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I have opinions on both sides of the issue:
Pro Tip:
- I agree when restaurants have a mandatory 15% gratuity on parties over a certain size (usually 7). This way, the waiter does not get stiffed on the tip.
- I agree with tipping people whose job, at that moment sucks. For example, when I pull up to a car wash on a 100 degree day in my airconditioned SUV, then I think it's nice to give the guy a tip who is there to wash my car.
- Good service = good tip. I rarely tip low, but have been known to do it in the extreme case.
Anti Tip:
- Tip jars. In many stores this is actually against the rules. You can probably ask the manager about it or, in the case of a corporate chain like Starbucks, call their customer service to find out their policy. Franchised stores you can't do much about, but I'd bet that many of these tip jars were the concoction of the people working there and are actually against policy.
- I won't tip people who I know are getting paid a lot to begin with.
- I won't tip taxi drivers on very short rides. In Chicago, taxi's are so frigging expensive anyways that it's ridiculous. THe amount of cash a cabbie pulls in per hour is astonishing.
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