I exhorbatantly tip. Why? Because I waited tables for years and know what sort of impact it has. These days I tip more than ever because I know that when my family walks in the sever thinks "great two kids." -they take up two spots, add almost nothing to the bill, spill things, make messes and can at times be noisy. -great. Add to that the fact that my wife is a vegetarian and will often order an appetizer or salad as her entree and we definitely become that table. Therefore, I enjoy defying their prejudice with my ordering (hence the extra 10lb's of late) and by my tipping. Waiting tables is tough work. As is bar tending.
Yeah, I worked fast food for a summer, but moreover, I grew up on the poverty line. It's hard to form a high opinion of the economic system when you're 14 and your mother has to choose between buying food or paying the electric bill. Some of the hardest-working people I've met make blue-collar wages. I tip well because I make more than them, and they work just as hard, and I find that logically incongruous and morally repugnant. I appreciate the opportunity to reduce the inequality the tiniest bit. That's probably also a large part of why I'm inclined toward social liberalism.Waiting tables is tough work
You should splurge on the wine. It takes no more extra effort to pour a $60 bottle of wine than a $30 bottle of wine but the gratuity is higher. Also, I've noticed that the markup on the greater bottles tends to be lower than the markup on the lesser, but I might be imagining that. I can only hold so many wines in my head.
You should splurge on the wine.
Preaching to the choir pal. I don't skimp on the booze. Also, I've noticed that the markup on the greater bottles tends to be lower than the markup on the lesser
The restaurant I managed back in the day was X2+$10 for bottles under $50 and just X2 otherwise.