To tip or not to tip?

Re:To tip or not to tip? by dyadic on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @07:38PM (#9181535)

I like seeing the service included in the bill, it makes it explicit that it's a separate thing from the dinner and something that I'm paying for.

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Re:To tip or not to tip? by pavlov on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @07:52PM (#9181607)

So how about separate charges for cleaning and accounting?

The restaurant pays for a lot of other things too that are not directly part of the dinner. I don't understand why service should be considered special.

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Re:To tip or not to tip? by waterlesscloud on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @09:35PM (#9182011)

Because the service is a direct and prominent factor in your experience of the meal.

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Re:To tip or not to tip? by jeremysmyth on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @04:32AM (#9183117)

So are the ingredients, the recipe, and the individual elements of the cooking. I also personally rate restaurants on the comfort and style of the furnishing, the "ambience", the location, and events, if any (a Lebanese restaurant I like occasionally has a belly dancer).

None of these are separately itemized on my bill, nor would I expect them to be.

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Re:To tip or not to tip? by tass on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @07:54PM (#9181615)

How is the server's wage different from the rest of the cost of the meal (profit, chef's wage, rent, electricity, carpet cleaning, etc.)?

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