A question about tipping in restaurants

It sounds like they are setting a "minimum" for you to add to depending upon the quality of service, since the normal amount is 15%.

The last time I ate out 6 Months ago, I took a friend out to Flattire Burger in Edmond; the waitress was cheerful despite being very busy. She made suggestions and gave us refills and was a delight. The food was excellent.

We gave her a double tip.

A few weeks before, another friend and I went to "The Garage", also in Edmond. The food was slow, not that good, and service was non-existent.

No tip for that waiter.

We don't have that service charge in the states. Most people from Europe don't tip because they think it's included.

The typical restaurant experience is like going to the zoo.
Inside the pens

i hate eating out. i dislike being waited on and i dislike being watched when i eat by waiters eager to clear our tables or other patrons comparing themselves. then i'm expected to pay service on top? pah.

Then cook your own damn food and wait on yourself.

i do normally. but the stupid wife wants to go waste our hard earned cash in restaurants sometimes.

Then suck it up and quit taking it out on people just trying to make a living.

Twenty percent of the grand total.

I agree. Just stop going to restaurants. Then maybe they will quit ripping people off

What? How am I taking it out on people trying to make a living? I pay my 12.5% inclusive tip even though i don't have to. Sometimes i leave a little extra on top.

UK is an expensive country, you could eat out every day and tip well all the time if you made the smart move and got the fuck out while you can.

If you are dependent on physically being in the UK then just avoid restaurants.