The reason why I don't expect or not expect a tip from a customer based on their appearance is because I learned a long time ago that you can't judge a book by it's cover.
One restaurant I worked at the bar stayed open while the restaurant closed between 2 and 5 everyday. Right before 2 a waiter comes up to me asks me to take this couple because he "knows" that they will be there for hours and they probably won't tip anyway so could I get them.
This waiter was from the Middle East and pretty set in his ways, I didn't want to rock the boat (I was the FNG) so I said sure. Even if he doesn't tip I'm still making drinks. It was still fun back then.
This was almost 20 years ago and I still remember what he drank (Grand Marnier in a snifter, neat of course) I don't remember what the lady drank but that didn't matter because he never brought in the same lady twice. He was also from England. He's black and from England, all of the waitstaff thought he didn't tip for either of those reasons. I wasn't sweating the tip, I was just having fun with the couple. Guess how the story ends. He tipped so very well I remember his face, his drink, and his wife almost 20 years later.
Every time he came in I would try to wait on him, and his lady (always a white lady) of the day. Once he came in with a black lady and while she goes into the restroom he stops me and tells me that he's never been here before. No sweat. I remember that tip very clearly.
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