Originally Posted by
JimmyG_415
I might be wrong in your opinion, but I'm right in that that is why this happened.
If you ever had a job where your lively hood was based on tips, I think you'd have a different opinion.
& I don't get why you write it like it is a simple fact that I'm wrong and you are right. That is your opinion on how things should be.
Ask 100 people who work for tips if they can possibly be insulted by the size of a tip.
I didn't say that waitstaff can't be insulted by the size of tips.
I agree that, if you're having a $100 sit-down meal, leaving a $5 tip is more insulting than leaving no tip.
However, I don't understand why people get "insulted" in spots where people are giving small, non-customary tips that are often otherwise zero from the average person.
I'm talking about tips on takeout, tips in addition to the 18% forced tip for big parties, tips above a mandatory "service charge", and tips to poker dealers when gratuities have already been subtracted from the prizepool.
In those cases, you shouldn't be insulted with any amount, because it's something extra.