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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tip 10 to 20% based on quality of service. I don't care if it's pre or post tax.
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Tipping 10% often costs your server money.  If you can't afford to tip 20%, do not eat out.  If you receive excellent service, feel free to leave more.  I doubt you would though.[/quote]

Sigh. I saw the John Oliver segment on tips, PP. I know. But I refuse to be the one paying that extra tax on meals. I come from a country where waiters and waitresses get fair living wages. If everyone keeps tipping wait staff to compensate for entirely inhumane wages, guess what? Politicians won't do a darn thing about it. We need to pressure politicians to enact fair wages for that population, and part of that pressure means not being left holding the bag. Some states have implemented this already, and it hasn't led to the death of their restaurant industry!

So I think you have entirely the wrong approach. I'm not tipping to get the waiter to a living wage. I want as many American states as possible to pay wait staff a decent wage. 
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