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Wow, it's obvious that far to many people here haven't been servers. Statements such as "If you don't like my tip, then give it back" and other similar sentiments are unbelievably ignorant, selfish, and short sighted. If you're going out to eat the waiter is providing you a service: (s)he is getting you drinks, getting you appetizers, making sure that side salad that doesn't come with bacon on it suddenly comes with bacon on it because you asked, they're refilling not only your drinks but everyone at your table and everyone else's at anywhere from 2 to 15 tables, they're putting up with the people that come in and order $100 worth of food and then leave $1 tip, and they're doing this while making $2.13 an hour.
If you don't want to tip, then stay home & cook dinner yourself. The old adage of leaving 15% just doesn't cut it anymore as the server not only has to make tips for themselves, but they must also tip out the bartender, the bus boys, and sometimes the hosts. When most people go out to restaurants they don't tip based on the service, but instead based on the cost of the meal. If it's an expensive meal then it kind of works out (sometimes), but too often they come and spend $30 on dinner only to leave a mere $5 tip. If the service was bad then by all means, leave a crappy tip, but if your drinks where always full and the bread sticks where always at the ready then please take care of the person taking care of you.
When you walk into a diner you know before hand that you're going to have to tip. Don't feed servers that bullshit about the worlds smallest violin trying to be funny.
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