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Taxes included in the price. Good service? Leave a € or two and the change. None of this "My 21.99 meal and drink really costs $30" bull**** we have to deal with here.
Yes well although I love my European clients...
They should know coming in to me that tips are not included here as they are in Europe.
I've had the pleasure of providing some fantastic services to them...
We get along amazingly & they even invite me to where they live-
Even giving me their personal info.
LOL but then I find out afterwards they assumed the tip is included in the price
its really not too tough to calculate 20% its like 2 bucks on every 10 spent so you spend 20 bucks on dinner tip is $4. not exactly rocket science.
I fear you badly overestimate the mathematical abilities of the general population. I commonly sit with groups of folks at restaurants and only about 3 in ten can calculate a tip percentage without using their smartphone. That why many leave a $5 dollar on a $90 tab and think it's pretty good. They never did the math, because they can't.
Edit: Or it's too much trouble.
I get to see what my clients do for a living....
Many are wealthy.....some of them are my regulars.
It's hit or miss with who tips well & who doesn't.
I do find that the people who were born in to money, the entitled spoiled types are the worst....
The ones who actually had to earn every penny they have, they tip better......
This thread has caused me to do some research and evaluate my tipping behavior. I found from Wikipedia...
"The American federal government requires a wage of at least $2.13 per hour be paid to employees that receive at least $30 per month in tips. If wages and tips do not equal the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour during any pay period, the employer is required to increase cash wages to compensate."
I was not aware of the fact that the employer was required to make up the difference (wages - tips) to get to minimum wage.
Another issue, around here anyway, is it's restaurant policy (law?) to pool tips together then divide them up equally, including to some of the kitchen staff.
I think it sucks that, if I get great service and tip 20%, that MY waitress can't keep what she worked for and has to share it with some staff that may be on the verge of getting fired for incompetence. Does this happen elsewhere across the country and does it cause conflict with the staff. I rarely tip 20% any more because I just don't see service that's worth it. Service has gone badly down hill around here. I think it's because there's no incentive to work for tips since they get split up.
I may look for other ways to tip for exceptional service that my waiter/waitress can't share.
Put the chinchy 10% on the CC slip and CASH ...in their hand.
I love those clients
Working downtown has been an eye opener for me...
What a joke.
So I provide excellent service, get paid pretty well....
But then I find out the place has me splitting my tips with the desk people who take appointments?!?!
Oh Hell no.
I treated my parents to breakfast this morning and dad insisted on picking up the tip.
I was like "Sure, as long as you tip 20%." I tip 20% as a rule, and those waitresses work hard. Plus, that restaurant is usually busy but was pretty slow that morning, so tipping generously was good for them too. AND, none of us ever saw the bottoms of our coffee cups.
We're Jewish and people assume Jewish people are stingy and therefore bad tippers. My dad tips 16.5% usually (that's double the tax amount here) and thinks that he's a good tipper, but I'm trying to get him to tip 20% as a rule.
I tip 20% as a rule
My dad tips 16.5% usually and thinks that he's a good tipper
15% is PAR for table service; 10% is PAR at the bar.
Don't expect to pay less.
More than this is generous and when the service is as YOU like it...
then by all means be generous. Occasionally, be over-generous.
I'm often generous as well and frankly wished service quality warranted it more often.
Sadly, it doesn't measure up even to par in far too many instances.
I had a table of 8 today. The bill was $90. I got a $5 tip and she was all proud of it. FML
Geez, I would hand the 5 bucks back to her and say "you probably need this more than me."
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I tip 20% as a rule, and those waitresses work hard. Plus, that restaurant is usually busy but was pretty slow that morning, so tipping generously was good for them too. AND, none of us ever saw the bottoms of our coffee cups. 
