.
I taught my child to consider tax and tips before she decided to purchase meals at any “sit-down” restaurants.
As a former waitress, I tend to overtip, to make up for people like you.
If I can't afford a decent tip, I don't go to restaurants.
It is always cheaper to cook at home, or buy prepared foods at grocery stores, so why even bring up “overpriced meals” as your reason not to tip your sever?
You (and your ilk) are the ones who need to get smart, and stay out of restaurants.
It certainly would make you, other customers, servers, cooks and restaurant owners much happier.
Problem solved!
Eating out is indeed a luxury, and any one who makes a living serving should keep that in mind.
But people who eat out should remember that as well. I love to eat out. Sure, I think I can cook a tasty and enjoyable meal that will rival or be better than a restaurant meal.
But I enjoy the variety. I enjoy getting new ideas, or measuring up my culinary endeavors against those I am being served. And I enjoy interacting with the people who work at it for a living.
My wife recently went to a diner in Quincy, MA, a small diner with probably 5-10 booths and equivalent counter space. The room between the counter and the cooking gear was so narrow two people had to contort to work around each other.
We got seats immediately at the counter (we just lucked out, the place had a huge line but everyone wanted booths...) and we watched in amazement as a man and woman worked around each other at a blistering pace to create and serve food. The man cooking would crouch and duck his head, the woman with a plat of food would shove it right through where his head had been to place it on a shelf to be served.
The did this non-stop and smoothly while seamlessly keeping up a banter with each other and customers. I had to pull my phone out and record what they were doing. It was phenomenal to watch, the food was good and the atmosphere was great.
I just couldn’t reproduce that environment at home! And that is one example.
It is also true there are people who should not patronize restaurants. I will say, as much as I loved my mother, when she got older, she turned into a restaurant terrorist. I had two aunts who were the same way. It was often embarrassing to be with them.
“You (and your ilk) are the ones who need to get smart, and stay out of restaurants.
It certainly would make you, other customers, servers, cooks and restaurant owners much happier.”
Yeah, lets just ban all restaurants, all those germs and the high priced food. Total ripoffs. Mean surly wait staff. The best place to eat was mom’s kitchen anyway!
Signed: Ilk like Me!
AND YOU ARE THE REASON WHY, PEOPLE DON’T NEED THAT BIG OF TIP!!! YOUR ATTITUDE!! BESIDES THEN IF YOU WAS RELIYING ON YOU TIPS FOR YOUR JOB, WHY DIDN’T YOU GET A REAL JOB THEN OR EVEN WORK AT MCDONALD’S THAT PAY MORE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES WITHOUT THE TIPS! SO THAT SAYING MCDONALD’S CHARGES LESS BUT PAYS MORE AND THAT IS LOW TO BEGIN WITH!