I was thinking about this thread yesterday and thought I would revive it. I was thinking about how people say they won't tip if the service was bad. I honestly can't remember the last time I got bad service at a restaurant. There have been times when the food was not as good as expected, but any decent restaurant has professional and well-trained servers, and the service is almost always good, if not excellent. The only places I consistently receive lousy service are the fast-food joints - Subway, Burger King, etc. And you don't tip anyway at those places.