The reason for it is because the waitstaff has to work their *** off on that one table, and can usually not be able to pay much attention to other tables. Obviously, since there are so many cheap ****ers(^^) around, they need to do this. FYI, standard tipping practice is 15 percent, I usually tip around that unless service was very good or very poor. If you cant or wont tip 15 percent, you shouldnt even bother going out, it should be considered part of the cost. waitstaff make subminimum wage BTW, I'm not sure what it exactly is anymore, but it was like 3 bucks and change before this last minimum wage increase. Try survivng on that.