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ankhtahr:
Well, we know your secret now. You're a secret, left-handed, beetle.

Yeah, but another thing is this:

--- Quote from: questionablydiscontent on 11 Sep 2013, 11:47 ---spearing your food onto the tines.

--- End quote ---
In Germany that might be alright for steak or something, but at least in a fine restaurant the normal way to hold a fork, to which you revert after you ate the bite you had "speared" onto it, is this.

Grognard:
How this American tips.
Basic Service: 10% of total bill (including taxes) or a minimum of $1 per diner.
Great Service: 15%  or a minimum of $1 per diner.
Awesome Service or Huge Party: 20-25% or $2 per diner.  I may even commend and praise you to your manager.
Car Delivery Service: 20%+
Awesome Service + I'm Drunk + You're Cute:  I don't recall the cost, I just tipped her $50.

edit:
Crappy Service / Bad experience / Piss me off: $1, in coins if I can.  I may even complain to your manager. :x

I won't ever leave Nothing

lepetitfromage:
I only remember one instance in which Nick and I didn't leave a tip- the server was acting as though we were inconveniencing her just by being there and as the night progressed it just got worse and worse. Whatever could have gone wrong, did. We tried to bring things up nicely- please, thank you, etc and she just wasn't having it. (We like to abide by the rule "Don't piss off people that handle your food" but this girl was pissed off before we even sat down.)


Generally, we double tax and round up for standard service, throw a couple bucks extra in if you're nice and give 20% to those that go above and beyond. Just once though, when I have enough $ to do so, I'd like to leave a really good server a 100% tip.

LeeC:
as a rule I do 15% if its outstanding service 20%, though for pizza deliveries I typically tip $3.50-$5 and they think I am the most generous man ever for some reason.  I guess they are used to people not tipping at all.

ackblom12:
That may be partially due to people mistakenly believing that delivery charges are for the drivers. They absolutely are not.

15% is the absolute least I will tip for decent service. I waited tables for a few years and I don't eat at the kind of places (on the occasion we have money to go out) that the waiters are going to be doing particularly well. Fuck da tip system.

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