Not sure if there has been a thread on this before , but as a sidebar from the Old Mother Redcap thread , it got me to wondering what do you think is a satisfactory tip to leave in a restaurant or any other place for that matter , do you leave a percentage of the total bill ? or just the change, if you get a taxi home after a night out how much do you give the cabbie over the top of the meter fare ? .
Do you tend to give more when you are abroad on holiday because it's 'expected' there and you don't want a foriegn waiter chasing you down the street yelling at you ?
If you pick up a coffee to go at a take away and there is a tip jar on the counter, do you put anything in it ?
One thing which confused me when I was last in the UK was it seemed a lot of places serving "pub-grub" expected/required payment when the food was ordered , so do you tip these servers?
