Don't work in the "hospitality" (haha) industry if you want a better wage, and don't expect tips for doing what you're being paid for.
Damn retards.

IF YOU WANT MORE MONEY SIMPLY FOR DOING YOUR JOB GET A BETTER JOB.
It's pretty simple. I also tip well, when it's warranted. Not just cause you think you're entitled to it.

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So its the customers fault you get crappy salaries? US is the only country that really pulls this crap. No other industry asks the customers to pay the employees. And you arrogant servers getting angry at the customers instead of the owners need to stop the BS. I worked in retail for a little above minimum wage and I had to deliver customers heavy ass washers,dryers,refrigerators. Also lifting bricks,manure,etc into customers cars. And this was in the hot summer and I didn't get a single tip.

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Mst - shouldn't your BOSS be responsible for paying you?
I work at a job that provides service to the public. We don't get tips. We get paid by our employer.
Maybe you should follow your own advice. Maybe you should get a job that has a better salary? Nobody is forcing you to be a waiter. You chose the job.

I live in Canada where minimum wage is $10.25 an hour and nobody can make any less than that, save for minors (under 18 in Canada) who make student wage, which is only a few dollars less. Servers, bartenders, delivery boys and so forth make the same that I do, and I get by just fine. I work customer support, I put up with verbal abuse and systems that don't work everyday, nobody tips me. Even if a customer calls in to compliment an agent they don't get jack.
So yeah, I only tip when I'm pleased with the service is particularly good. Servers shouldn't be nice and keep the customer happy because they think they'll get extra, they should do it because it's their job. Do your job well and you get to keep it, that's how life works for the rest of us, do servers think they're better than all the other work-a-day, minimum wage joes?

There should be no tipping what so ever. It only makes workers compete against each other, even though at some places they split the money. And one of the worst things is a boss/employer can see the tip as a form of salary and then pays less in salary.

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Yes, exactly. I've mentioned it several times on topics like this. If the restaurants pay the wait staff a decent wage, the restaurant is simply going to get that extra money from the customers by charging them more for the food. So at the end of the day, the people that bitch the most about it are going to be paying that cost anyway.

People complain about tipping, but go to a place like Europe and you'll see how lucky we are in America that a bowl of plain mac and cheese isn't $20!
I always tip at least 15%. If the service is terrible I will lower the tip, but generally I rarely have this much of an issue. Once in my life the tip was "learn how to be a better server" when the restaurant had my table and I and ONE other couple and I could hear the server laughing her ass off in the back while we waited for ages for our food, refills, etc. I was about to drink the KETCHUP I was dying of thirst that bad! Never went back to that restaurant again either.
If I get outstanding service I tip closer to 20%. And in my personal experience most servers work hard to get that
I remember one time we had a huge table and the server didn't even use a paper to get all our orders. We were doubtful but when ALL our food came and everything there was there we applauded the guy lol. Gave him a great tip then as well

If for whatever reason I can't tip very well (like I scrounged up enough money just to get the dinner), but the service was amazing, I'll tell them how much I appreciated it and let a manager know how amazing so and so was. Its really the only thing that keeps me from feeling guilty I couldn't tip.
If anyone does this, make sure you go to a MANAGER, not the seater. They likely will not tell the manager. It's better to tell the manager directly.
"I've gotten into so much trouble, I wouldn't know how to act when I'm not in trouble."

Yes, get the employers to pay a decent wage. Why all the attention is on the customer to give the servers a decent wage is beyond me! Come to Scandinavia, we pay our servers enough money that tipping is not expected.

I'd almost forgotten about this topic.
"There is no escape, John!"

Exactly.
Restaurants need to stop shunting the responsibility of paying THEIR staff a living wage onto the customer.