Originally Posted by ADL Colin

Tip should change with dollar volume, effort and time.

If I have a $100 bill at a restuarant a $20 tip is fine. If I have breakfast and the bill comes to $7 I'm not going to tip just $1.40. I'd tip $3 on that.

If I buy a rare-vintage $10,000 bottle of wine I am not going to tip $2000 for carrying it to my table. How does the "servers only make $2.13 per hour" argument hold up on a $10,000 bill for 5 minutes of work? So what do you tip someone for bringing you a $10,000 bottle of wine? $2000? $1000? $200? $100?