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Minimum 20%. If Waffle House type establishment, between 50 - 80% depending on the meal. I refuse to tip a middle to older aged server 20% of a $5 or $10 check. No. Just no.
In Oregon, servers make at least $9.25 per hour. I think 15% is still considered pretty acceptable here, because of that (for waiting) high base wage. I tend to tip 20% because it's so easy to calculate, but I don't think 15% is insulting. And I would find it really weird if a waiter "challenged" me about the tip and it would in fact make me want to remove some of that tip.
I have several friends who wait tables, and there are apparently a LOT of people who tip really badly out there (like 0-10% badly)
Choosing to pay more than the par (15% on table service) is a wonderful thing.
I'll do it too ...when warranted.
Once upon a time when I was a waiter I appreciated getting them.
But please don't describe excessive generosity as a tip.
It's kind and even admirable. But such charity isn't a tip.
Choosing to pay more than the par (15% on table service) is a wonderful thing.
I'll do it too ...when warranted.
Once upon a time when I was a waiter I appreciated getting them.
But please don't describe excessive generosity as a tip.
It's kind and even admirable. But such charity isn't a tip.
Around here, par is 20% on table service. Sometimes giving a greater percentage is not charity but simple decency. As in tipping $4 for cheerfully serving a cup of coffee, two eggs and toast.
well, in my case for bad service i tipped him 15% of the pre-tax bill (inclusive of drinks and food). that's the lowest i would go. i thought it was customary to tip 15-20% of the pre-tax bill but these days i guess it has been changed to 20% of the post-tax bill? even so, i guess a 12% tip is enough for a server to remember me for the rest of his life? i may be cheap and frugal but i have seen folks leave truly atrocious tips (rounding up to the nearest dollar, etc. on large checks).
i also think that perhaps there should be a sliding scale to tipping. for example, when i get a coffee and it costs around $3.50 i still tip $1 even though that's over 25%. on the other end of the scale, the most expensive meal i have ever had was around $1000 for 2 people. i did end up tipping 20% so gave around $200 but it felt pretty high to me.
i don't think tipping insures prompt service so i am actually fine with establishments including the tip as part of the price such as in many european and asian countries.
when dining bogo, of course i always tip as if we paid for both meals.
back in the day, buffet restaurants expected a lower tip but i don't know if that's true anymore so i usually just tip as if i'm served.
No it isn't. It may be MORE common now but that is the point of these threads.
Educating the guilty and the coddled.
Par is 15% on the food/bev total (not taxed) for table service.
Don't expect to pay less and don't be chinchy or cheap.
If you can't afford the food and thetip... stay home.
But paying more than par should be about getting more than par...
not assuaging some sense of bourgeois guilt.
Fewer and fewer "servers" today are worth even that 15%;
especially so with the tag team approach used at most chain places.
We don't go to restaurants often, so we're frugal in that regard. However, we always tip 20%. If our bill is very low, which is sometimes the case when we go out for breakfast, then I will leave a $5 tip even if the bill was only $10. The way I feel is that the waiter had to go to the same amount of effort and this is the way he earns a living, so I wouldn't feel right leaving less than $5.
I'm frugal, but I worked my way up in the service industry. I usually tip 20% of the pretax tip.
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