Not going down the slippery slope of hourly rates and tips based upon percentages but the comparison does apply here.
If your steak meal at a diner is amazing costing $25 and buying a Steak at a high end Steak house cost $100; how can you justify paying a 20% tip on top to the server of each establishment. Yah I know it's ambience, decor, and hanging out in a room with the rich and famous. At the end of the day its still steak and potatoes.
If one SP knocks your socks off at $300 and another knocks your socks off at $500; why on earth would one Tip an SP $60 while the other gets $100 with said socks equally blown off?
I am still pondering that one :doh:
These days I am offering a gift when we first meet at an incall or a bottle of wine if know they drink or gift cards at Starbucks, Victoria Secrets, iTunes etc
Not trying to derail the thread but IMHO all too many establishments have jumped on the gravy train of tipping in BC these days. I went to a Micro Brewery to refill a growler for the weekend and when I hit zero tip on the handheld machine, I could see my server's lip curling (this was one of the manager's not a minimum wage person).
Do we now tip based upon one fulfilling the minimum requirements of the job?