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Originally posted by anleja
Maybe the people who have lots of money have lots of money because they are stingy with it 
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I think you hit the nail right on the head. Me myself always tip the pizza guy heavely. There is no set amount we (my roomate and I) tip, usually if the total comes to around $15 we just give him a $20...partly for our convinience and also so he doesnt have to make change and can get to his next delivery faster. Also we should at least compensate him for bringing us our food because we were too lazy to get off our asses to go get the food
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In the restaurant is a completely different thing. I have a kind of sliding scale that i try and follow when tipping. The tip starts off high between 15-25% and can go up and down depending on how the service is. If the waiter jsut forgets about us until we are ready for the check then the tip will drop. On the other side, if the waiter refills drinks without asking us or strikes up some interesting small talk then the tip can get pretty high. I think the highest I tipped someone was 100%. Although my sister and I just went out for ice cream and the bill came to about $5 and i just threw down $10. usually the highest i go is 30% on average.