Did you go out for dinner on the long weekend? Have fun?

Did you tip the staff properly?

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I ask, because I see more and more people on social media claiming they are hard done by when expected to tip.

Those complaints are invariably aimed at more expensive, fine-dining establishments where the bill can run to more than $100 per person.

Full disclosure, one of my sons is a Michelin award-winning restaurant owner and I am a small (very small) investor in his business.

That said, if you don’t tip, you are just cheap. You’re willing to treat hard-working people poorly and use lame excuses to do so.

Here are the excuses people make and why they are wrong.

“If the owner paid a fair wage, we wouldn’t have to........

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