[berettafan]

20% and never less than at least $3 if I'm having a dirt cheap breakfast somewhere. poor service will get 15%. I can't remember the last time we tipped -0-.

From the other side of the table we always found Canadians, black people and very old people to be lousy tippers. People who have/do work in the food service industry tend to tip well as they understand what it is to go into a gas station clerk and say '$3.87 on pump 2 please'.

I would not judge a cook by his appearance. It's a tough job with low pay and often requires actual skill. I've known some very good cooks who take their job seriously but look rough. I've known some complete bull****ters who couldn't cook their way out of a paper bag but make a point to look the part and talk a good game.

Remember often times you've got a cook making maybe $10-$12/hr who listens to wait staff complain about making 2-3x's that in cash night after night.