Originally Posted by kane

Have you actually been scolded by wait staff for not tipping enough? I eat out a decent amount and have never had that happen. Most of the time I get what I would consider good service and I tip around 20% (more if it is a regular spot that I go to and really like). I have had a few times when I have gotten bad service, in a couple of those cases I tipped nothing, but I have never been scolded by staff for not tipping.

Still though, what if there were not tipping, your ordered the meal that cost $24 and got shitty service? Now what? At least with tipping in place you can choose to not pay that person extra since they did a bad job.