@LadyMarissa wrote: IF you can’t afford to tip or you don’t agree with tipping, you really should eat at home where NO tipping is required!!!
I have no problem with tipping, as most of you understood from my previous answer and at least one person deliberately misunderstood.
@Lady – you imply that the tip should be the same regardless of the quality of the service. After all, the waiter still isn’t being paid much and still needs the money. So in your mind, do I tip the same for crappy service as I do for excellent service?
If that’s the case, where is the incentive for the waiter to do well for me. If he or she is getting the same tip no matter what, why should they hurry to bring me water, or deliver my food while it’s hot, or anything else quality related? After all, the waiter is underpaid and (according to some) it is my responsibility to tip well regardless of the service quality.
This is what I can’t reconcile – that there seems to be this implicit obligation that I owe the waiter a good tip regardless, because he/she is underpaid. That’s not right.