At the end of the day it really doesnt matter how we feel about the American tipping customs. The person serving u is basically depending on those tips, and how u feel about it doesnt change the fact that it is generally not a great idea to leave the people who handle ur food feeling slighted in any way for pretty obvious reasons. And that goes beyond tipping.
Ur girl may think its cute to bust the wait staffs/chefs balls and anal retentively customize her order down to the point of requesting an even number of ice chips in her drink, but the thing about that is these people have a very busy demanding job as it is, and if they feel u are deliberately going out ur way to make it more difficult, chances are an odd number of ice chips is gone be the least of her soda's issues,

and that ire can easily extend to the whole table. Especially when

rears its ugly head.
Ive worked in food service, i know exactly how these cacs get down when u offend them. And being a black patron, u already coming in with 2 strikes against u: being black and them being cacs. Its probably best to avoid their establishments altogether. Why give them ur coins when the food is trash before they even have the chance to defile it to begin with?
