[Milu]

It's interesting that mostly only the bigger tippers have replied.

If everyone tipped like that there would be a lot more 19 year old waitresses' with no education, owning Rolexes, 997s and major coke habits. There are some that make serious money on tips but not the majority.

I do tip, not usually excessively.

I object to the practice of tipping someone for opening a door for me or hotels where some monkey will physically wrestle your briefcase out of your hand, drag it and you with it to your room and expect a tip. Typically they are never around when you arrive with a lot of bulky packages and you would welcome (and tip) their assistance.

Tipping for bad or mediocre service? No chance. After one awful meal where the highlight was the starter arriving after the dessert, with all the orders wrong etc etc we were followed into the street by the surly waiter wanting to know where the tip was: Asking three burly guys a question like that after the most abbysmal overpriced restaurant meal I can remember was not clever.