I think you should include that in your original comment, because it gave me a very different impression!

It's in the last paragraph where I describe my practice of tipping in bands. Flat rate numbers roughly related to the amount of the bill.

(Assuming you're in the US)

That's still kind of a dick move, man...

That's the social contract -- you go to a full service restaurant, you tip 20% of the bill.

I can understand for things like even retail and other non-traditional PoS stuff but for full service dining, this isn't new.

If you want to opt out of participating in the whole tip structure there, then you probably should opt out of participating in full service dining as well.

> That's the social contract -- you go to a full service restaurant, you tip 20% of the bill.

When did it go from 15% to 20%? Is it because people don't tip in cash anymore, making it more difficult for service staff to evade taxes?

It didn't except in the minds of delusional people, and I'm never paying 20%.

When I was raised and educated on these matters, it was 15%. 20% is reserved for exceptional service.

I've actually decided the real problem is clueless people like you trying to tip police others over immaterial minutia like exact tip percentage. Do my napkin FFS and see for yourself what my percentage averages out to. You're the ones manufacturing frantic guilt. It's like atheists and unknowns. Christ.

This is strange.

Isn’t the idea that servers knowingly make a gamble that they can generate more from tips (performance) than less than minimum wage?

So if you order a drink that costs $1000, the server should get $200 for that?