How much do you tip at a restaurant?
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
I usually try to tip relative to the cost of the food. If I bought something really cheap (few dollars) for a few dollars I might tip up to 40% but if I got something more expensive I will usually tip like 15%. I try to consider how much effort the server has put in since I think it makes sense that way. If I only see the server 3 times but they deliver a really expensive plate of food I don't think they deserve as much as someone who might have delivered multiple plates or had to do extra work like splitting the check.
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
brazilian restaurants tipically charge a 10% optional service tax, it's up to you to give it or not. my problem with it is that we don't know if it goes to the waiter or the owner cashes it to its pocket.
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Stop tipping in EU. Last time someone asked me to tip in Germany got a 1 star review.
I do what I want.
Tipping in restaurants is normal in Germany; here's the German Wikipedia article on the subject. Staff asking for a tip doesn't seem normal though, and I'd find that rude.
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
always 15% regardless of service. best or worst, i don't care. im not going to judge anyone. i just want a meal and consider the 15% to be a convoluted tax for meals here in the US.
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Tipping at restaurants is already normal in Germany, France, and Italy if there is not a service charge on the check.
Hmm, fair enough, I've spent the most time in Spain.
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but I’ve heard these days it’s not unusual to tip up to 40%!
That seems pretty unusual to me.
I normally tip 20%.
Generally keep a baseline 20% unless service is either outstanding or abysmal.
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
I did round up a few times. It seems strange to base the tip off a percentage.
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
20 standard
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
i live in vietnam. it's a poor country. but restaurant workers here get paid in money so they don't need to work for gratuity
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20 standard
15 should be standard. Menu prices are raising, why should tip raise roo?
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15 should be standard. Menu prices are raising, why should tip raise roo?
Because all their living expenses also increased
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Because all their living expenses also increased
...yes. do you miss the fact that menu prices going up means the tip is going up even at the same percentage?
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
Followup question, how much do y'all tip your landlords /s
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
I typically calculate a 20% tip and then round up. For demographic purposes, I'm a millennial in the US.
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15 should be standard. Menu prices are raising, why should tip raise roo?
20's been standard for me for like 20 years
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Nothing I live in Australia
They're trying to make it a thing here. I refuse to participate.
I'm paying for a menu that has your decent wage built in already, I'm not gifting free money on top for just... doing your job?
Also wtf servers in places that do tip... you turn my words in to an entry in a tablet (or perhaps a piece of paper), then carry the food that other people created / prepared / transported / cooked all of 30 steps from the kitchen to my table and expect 20% of the bill? Insanity.
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Not tipping is theft now? Is everything ok bud?
At least in the US, tipping is the accepted way that we compensate certain people for their time.
If you habitually never tip, you are not paying for the service that you receive in good faith. This is theft of service.
If you don't like tipping, patronize places that include the tip in the bill. Tell restaurant owners to change their pay structure to avoid it. It won't be changed by you individually shirking your obligation to pay.
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i live in vietnam. it's a poor country. but restaurant workers here get paid in money so they don't need to work for gratuity
Seems like bs
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Nothing, I live in a country where it's the employer's responsibility to pay their staff a livable wage.
In us states with no tipped minimum wage (such as Oregon), we still tip 20%
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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.
Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!
What do you usually do?
As a transplant I refuse the whole US tipping system and stick to the way of “rounding it up”. It often ends up around 10% of the bill but % tipping seems absolutely stupid as you are being punished for buying more. A few rare times I actually tipped 20% because the service was very good. Nobody tips me on my job and on average I make less than these people so I don’t see the logical connection of this whole stupid tipping culture
