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Old 12-28-10, 08:22 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by tater View Post
My standard tip is a rough 20% I round to nearest whole buck, usually, sometimes down, but never below 15% unless the service stinks (and I know many in the restaurant business, and know the difference between the front and back problems wise, so I only down tip for bad SERVICE, not problems in back).
That's pretty much my standard too, although at breakfast joints i'll usually tip the waitress about 100% since the meal is so cheap and waiting that meal is hard work.

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Places we go a lot I will sometimes buy drinks for the kitchen, too. Do that and you get treated very well indeed.
I've never heard of anyone doing this before. Do restaurant owners tend to be ok with it?
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