How much do you tip?

[taylor]

I found this article interesting.
Tipless restaurants: The Linkery’s owner explains why abolishing tipping made service better. - Slate Magazine

I like this owner's idea of charging an 18% service charge to the bill to compensate his servers as well as the cooks. Also this eliminates everybody busting out their phones and calculating how much tip they should pay. Ultimately FOOD is the most important reason I will go to a restaurant. If a restaurant has great food and mediocre service, I will go there time and time again. If a restaurant has great food and bad service, heck I'll still go as long as they don't spit on my food. But if a restaurant serves ALPO with great service, oh hell no.