Two! Press Releases in December!

[Trev]

Useful breakdown, by US state:

Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/state/tipped.htm

Any state that only mandates the bare minimum required by US federal law isn't doing much for its citizens. (Businesses love it, of course. I suppose it would be different if they got to take a cut of the tips, and I'm sure the lack of a cut is the basis of the argument for the lower wage.)

[Trev]

We tip in bars (and casinos, of course), too, but good tips are usually balanced by free drinks, top shelf liquor, extra flirting from the waitress ;-), etc.

EDIT: I don't tip delivery people, though, especially the pizza guy. I did tip, however, before they started charging delivery fees.

EDIT2: And I hate tipping the bell service, doorman, etc. at hotels, but I do it anyway.