On Sat, 8 Dec 2018 18:23:21 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-12-08 5:53 PM, wrote:
>> On Sat, 8 Dec 2018 17:47:24 -0500, Dave Smith
>
>>> I think that you have to admit that there is a degree of sticker shock
>>> when you get your bill and see the tax added and then being expected to
>>> add 15% or more.
>>>
>> I don't like the tip added in style - no guarantee the servers really
>> get it, no encouragement for them to be pleasant. I like to decide
>> for myself how great the service was. I do a percentage because
>> that's the easier way to do it.
>
>There may not be a guarantee that they server would get, but you want to
>be able to hold the purse strings like you would the strings of a puppet
>to make sure they dance to your tune to get their tip. You want to be
>able to withhold the tip and deny them a good wage if your server gets
>stuck with a table of 15 that leads to the kitchen and wait staff having
>to deal with their orders.
>
Er no. I go for a meal and if the server is pleasant, does not
continually hover over me, but smiles and is just - nice - then I
leave a nice tip. If they are hung over, or sharp, or crash the
plates down in front of me, then I do not leave any tip.