Exactly, I always thought that the idea that the best way to stop rape was educating young men about consent and making them understand how bad rape is was cutting the rapists a lot of slack because it implies that OF COURSE they don't really MEAN to hurt anybody, so if you just make them aware that they are they will…

Rapists don't just emerge out of the ether, determined to commit sexual assault in spite of the fact they've been constantly urged not to. They're the result of systems that either condone or tacitly approve of the idea that men are entitled to women's bodies. [citation needed]

I am humbled by Mark for writing this article about my "alien look." Thank you. I started doing this a few months ago, I'm self taught and it is just a fun way of entertaining myself and the people around me. To the people who do not enjoy it; sorry about that. To the people who do; thank you for the kind words & if…

Not really. Considering what a tiny variance there is overall (spots 1-49 have a 1.9% average tip variance, TOTAL), you can't really draw conclusions based on what you're talking about unless there were a HUGE skew in that direction in terms of number of states. Delaware is a comically-large outlier here, but even…

I freaking hate those people. I served in a bar in college. One night, I went out with some co-workers, and one of my co-worker's obnoxious roommates. We all ordered a round from our server, except the roommate, who thought our server was "too hot" to provide adequate service. Apparently, "hot" servers don't work…

That's really interesting because every restaurant I have ever worked in has been hookup central. I assumed it was like that everywhere.

I actually usually tip a little better than normal (and I normally tip 20%) because when the server knows you are the boss' good friend they usually bend over backwards for you. Plus it's such a treat to get free things out of the meal that I pay it forward to the staff.

You know, the funny thing is, the people commenting on here saying things like "we should just pay servers a living wage and abolish tipping culture" are actually right. I can't disagree with them. I just wish those weren't the same people thinking that the solution in the meantime is for everyone to stop tipping…

Right?! People have told me I am wrong, but I am glad you have backed me!

Even though these stats are skewed a little low (since they don't count people who pay on their cards and tip in cash) the point is that, since a sizable percent of people everywhere aren't tipping at all, it should be illegal for businesses to pay waitstaff less than minimum wage and rely on customers to make up the…

Here's a quick tip for easy fast tipping. (ha) Move the decimal one place to to left on your total and double that new amount. Round down to the nearest dollar if you wanted more from the service, round up to the nearest dollar if you liked it. Boom. Done. Simple.

I live in Oklahoma. I RIDICULOUSLY OVERTIP, because I used to be a server and it's my way of apologizing for all the asshats that will undertip/not tip at all.

Also, c) I always split the check however the customers wanted it.

"Anyone who doesn't tip for booze — or who goes and gets drinks from the bartender separately, fuck those people — is a shithead."

This is true. But maybe different states have different percentages/types of business that use Square. Sorry, grad school made me think of these things. Damn, you grad school.

Every single restaurant I have ever worked at or heard of involves a tip out from the waiter to the bartender based on sales % — meaning, if you don't tip the waiter for drinks, the waiter gets fucked but the bartender STILL gets their money. Anyone who doesn't tip for booze — or who goes and gets drinks from the…

I tip 20% whenever I go out, or if the tip is less than 5 at 20% and I didn't have any issues, I give them all of 5. Why? Because it's a nice round number and they didn't ruin my day. I live in MA and these results are horrible as a general populace with people who has money.

You've hit on a HUGELY important point here that is worthy of inclusion in a far bigger (and better) article than this: if you have a discounted bill for any reason, it should be expected that you find out what the bill WOULD HAVE BEEN before the discount, and tip based on that amount (assuming good service). Your…

Wait, what? 30-40-50% of people don't tip AT ALL when they go to the restaurant?? WHAT??

I don't know about discounted amounts due to membership, but I have received discounts due to knowing the server, cooks or restaurant management (yay perks!) and I always tip on what the real total would have been without the discount. My restaurant friends and family have told me this is customary since you are still…