Travelers: 5 tips on tipping

Travelers: 5 tips on tipping

Ok. I just want to come clean and say I'm a good tipper. If the service is great, I don't hesitate at tipping 20%. However, if the service sucks, I won't hesitate to leave a very low sized tip as well.

Michelle hates that I do this. For her, she always wants to leave 15% or more. The restaurant could totally screw up our order, take an hour to deliver our food, and when I want to tip 5% she is incredulous and insists I leave 15%. No way. Dammit, waiters have to work for their tips. I'm not going to leave someone a good tip unless I'm taken care of. That should be incentive for a waiter to do their damn job.

That being said, the service in Santa Barbara usually sucks. That's because too many people like to eat out, and too many restaurants don't want to spend the money to hire enough waiters/waitresses. So really, I usually take that into consideration. I don't want to penalize the waiter for the owner being stupid.