Are you a big tipper?

Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy isn't.

$0.20 tip on his $61.56 restaurant bill

LeSean's only comment so far is "it's bullshit".

Edited: Restaurant owner responds to why he posted the receipt & tip.

I really struggle with this issue. I tip a waitress between 10% and 18% based on service (and cuteness). Its the people like the guy who details my car and charges me $100 and expects a tip that I struggle with. We all know "everyone" in Las Vegas has there hand out, so the question is who and when more than how much to tip!

weggie

I pay too much for a haircut because I only have a 1/4 head of hair and it takes about 5 minutes, but I still give my barber a tip.

Maybe McCoy is a jerk but I don't think it was a good idea for the restaurant to publicize the incident.

On a $10 meal, I'll tip about $3. At a $100 plus per plate restaurant, I pay a maximum of 15%. I will tip less for poor service, but that is very uncommon. This weekend, 13 of us are going to an expensive joint prior to Notre Dame's dismantling of my beloved Purdue Boilermakers (St Elmo's Steakhouse). I'm guessing that our bill will be $1400 before the tip, and a 15% tip ($195) is more than plenty in my book.

I would never insult the server with what I consider an intentional slap in the face by giving 20 cents. IF i considered the service "poor-terrible", I would definitely consider not giving a tip, leave a very "stingy" tip. (ie: 7-10%) But if not leaving $5.00 minimum on that $60 check, I would leave nothing.

AND, I would try to speak with the manager before leaving to let him/her know I considered the service sub-par, and chose not to tip, or "stingy tip" for whatever reasons I "justified" my lack of generosity with.

I do not think the owner posting the image of the "tip" on the internet was appropriate, justified or ethical. If I were a local or customer, I would seriously consider never patronizing that establishment again, and letting the owner know why. Just a very poor PR move, IMHO, by the owner.

IMHO, I'm on the verge of considering the owner a bigger AH than LeSean McCoy for his 20 cents AH "move".

I generally tip $2.00 for lunches, $3.00 for dinners, which usually falls in the 20% range for my average meal.

Some people are notoriously lousy tippers. I wouldn't judge anyone based upon one experience. I consider myself to be a fairly generous tipper but I've had lousy experiences where I left nothing or very little. I think most people have.

The funniest thing about this incident is the restaurant owner is the one who is complaining about the server getting stiffed. Here's a tip to the owner....your customers are expected to pay your waitstaff's income because you dont ! An owner bitching about someone stiffing his workers? That, I believe, is a classic "pot, kettle, black" type of situation.

So in the UK tipping is totally different to in the US.

Tipping tends to be for good service only and at most 10% - this is slowly changing in the resteraunt industry but slowly.

I've been to the States several times and get the whole tipping thing so its 15 to 20% for me.

My question is for a really high end steakhouse (we did Jean Georges at Aria) do you still leave the 15 to 20% tip on say a $500 meal for 3 people. Just seems like a $100 is a big chunk of change as a tip.

Dont condem me i'm just asking the question - is there an upper limit where the percentage thing stops?


Reds

There really isn't a limit and I think that is ridiculous but its considered proper etiquette. There are bartenders and servers at high end restaurants that clear 6 digits. Thats insane. And you have people doing the same job at a greasy spoon diner that live in poverty.

You tip based partially on cuteness? Good thing you aren't paid based on cuteness.

I've never based a tip amount with an regard to the appearance of my server. If Weggie tips on looks, however, I have no argument with this.