To insure promptitude or tip, for short, has been a staple practice in the American dining experience dating back to our independence. A method copied from our English ancestors of gratuitous giving to barkeep or tavern owner to ensure speedy and pleasant service. As the years passed, revolts against tipping made their way into legislation and six states tried to outlaw the practice fully in 1915. As they were unsuccessful in this endeavor, tipping continued. However, there are some who still believe the practice is the "vilest of imported vices" and abstain from tipping altogether. Here are the five patrons all servers wish would have stayed home:

1. The "first date" guy

This is the one who buys the lovely steak dinner, the four signature cocktails and dessert. He flounces that money is no objection and racks up a $75 to $100 tab and leaves nothing. Go home, if you can't shell out the extra $15 to $20 dollars as a tip you obviously shouldn't be eating out.

2. The "bad food=bad service" guy

This is the man who orders the prime rib well done and is mad when it doesn't come out in ten minutes or the woman who orders the fish and sends it back to the kitchen claiming it was too fishy only to get the chicken instead and sending that back as well because it was too dry and then proceeds to not tip. Go home, you may not know this but servers do not cook. We wait in line, we grab your food, and we bring it to your table. If you had bad food just remember who went and tried to fix your order, who gave their sincere apologies, who offered complimentary drinks. It was it the chef who messed your order up, twice, not the server who honestly did nothing wrong on their end.

3. The "excessively needy" guy

This is the one who needs sweet tea, water, lemons and limes- why is one citrus not enough? Coffee made for him with two creams and eight sugar substitutes, the specialty order that is not even on the menu, basically wants to be your only customer in a section 6-7 tables deep and when you come back around he says, "Did you go on your break or something?" and runs you for hours until he finally leaves and tips nothing. Go home, I do not know why you feel entitled to a king-servant style of dining, but you didn't pay extra for my undivided attention and with 26 other patrons needing the same attention, I couldn't offer that to you even if I tried. If this is what you need as a diner, then go eat at your parent’s house because the only person who would wait on me hand and foot knowing they wouldn't get paid for it would be my dad.

4. The "excessively flirty" guy

This is the one monopolizes all your time with sexual comments and one-liners. Thank you for the compliment, but I am just here to take your order and keep your drinks refilled. I am not here for you to look up and down or grab my hand or ask me what my plans are. This not only makes all female servers uncomfortable but makes the women you came with and the women around you very angry at me. So to the man who flirts with me and does not tip or who thinks his phone number written at the bottom of his check is tips enough, I am the reason you are getting so many spam calls at 2:00 a.m.

Side note: To the girlfriends who hijack my tip because their boyfriend was flirting with me. You’re the one with the D-bag for a boyfriend, I didn't ask for this.

5. The "I shouldn't have to pay for good service" guy

This guy is the absolute worst. First of all, tipping is done at the end of the meal much like a bill. You don't pay for your meal before you eat it so the chef tries to prepare you a meal worth your wild to pay for. If you paid for your food before you ate it, the food could be awful, but we still got your money, so you, as a diner, would be the sucker in this instance. Similarly, a server gives you exceptional service in hopes that it moves you to leave them a tip at the end of the night. Now, this is the man who does not believe in tipping as a practice. Whether good service, bad service, he is not leaving a dime. If this is you, stay home, because you are now making the server the sucker for working their butt off to serve you when you know full and well you are not going to tip them. If this is you, I dare you to tell your server you are not going to be tipping at the end of the night. Let them go out and make their money from the other patrons while you get the bare minimum which is really what you paid for.

Whatever your astigmatism with tipping is, don't be that guy. Tip your servers.