I appreciate your detailed response, I liked your "tip based on what you drink socially" guide, never heard that one before in all of my googling. However, I t

I appreciate your detailed response, I liked your "tip based on what you drink socially" guide, never heard that one before in all of my googling. However, I think that shows exactly why people hate tipping and would rather just pay a higher fixed cost. Not to mention the whole subjectivity of "quality" from the tippers POV. What you may call a crappy waiter another person may call average. Finally.. one point my grandpa made to me that has stuck with me > 15% for table service. It already scales perfectly well with the menu prices. He would always take me out to breakfast. He told me he tips breakfast waiters what a typical dinner tip size would be. "Just because we are eating pancakes doesn't mean the waiter is working any less". I'm sure there is some whole "work your way up" in the restaurant biz but my anecdotal experience has been older women serving breakfast and young men & women at dinners. Guessing it has to do with being home for kids after school.