> I always get excellent service in restaurants. Timely, professional and very personable.
That hasn’t been my experience. The “service” I experience is for the most part is mediocre. Tipping pretty much encourages servers to handle more customers at once.
So untrue! In hotels I tip the low on the totem pole room attendant and what may have been mediocre service of my room becomes top notch the next day...thus increase the tip to encourage good service. In restaurant service, so many treat servers badly and tip if at all under the ten percent that same server will need to claim on their taxes based on food sold. That same server is usually required by the employer to share that cheapskate tip you give with other staff and if you left nothing they have to take it from gratuities given by the other more generous patrons. Shame on you.