What the heck???

How come people think they are God and have to tell people "Ive worked in the food buisness" Who gives a crap. I tip very well and if a waiter or waitress does a horrible job and sits there and talks to other waiters or waitresses and slacks off, well too bad,why should I have to tip. What is this crap now, you HAVE to tip even if the service is horrible because its the food service buisness?? Give me a freakin break. I've seen gas pump attendants work harder than some waiters and waitresses. Tipping those slackers makes u look like an idiot throwing away your money on someone who doesnt care about your service at the restaurant. Tip well to the ones who DO their job and when you get someone who completely ignores you or sits and talks to other waiters,well u dont have to leave a tip just because someone who "worked in the food buisness" says you have to. Ridiculous. You have to work hard for tips,they are not automatic. Whats the point of them,then??????????????

Tipping is completely optional, so 15% is not the minimum; none is the minimum. If you feel 10% is fair than it is not embarrassing. How can it embarrass you if you feel it is fair. If waiters or waitresses can't make ends meet because people supposedly don't tip them "enough" then perhaps they should find a different career. Also, why should I tip 15% on a $300 bottle of wine? Is it really that much harder for the waiter to bring to the table than a free cup of water? No, actually for my table it is probably less work since I drink several cups of water in any given sitting. However, by your standards the first trip to the table "requires" me to tip $45 while the latter, even by your standards, "requires" no tip at all.

On an amusing sidenote, I've seen many waiters and waitresses being interviewed and they complain that the percentage of tips should have gone up to something like 25% since prices have gone up due to inflation. They don't believe their income has gone up proportionally to the price increases. I just want to yell at the TV, "It's a percentage, moron! As prices rise, so do your 15% tips, that so many people think are required."

So belittle people all you want, but maybe you're the "buford," as you put it, since you'll go to a highly overpriced restaurant and tip the waiter $45-$60 because the bill was $300, however, you go to Denny's and tip the waiter $2.25-$3.00 on a $15 bill even though the waiters at each put in the same amount of work. Doesn't make much sense to me, but maybe I'm too dense to see it since I'm one of those people you probably look down upon. Of course, then again, from your criticisms, you'd probably look down on most waiters I've known too since they are probably out back right now soupin' up their Trans-Am, with their kids half naked in the above ground pool because they can't clothe them because of "lousy" tippers like me (of course I usually tip more than 20% but only because I don't go to expensive restaurants, and I usually have good service. In the event of bad service, I don't feel bad about leaving nothing!)