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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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The only person worse than the OP (cheap and bad at math) are those who try to disguise their cheapness by asserting they are making some kind of political statement, or trying to change the status quo (cheap and dishonest about it).  Guess what?  You stiffing your server does absolutely nothing to "pressure politicians to enact fair wages" - all it does is stiff your server.    You are not taking a principled stand, you are being a selfish jerk, and trying to rationalize it.

Also, news flash - if your servers were paid a fair wage, the price of your meal would increase, and you'd be paying the same thing you would be if you tipped.  I agree, though, that would be better for everyone, because then servers wouldn't have to contend with a-holes like you, who try to save a few bucks at their expense by claiming they are acting for the common good.  [/quote]

YOU are the one with the problem. You don't get to tell people what to do with their money. Especially to someone who explicitly told you they were ready to bear the taxpayer costs of a law that guarantees higher wages for restaurant workers. 
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"I would pay more if legally required to, but until then I don't care if having me as a customer costs the server money."

Stay home, then. It's better for everyone. [/quote]

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