Ramit Sethi argues that tipping habits reveal character. A waiter he interviewed collected thousands of tips and found most people tip the same percentage repeatedly, making you either a cheap tipper or a generous one. Sethi dismisses the excuse that it depends on service quality.
I hate cheap tippers. When he says it depends on the service, what he really means is I always tip less than 15%, and once a year I'll tip 15%, and therefore I will say it depends on the service so I don't sound cheap. I once interviewed a waiter who'd collected thousands of tips, and he explained tipping psychology to me. He told me, people like to imagine they are highly responsive to service by the amount they tip. In reality, you're either a cheap tipper or a generous one. Most people tip the same amount all the time, and it's not about the service you receive, it's about you. I hate cheap tippers.
