"Every time that I have not received a tip, it has been a college student," he said. "The actual residents in State College are really good tippers."

Canizio said even though people, hungry after a weekend night's fun at the bars and various parties, may forget to tip because they are not paying attention, they sometimes do the opposite and tip too much.

"Drunk people tend to give out tips because they are really drunk and can't do math right," he said.

John Ryder (sophomore-information sciences and technology) said he does not usually order food after a night out but frequently visits the local pizza shops that are open late on the weekends.

"If I have an extra dollar, I'll put it in the jar," he said. "I really don't have that much extra money. I'm in college."

Allison Jennings (junior-special education), a waitress at Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 1945 Waddle Road, said that she chose to avoid working in the late-night downtown scene all together.

"Being a waitress is so much better than delivering to the drunk students," she said.

Jennings said she usually gets pretty good tips because she serves more State College residents than students.

"When I get a bad tip, it is really only students that do that," she said. "But there are really nice students who tip really well."

Bethany Dory (sophomore-communication sciences and disorders) is one of those aforementioned good student tippers.

"I leave more than the standard 15 to 20 percent. I worked in a restaurant at home, and I understand what waiters go through. It is a hard job," Dory said.

Dory said she tips even when the service is bad and the food is horrible.

"The waiters don't cook the food. It doesn't give anyone the right to treat them badly because they are serving them," she said.

Ryder said that he always expects good food and service when he decides to dine in a restaurant instead of eating at his own house.

"I know I need to leave a couple of bucks for a tip, but if the service sucks, I have no problem leaving absolutely nothing," he said.

Jennings said it is disheartening when people do not tip after she has tried her best to wait on them.

"It's frustrating when you were so nice to them to not get a tip at all, much less a good tip," she said.

Dory understands that tips make up the bulk of a waiter's or delivery person's weekly wages and encourages other students to take this into consideration the next time the bill comes.

"Even if someone is not going to leave a big tip, they should at least be nice and leave something," she said. "Waiters make less than minimum wage."

Jennings said she thinks the system should stay the way it is, even when tips are bad.

"You might get a couple of bad tips, and some days are slower than others, but then you get a big bill and a big tip, and it makes up for everything," she said. "This is the only job where I could make this much money while still in college."

Canizio said if tips are bad, a large amount of orders can make up for getting stiffed.

"I might only get a dollar from a delivery to a dorm, but I might have a ton of deliveries in one night," he said. "College students eat a lot of take-out."