Less than 20%? I routinely leave tips better than that - guess I must be a real supporter of the working man...
No wait, I'm a conservative! Obviously I'm trying to hold them down so I can profit from their labor.
I'm right with you. I've been known to tip $5 on a $6 meal if the service was good. I figure that a $5 minimum on table delivered food is appropriate. Why should a waitress suffer financially because I eat cheap. There are some people that tend to be demanding, demeaning and least the least amount of tip that can rationalize no matter how good the service is. I can only guess which party they vote for.
Less than 20%? I routinely leave tips better than that - guess I must be a real supporter of the working man...
Well, a friend of mine has always said "Don't tip on tax!". After all, the waiter shouldn't benefit if meals are taxed higher. Also, my friend makes the point that tipping on tax is unfair to those waiters and waitresses in New Hampshire, since there's no tax in NH. (Of course, there is a fairly hefty meals tax in NH, so while I can maybe see his point, his analogy was off).
So a $30 tip on a $152 meal probably was over 20% if you don't tip on tax.