I&#x27;m pretty sure the number of servers who say &quot;Oh, the previous table tipped low. I must have done something wrong&quot; is many orders of magnitude lower than the number of servers who say &quot;Oh, the previous table tipped low. Cheap bastards&quot;.<p>As you say, I don&#x27;t understand why people think that tipping actually helps w&#x2F; service. OTOH the masses still drag out that incorrect tale of To Insure Prompt Service