I am a server and I expect 20% because I give 20% service. I am knowledgeable about the menu, I know the drinks well, and I make good suggestions based on what information my guests give me. I work at a brewery. You like light beer? I can get you light beer. You like a red wine that will go well with a burger? I…

I do something similar but I just take the bill ie 23.63 and move the decimal place over once 2.36, round it up to 3.00 and double it. I know its a little imprecise but it works. If the service was really crappy then so be it. There is a reason for the bad service and maybe this will brighten there day and turn them…

Being Canadian, when I travel abroad most people assume I'm American, so I just act the part.

I leave photos of myself on the pillow, making sure to put on some lipstick and kiss it before I leave it. I find the kiss-stain contrasts with the picture of a man quite nicely, ensuring both confusing and disgust.

For a "person of means" you're a pretty bad tipper.

Tips on tipping: If service was absolutely atrocious, and you are hell-bent on not leaving a tip, just leave a few pennies instead. It ensures that the server doesn't just assume you forgot to leave a tip, and it gets your point across about the service.

I hope you only do this when your server is rude or obviously idle. Often "bad service" has to do with mistakes made by the kitchen or the host (such as seating too many tables under one server). In these cases, not tipping doesn't teach a lesson to the people that need it, but only takes the server down to less than…