I partially agree with what RonJohn and a few others have mentioned about low wages, but there comes a point when those individuals making that $3-4 bucks an hour shouldn't fully depend on good tippers to get them up to the federal minimum wage around $5-6. It's like if you know that job has piss-poor wages, why would you continue to work it lol.

I've felt for years now that the fed. minimum wage needs to increase in a big way. I know plenty of people who work full-time making only enough to scrape by, and with our booming economy, minimum wage MUST reflect that and keep up. And it's not keeping up, people are getting screwed by the system, and it's pissing me off =)

If I go out to eat, which is becoming more of a rare thing, I don't ever calculate how much to tip. If I liked the waiter/waitress and they were attentive, I'll give 'em say $5-6 bucks, but if service was bad, only a couple dollars at most.

And yes, Waiting was a side-splitter. Maybe that's why I don't venture into restaurants anymore? ~