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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We may call it a gratuity in this country, but if you do not pay it, you are stealing service. That waiter is not paid much and your failure to pay is being complicit in the inequity of the pay system. Adjust it a little up or down between 10 and 20%, but to leave nothing is being cheap and petty. If you're that type of person, you're probably getting bad service for a reason.[/quote]

OP here. I can't think of a time when I left less than 10%. But we should not feel obligated to leave more than 10% if the service was not great. If the service was downright awful, we should not have to leave a tip. You are not stealing service if you choose not to tip. Tipping is supposed to be optional. Anyone who takes a job waiting tables should know this.

Don't even get me started on the automatic tip. We recently went out to eat with a group of 11. We had a reservation and there were not even enough chairs at our table. The waiter stood there while we brought chairs from another table. He ended up coming to our table 3 times - took our order, brought us drinks, delivered food. Never refilled drinks, cleared plates or offered desserts. Automatic 18% tip, so apparently he didn't see any point in working hard to maybe get it bumped up to 20%. We always have the worst service when there is an automatic tip.[/quote]

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