Good People, Lousy Tippers

[FabulousFoodBabe]

say I order a $60 pitcher of margaritas with dinner or a $200 botle of wine. to me, it's insane to tip 25 % on this. I believe if you can't affort to tip properly, you don't deserve to order, yet. $12 on a pitcher or 40 bucks to open a bottle of wine (which takes the same amount off effort no matter the price) is just too much..am I crazy? cheap?

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A $200 bottle of wine uncorked and left on the table for diners to tend by themselves? I've never seen that. But a $200 bottle opened, poured for tasting, kept safe and out of the way, and served throughout the meal deserves the same 20% as the food brought from the kitchen. Or the $50 bottle that gets the same attention. Or the pitcher of margaritas, for that matter -- a bartender prepares that and works for the same tips.

I just can't rationalize splitting the check into parts and deciding what is worthy of a 20% tip and what isn't.

[Luckylies]

such wisdon here.. why is it so common then to subtract tip on drinks then? is it an acceptable practice somewhere, that has just been missappropriated here?

besides, as I said before, while I do tip appropreatly and often quite genorously, my feelings of poverty make me wonder if there is a standardised way to ensure that I don't overtip thus incresing my actual poverty.

[emmapeel]

such wisdon here.. why is it so common then to subtract tip on drinks then? is it an acceptable practice somewhere, that has just been missappropriated here?

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I admit that when I am at the bar, I never tip more that $1 per pour regardless of the price of the cocktail except for the time I was at the Penisula Hotel, ordered 2 shots of Jack Daniels for a friend and myself. I placed $40 dollars on the bar (thinking we'd have another round) and the bartender returned $12. I was so stunned I left $5. I have not been back since. I guess that's a good way to keep the riff-raff out! Really nice bar though.