While I wait for Whomageddon to finish airing so I can download, here's a poll!

[gogmagog]

[Poll #1218262]

I'm just curious about the art of tipping; I'm well-versed in the art of restaurant tipping (having grown up with "home cooking" being various Kansas City restaurants), but I'm always unsure when it comes to those other kinds of tips how much I should give. (I usually end up going for the high side of what I think is acceptable, because I'd rather err on the generous side, but then I wonder whether I'm tipping TOO highly.)

Note that I ask for "on average"; what I mean by that is, how much would you tip for acceptable to good service in this area? Also, if any of these results don't apply, or you have other thoughts about tipping and such, post them in the comments!

Comments

[petronia.livejournal.com]

...The other thing I'm thinking is that if your sales tax is 5% and you tip 20%, then you're paying a bit more than 25% over what shows on the bill. If I tip 20% post-tax, I'd be adding more like 38% to the bill. ^^; This is not so much to say that I have more right to be cheap but that economic theory dictates what's normative/average. Too, lower taxes tend to correspond to lower minimum wage, and vice versa.

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

True, that does make a pretty big difference in terms of tip. :o