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This question came up on another forum, so I post a poll to try to gain insight. If you are a tipped worker, would you favor legislation to establish a minimum tip level of, say, 15 percent? Would it help or hurt you? The tip could always be zero, but no one would be allowed to cheap out with 10%, or even 14%. Tip 14% and the customer could expect a knock on the door from a pair of guys in suits from the wage and hour division.
What do you think? Would this boost the fortunes of hardworking servers, bartenders, taxi drivers, etc?
As someone who worked in tipped positions for several years when I was younger, this is just a downright silly idea. If you are even halfway performing at your job, the majority of customers tip between 10% and 15% of the bill. Do you have the occasional customer that doesn't tip? Sure, but you also have the occasional customer that tips at 20% or 25% and sometimes even more. I once got a $50 tip from a family whose bill was less then $40 simply because I took the time to interact with their son who was mentally disabled. I didn't do it for the tip, I did it because it was the right thing to do.
People seriously need to quit whining about their wages after they've voluntarily taken a job which pays minimum wage and/or a lower wage with tips as part of their compensation. You took the job, suck it up and either deal with it or move on to something else.
Why wouldn't people just push for higher wages and forget about the tip if that is what they were after? Seems like a very complicated solution to a simple problem. Just treat them like we treat any other worker. Then we can have tips be 100% optional and only used for exceptional service.
The people who don't tip or tip very little probably have never been servers before, seriously why is it such a big deal to some people? I understand if the waiter did a terrible job, but if they were very nice and cordial, I usually tip them 25-30%. Maybe even up to 40% at times.
My parents are like this, we'll get a 150$ bill and they'll leave like 7-8$ for tip I usually try to leave in a hurry after seeing the tip they left...or try to add a bit of cash myself.
20% is occasional? I hope that is regional, as 20% is the norm here among the people I know, 20% and round up as a base.
Well, I'm not sure what the norm is now, as I said the norm was 10%-15% when I was younger. Personally, I tip at 20% for decent service, higher for exceptional service. I can say that I still know people in the restaurant industry and they haven't said anything about tips being a problem.
A better question is why? What's wrong with a 10% tip instead of a 0% tip?
I'm not a tipped employee, but I'd rather just get rid of tips. Increase the cost of food by 15% or whatever.
What would be the point in that? You'll pay the same amount at the end of the day, and plus tips go directly to a waiter's pocket, and some of them make as little as 3-4 dollars an hour. Hell I know a lot of waiters that are only waiters because of the tip.
People need to stop being so damn stingy.
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I usually try to leave in a hurry after seeing the tip they left...or try to add a bit of cash myself.
