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Re: Tipping in the US (at a restaurant)? Posted on: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:14:20 EDT

Juliana L Holm wrote:

> No. You leave 15% for good service, more for excellent service. This has
> tended to creep up, to more like 17% for good service, and 20% in some
> fancier places and more expensive markets.

Nuts to that. When you eat in a fancier more expensive place you are already
paying more for the meal. If you are leaving a 15% tip on an expensive meal it is
already a bigger tip than you would be paying in a less expensive place.