do think its silly the ridiculously low amount that waiters make here (like $2.50ish) and I'm going to have to get used to tipping more because in Ontario they still make less than minimum wage ($8.75 as opposed to regular minimum wage which is $10.25) but still a decent amount. In fact in Ontario they make less than minimum wage but still more than the minimum wage I earn here which is like $7.50. I'm not happy about this. I get that you can make good money from tips which is why they make less but I still think earning that little should be illegal.

Anyways, what I used to do was either leave the change or round up. So for example, my bill was $20, I would leave $30. There's the tip. If my bill was $29 I would leave $40. In some cases it's cheap, in others it isn't. Unless the service was particularly good or bad I would leave more/less.