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BabyDoc
Wayfaring Stranger
If you go to a bar or a club where someone is celebrating and they have an open bar. All the drinks are free. My question is do you tip your cocktail waitress:
a) nothing
b) same as you normally would if you were paying for your drink
or
c) more generously than normal
a) nothing
b) same as you normally would if you were paying for your drink
or
c) more generously than normal
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My typical is either B or C dependant on who the sponsor of the event is
I often change my approach in those situations though. When I'm buying drinks at the bar, I tip for every drink since there is already an exchange of money. If I don't have to pay for each drink, I'll often toss the bartender $20 or something for my first drink and then not have to bother getting out my wallet the rest of the night. I think that change in approach isn't that uncommon, and I think it gives many the false impression that people aren't tipping.
This whole tipping thing is out of control. There was a place for a tip at a Firehouse Subs I went to last week. All he had to was take my money and make the sandwich as ordered. THAT does not mean he gets a tip for doing his job. I did round-up to the Fire Fighters Fund that Firehouse Subs is know for, that's different.
I'll drop a good tip if I think it is worthy, not out of "moral obligation". When I traveled a lot, at airports when I saw military at a food court place, I'd ask to speak to the manager, give him/her $50 and tell them to pay for the service person(s) in line. Food at airports is ridiculously expensive. On a trip back from Germany, my last connection was ORD-COS, and I was in First Class on the last segment as there was no Business Class as I had on the others 2. I saw a soldier get on, and I told the flight attendant I wanted to trade seats. He turned it down. I did that for thanks for being a soldier.