I broke down and decided to go to lunch with the guys.

We ended up going to Macaroni Grill.  A great restaurant, but a bit more pricey than I like to spend at lunch.  While the bulk of the group I was with bought meals that were over $12, I decided I didn’t want to spend that much.

On the menu, I usually go to the soup section to save money.  Low and behold, they have listed a cup of soup for $3.59.  The portion was very large for a cup, but not enough to fill me up.  But ahh, the bread, the combination of the bread and the soup more than satisfied me.  And it was tasty to boot.

So the total lunch cost me $5.59.  I gave the waitress a $2.00 tip (that’s a 55% tip) , she was really good, and deserved at least that much.  Beside, I always feel kind of cheap if I don’t at least tip at a minimum $1.00 for food.

I justify my tipping about by the following logic: she still had to serve me just as much as the other (silverware, drink, bread, bread, dish, etc).  So the quality and quantity of work she prepared getting mey food was the same as the other guys…  If she didn’t do a good job, I still would have tipped her at least a dollar.

I’m pretty frugal about a lot of things, but giving fair tips for the amount of work performed is one area that I’m not…