To clarify, what irks me is the zombie-faced, wordless berks who simply carry a plate and place it on your table... then expect a big tip for doing so.
If I was working for tips only, I'd be prancing round like Liberace on crack making sure everyone had a wonderful experience!
The amount of 'tips' expected by people simply doing (or not doing) their jobs in America gets right up my snotter whenever I go there. I love the place on the whole, but the tipping culture is ludicrous.
My personal mindset is : If someone simply does their job, and no more, they are being...