How is a server at all screwed over by me giving them the same tip for the same amount of time and work? If you fall back to the tip-out argument, I'll once again reply that this was a bad decision on their part, and is not even close to universal (some servers apparently tip out over 50%, while others tip out 10-20%, or nothing at all, and I have no way to know that).
Also, however much you say I am screwing them over, they are at least that much screwed over by someone who doesn't order an expensive meal. Are you going to bitch at someone for wasting your time by ordering a salad, or water instead of liquor, if you expect a % tip from them?
What the server-expectation argument boils down to is this question: Would you rather have me tip you $5 on my $30 meal and $5 on my $10 meal (which is how I currently tip for great service), or $6 on my $30 meal and $2 on my $10 meal (which is a 20% tip)?
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Also, however much you say I am screwing them over, they are at least that much screwed over by someone who doesn't order an expensive meal. Are you going to bitch at someone for wasting your time by ordering a salad, or water instead of liquor, if you expect a % tip from them?
What the server-expectation argument boils down to is this question:
Would you rather have me tip you $5 on my $30 meal and $5 on my $10 meal (which is how I currently tip for great service), or $6 on my $30 meal and $2 on my $10 meal (which is a 20% tip)?