Entitlement of the Highest Order
If you want to avoid the tipping culture altogether while dining out, do your best to be European. If you’re not, then good luck with calculating percentages in your head. From what we heard, tipping is customary in some countries in Europe, but you can always use the fact that you’re foreign to get away paying tips.
Especially if the waiter is an entitled one that provides mediocre services. The waiter made it clear that they didn’t deserve a tip at all for their rudeness, but he still expected at least $20. It’s probably some New York thing that we’re too un-New York to get.