Ooo, wait, I have a better idea... waiters should stop assuming they are entitled to a 15-20% tip and remember that patrons aren't legally required to leave them a bloody dime! How's that?! Sister, I'm with you! My going-in position is that the wait staff ain't getting a damn nickle.
Excellent service, treating my kid like a human being, not snorting off in a huff when I decline the invitation for coctails... these go a long way towards the waiter EARNING a tip.
If service is good, I'll tip very generously... sometimes 30% or more. If it's not, I have no guilt at all about leaving absolutely nothing.
By the way, I'm not black. I'm a honky that's fed up.
You're a tightwad Tonto? - I never would have guess that! Fun people are usually good tippers. [shakes head]
What I hate are restaurants that have tip jars in which all the waitresses have to put the money in a jar and divide it among all of them at the end of the day. The table next to me may have a great waitress, but I may get one undeserving of a tip.