Quote Originally Posted by Jiro View Post
Tipping is weird. Why don't we just pay people the wages they're entitled to?
Because then the only restaurants that would exist would be giant corporate chains.

Also, nobody is "entitled" to a wage. The employer decides how much he wants to pay for a given task and you can either accept his terms or not. People don't just "deserve" better pay because they need it.

As for the topic itself, I tip based on the service received. If I spend ~$10 the server is probably getting $1 unless they actually do something they didn't have to. Yesterday at lunch the restaurant I sometimes go to was pretty busy, so I asked the server if she thought I should go somewhere else. She put my order in before the party of like 10 even though they had already ordered before I had even got there. This time my tip was pretty close to $3 for a sandwich that cost me only $9.