I don't know if you're being serious here but I need to vent about tipping.
Threats of harm on my food do not make me tip you. That's like the customer service rep at the cable company saying he's going to post your social security number on craigslist if you don't order digital cable. Also, having been a pizza delivery person, I know that getting stiffed is not uncommon and we got over it. I started noting addresses that don't tip but the worst I'd do is skip over their order and take a different one. Out of the 30 or so drivers who came and went during my time there, nobody ever did anything disgusting to the food.
Second, pizza delivery drivers only get a tip from me because I understand $1 isn't a fair price for the pizza to be sent to me, and the restaurant is giving me the freedom to decide how much it should cost based on order accuracy, speed of delivery, etc. At the local Papa Johns they charge $3 for delivery, I give $1 tips. Otherwise its usually $3. I know the amount they get per drive isn't enough to cover gas/maintenence because it is expected that you tip for normal service.
Restaurants are the worst. Waitresses who bitch about not getting a 17% tip. I went to those websites that post offenders and was apalled to see them posting the names of people who didn't tip over 12, 13, even 15%. I tip waiters and waitresses $3-4 if the service is normal, $0 if they do not refill my drink (my pet peeve, the most important role of a waitress is to refill your drink). If I order a $20 plate of ribs and my date a $14 plate of pasta with two $2 drinks, and a $5 desert, I am not going to tip $7 or $8. It was not worth $7 or $8 to me for her to grab my plate and bring it to my table, a normal duty of her job. A waitress cleans tables, takes orders, and brings food to your table while checking in about once a meal. That is a job with about normal difficulty for minimum wage. I don't see why they are entitled to such large tips, and the claims I hear of how much money they make does not make me want to tip them any more.
Don't tell me waitresses have it hard. I am especially against them because I worked in the back of a restaurant and worked twice as hard without the tips. I understood why, it was an unskilled job that deserved to be paid minimum wage. The same goes for them.
I developed this attitude after going around the world and seeing the 2 euro service charges in Europe and the no tipping culture of Asia. If you want tip a buck or two in Asia. These are fair prices for the service provided.. this 17% crap is nonsense.
