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In article <31r3h8$qd4@seismo.CSS.GOV>, foster@seismo.CSS.GOV (Glen Foster) writes:
|> Tipping is an interesting phenomenon. It seems that nobody likes it
|> but I have yet to hear of an acceptable alternative.
|> 
|> Not that anyone wants my opinion but I feel that a 0-10-15-20% tipping
|> scale is pretty cheap. I use a 0-20-up scale. I won't tip if I get bad
|> service (and I will usually try to speak to the waiter, and the manager
|> if the waiter is not responsive, about the problem). I tip 20% for
|> "average/good" service, this covers a broad range. I will tip
|> significantly over that for exceptional service. I have tipped in
|> excess of 100% rarely and 50% is not unusual. 
|> 
|> 
|> I would be interested in other's opinions about tipping.
|> -- 
|> Glen Foster <foster@css.gov>

Being from Europe, I far prefer 15% service included. It feels like an extra tax on the meal. (I also prefer the sales tax to be included on everything so that you really know what you will have to pay).

Having to tip more than 15% to make up for lousy wages tells me that there is something wrong with the system.


Ed.