First, I think we can all agree. We are glad as well that you don’t work in the service industry. I have a feeling our table would be waiting a very long time for our food, then finally receiving it only to realize it’s cold. I’m not sure if you know this, but in certain circumstances a tip can me mandatory I guess you can say. It’s called gratuity..and it’s added to the bill. As servers,we often struggle with this decision. When you make the choice to add gratuity, you can usually only ask for 15% instead of the standard 20% people tip. When your a good server and your customers appreciate you, I’ve even gotten 30, 40, 50 percent. Usually you get an idea if the table is occupied with…(I’ll say, fugal customers) opposed to generous ones. In your case, I’d immediately put you with the “fugal’s” and at least get the 15% out of you. Ugh. Unreal. What’s so much worse though, is you having this sort of..entitled, pompous attitude, even trying to justify your embarrassing $8 tip when it’s SO apparent just how ignorant you are, and frankly Cheap AF. Not a good look. At all.