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One would argue that overtipping isn’t a bad thing, only is if multiple cards being used so one person doesn’t look cheap. That said, I think 20% is the norm across the board with 15% being the absolute floor.
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Your friend hasn’t survived off tips, apparently
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20% regardless of fanciness. 25-30% for exemplary service.
Agree with the $500 wine example. I’m not cheap but I’m not tipping in concert with the rest of the meal on top of the outrageous markup the wine gets.
I also don’t understand the “floor” at 20%.
Floor is 10%, which is an indication that I wasn’t happy with the service. 15% for a C, 20-25% for a B, 25%+ for an A.
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Serious question: why does the tip have to go up with the price of the meal?? All they are doing is carrying the food out. The steak on the plate weighs the same as the chicken I order lol. The extra shot of tequila in my drink brings the price of it up but you are still bringing out one drink. These rules are so arbitrary. The restaurants need to pay the servers a livable wage- period. (And yea I was a server all throughout high school and college but I am not blind to the fact that the restaurants were scamming everybody by passing off costs to the consumers)
And their employer should be giving them that certain amount, instead of scrimping out and getting their customers to feel guilty about it
thats like asking my clients to give me extra money for the project implementation because the company doesn't pay me enough
Nothing. Out of principle that wait staff shouldn’t depend on the kindness of strangers to make rent.
If the server actually makes my night better I’ll give them cash ($20) but not otherwise and not more just because the bill was higher
To those cheap asses who believe dining out entitles them to be waited on hand and foot.
I'm here to tell you it does not. The menu price of food is the price of the food and NOT the special SERVICE...MUCH LIKE an auto repair shop who charges for the parts. That doesn't include the labor it will take to get the parts onto your car. That has to be done by someone else, someone who's not you. That person has to put the parts on the car. This is not included when you buy a part. Just as a server is not included in the price of your food. If you think your money pays for your food, the cost of the dishes that were used, the cooks pay, the utilities used, the cleaning supplies & equipment AND A SERVENT, you're very wrong. Tipping your server is standard etiquette here in America, it always has been. 20% if the service was good. The only time smaller percentages are ok is when the service was absolutely awful or when there's a tip cup at a cashier. Even still, you tip. Get the concept? Buying a meal does not entitle you to a free servent. If you can't afford to pay people for their service then stay home. If you are too greedy to want to part with those few extra dollars, them stay home. Because you honestly have no business eating anywhere outside of your own kitchen.
Y’all are wild. lol. 20% is the going in position even if the service isn’t “spectacular”.
Very few restaurants pay a living wage and the expectation is tips will fill in the gap.
I tip 20% going in because we never know what kind of day people are having.
Life is hard enough. give folks a break
Enthusiast
Right, and don't dine out if you don't like the practice of tipping 20%+. If you want to be a customer in the restaurant economy, then do the right thing and honor the servers who are taking care of you. They are working hard and deserve to be paid a living wage, whether it's paid via tips or via higher cost of the food.
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I tip 20% minimum everywhere, even for bad service. My opinion is you never know what someone is going through and maybe getting 20% when they are having an off day will help. I will then often go over and extra for great service that went the extra mile. I do not think 30% is unreasonable, that is kind of you.
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20%
NEVER lower than 20%. People need to remember to factor tip into their budget for going out. Don't under-tip because taxes or high or the restaurant is expensive - you chose to go there!
Your friend is cheap. People in the service industry are working hard, and a lot of factors in "poor service" are outside of their control.
[Only caveat - if your server like...says something racist to you or is over the top in some other way, go ahead and slash that tip. If they are just doing their job, tip should stay solid.]
If you can’t afford to tip at least 20% of the bill, you should not be choosing that restaurant
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15%
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How is that the server's issue?
One rule no matter how fancy, 20%, minimum of $10. Round up to the next dollar.
If I’m tipping electronically, I just hit the 20% button.
Since COVID hit, I have found myself hitting the 25%. Seems to me if these people are risking their health to wait on me, they deserve the small extra $s.
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Having worked in food service, I tip at least 20% unless the server really messes up. That's quite rare.
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Vinny says
Tipping has racist origins too dating back to Europe and then passed onto Americans. Newly freed slaves were not allowed to earn proper wages but rather had to work for tips. They earned a meager pittance and had to please their customers for extra money. It made the customers feel good as well.
It is a horrible system and we are shocked that it still exists. But I will tip 18-20% until the system changes.
I’m sure your friend is Indian like me 😂😂😂 just cannot accept tipping culture yet 😂😂 I know many Americans would snarl at this. But yeah it is what it is. We are different
I once worked for an Indian American CEO. When we went out to lunch, the waiters would fight to get his table because he was such a generous tipper. I think you are hiding behind your ethnicity to excuse your poor behavior.
Rising Star
Your friend is just cheap. They’re standing on their feet all day and dealing with demanding customers, it’s a small act of kindness to tip well since corporations always screw people.
Rising Star
Then stay home and serve yourself.
Uk based - My pet peeve in the US is having to tip a bartender 20% for taking a bottle of beer out of the fridge and taking the cap off 🤣
20% don’t tip on alcohol. At least I don’t. If I go somewhere and spend 150 on a bottle of wine I’m not tipping on that part.
My god, this is just plain cheap. Justify it any way you want but know that you are just a cheap sob. Go to fast food and buy a bottle of colt 45 at the liquor store if you are unable to tip at a nice restaurant