re: Is tipping primarily a learned behavior?

Damn man, you're too cheap arse to leave even 15% for decent service? That's not much money.. On a $100 that's only 15 bucks. The reason the servers at high end restaurants deserve a bigger tip than those at Applebee's or some shite is because most of those servers have served for a long time and are very good at it, are consistent, and hey usually get less tables per shift so that they can pay better attention to their tables throughout the shift. Get some seriously shitty service and you'll definitely appreciate a good server more.