[DubaiSis]

The part of this that isn't discussed is how was the service? But if you keep a restaurant open late for the customer than it goes without saying that there was good service. If it had been bad enough to not pay, you wouldn't have stayed so late.

And although it may be BETTER to pay tips in cash, if you literally have none I think you can go ahead and add it to your credit card. This falls into the pathetic excuse category.

Here in Dubai people don't tip because the bill says "service charge" so they think they don't have to. Dubai is "tax free" so the city charges a "service charge" (hypocracy you say?). When people I know learn this they are horrified to know they have been scrooges for a year or more. And in some cases, even if you do tip, the money goes to the owner, so it's not doing what you want it to anyway. So it's a crap shoot, but I always tip unless I am super annoyed with the service.

I had a waiter follow me out of a bar in KC once because our entire group didn't tip. First, some did. He apparently wasn't even aware of this because people had to go to the bar to pay. Second, I intentionally didn't tip because this group who went to this bar every month got horrendously bad service and I was sick of it. If I have to beg to get the bill, you're not getting a tip. Sucks to be you.

It hurts me to hear Cary Grant was a douche canoe. I loved him.