If you receive poor service at a restaraunt, do you generally leave a tip anyway? I personally wouldn't, but I know a few people that do.

I tip according to how well the service was. The better the service, the better the tip. If the service was totally horrid- no tip.

I leave usually 10% for poor service 20%+ for good

I would leave around 10% as long as I had the right change.

If the service was poor though I'd leave nothing, and if it was exceptionally good I'd leave more

Ames

I rarely go to resturants, i don't like the idea of someone cooking my food and having no idea whats in it, or whether or not the chef washed his hands before he cooked. Which is why i don't go to fastfood resturants either, 90% of employees are teenagers fresh out of school, and 50% never wash there hands (Not mentioning the accidental dropping of food here and there, deeming it ok to sell soiled products to customers). And thats coming from a ex-employee, i was trained in health and hygiene before i started working and catering, and i was appalled by the standards of hygiene i have seen in all the catering enviroments i have worked in.
Which is why i cook my own food, at least i know that i scratched my butt 5 minutes earlier, deeming it my responsibility that i get food posioning.

If the service was horrible and the server doesn't try to make it right by apologizing for their mistakes then I will go out of my way to leave a tip that will make sure that the server knows I was pissed, usually a shiny nickel...

If the restaurant was just super busy and the bad service was not because of the server or was out of their hands then I still leave a tip anyway.

I love to leave good tips for good service, the service industry is extremely difficult, and they always have my sympathy. When someone is good at their job, they deserve to be compensated for it.

In the US, the way that servers are taxed it is assumed that they will get a minimum of a ten percent tip on each tip they receive. Their federal tax is based on that 10% tip. If you stiff a server and give below that 10%, it actually costs the server money as they will be paying taxes on that assumed 10% whether they get it or not.

It is a tough business so when someone is really good, I tip really well to show them that I appreciate their hard work. I have given many 100% tips in my day...

Well I wish I had that kind of money to be giving away!

Not my fault if the person has to pay lol... I can't always afford to leave a tip hehehe.

I always leave £2 no matter what.

I often wonder where all these people who leave tips are .. I provide a very high level of service . It does get under my skin to be ordered around(*) and expected to jump when some people don't even say thank-you .

Tipping is very important and my co-workers and I appreciate every tip even the small ones . We work long hours often with out breaks , people eat at the times you work and some people like to just casually dine eating lunch at 2 o'clock or 2:30 or 3:00 or 3:30 this really p's me off when do they think waitress's take breaks or have lunch . On there days off ?

The waitress is on the front line if you have a complaint about the way the cook cooks , people will take it out on the waitress , if you have a complaint about the cleaners cleaning again the waitress is the one who is generally abused , and complaints are not something all people can handle . Most people are good we accept complaints they are what make us better , but some and it happens at least once a day are unsatisfiable and outright rude . I had a customer yell at and abuse one of my co-workers in front of every one in the restaurant , becuase she did not immediately understand what he said . This is not un-common .

It is an incredibly hard job and most people who have not experienced it have the hourendous attitude of "That's what they're paid for " . No a waitress is only human and when one smiles and calmy allows you to enjoy your meal helping you with decisions and allowing you privacy while you eat , remember they probably haven't eaten they have probably been on there feet for several hours and they are probably currently under taking 5 more jobs than you are aware of ( just watch how many plates they are carrying or can carry then go home and try it yourself ) . Thank your waiter or waitress they work very hard .

(*) some people are even rude enough to snap there fingers or whistle at there waitress like a dog .

Scotland, Canada, America etc etc aparently everywhere but New Zealand

But at you can get tips, nobody tips the staff at super markets, and while their at it the customers walk around drinking and eating stuff and then put it on the shelves instead of paying for it.

Do you think that anything they eat in store doesn't matter because WalMart its a billion dollar company? ER no! Someone has to pay for it, and it isn't the higher ups, its the staff. Waste products are taken out of staff bonuses!

i think leaving a big tip is necessary for very good service, but if it's crappy, then you should leave next to nothing. i think a good system would be like this one i saw on an episode of 3rd rock from the sun a long time ago: he puts like 10 singles down on the table. for every fault the server makes, he takes away a dollar. for every good thing the server does, he adds a dollar. i think thats actualy a very fair tipping system. it will encourage the waiters to give better service

After hearing Mr Pinks speech about tipping on Reservoir Dogs, sadly I dont tip much anymore.

Damn you Tarantino and your awsomeness!