How much would you tip on a $53 bill?

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Anonymous wrote:The drinks were prepped by the bartender not the server, correct? Was it at arestaurant where the dmservers collectively share the tips with the bartender, bus boys, each other?

15%. The service was great which is the norm as is the 15% that goes with it.

M.k every restaurant does this. It's called tipping out. You.are a tightwad and screw everyone over.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We get a lot of bad tippers. The way they tip has nothing to do with service they received. They even say how much they loved it and then 17-15% max. We get lots of older folks who seem to think that 15% is great, foreigners who only pay what the last line says and young people on budget. We already know who tips and who doesn't and try to give the tables away. If you don't tip, I have to use my tip from another table to pay bartender, busser and food runner.
Sunday customers are the worst.
OP, why don't you tell your friend or co-worker to tip better. One day a server will tell him/her in front of everybody.
Another PP, you are probably right," no one is entitled to a tip", and you are not entitled to keep my table busy without paying for it. I don't come to your work and keep you from making money. Don't tell me that there are plenty of empty tables, those are not my tables.
People are so clueless. Best is when they come sit down and say that it's lent and they don't eat or that they are not hungry. Go sit in a bathroom even though you don't need to go. At least I can make money.

Please, tell customers this and see how that works for you.

I prefer to pay more in taxes for an expanded social net, than having to pay a tip. If you tell me I'm not tipping enough, I will laugh at you, and perhaps tell the manager.

What I'm about to say is disgusting and I'd say is assault. I worked at a restaurant and there were some regularla mu h like you and there were 2 people I distinctly remember would pull up huge wads of spit and spit in their drinks. One guy would pull dirty utensils out of the dish dump area, wipe off the mi inum amount of visible debris and give them that silverware. This was 2 decades ago. I'm sure this still goes on in restaurants today. They might not tell you to your face (however I've seen that happen and even worked at a Irish bar that management had ZERO problem with you doing that) but people handling your food can do some nasty stuff to it before it hits your mouth

[Anonymous]

I'm not a repeat customer enough at restaurants for people to play vendetta games. But if what the PP says is true, and I'm sure it is, then it demonstrates a great deal about the level of intelligence and capabilities of people who work at restaurants.

I pay 15% tip for ordinary service. If it was truly good, I'll pay 20%.

And that's it. It's not my problem you chose to be a server and work in a restaurant. There are no laws governing tips. If anything, tips should go away. And don't plead the below minimum wage sob story to me either. 15% was the standard tip in the 1990s. Meal costs have doubled since then. A family of four could eat at a midrange restaurant for $50 back them. That was a 7.50 tip. Today the same meal will probably cost $100. That's a $15 tip. So why should I be paying even higher tip percentages?

[Anonymous]

I worked in chain restaurants and nice restaurants for 12 years. Do not be rude to the people who handle your food and drink before you are served them! If you are a bad tipper, do not return to the same establishment twice. Waiters have memory like elephants for a bad tipper's face. I have seen super disgusting things done to food/beverages. Sorry, church group who came to Olive Garden every week and left religious pamphlets as the tip.

[Anonymous]

10% pretax. NFG.

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I'd tip $8

[Anonymous]

I know the original post was from a while back but it caught my eye and I wondered if it was from my dinner last night. Went out with 4 other people and we split the bill 5 ways - it was $54 each. I tipped $10 (was estimating 20% on the pre-tax though I didn't do the math). I noticed one of the other people did $11 and one did $12. I didn't see how much the other two tipped. Seems crazy but I feel cheap for tipping 18-20% on the pre-tip amount...

This was in DC and I don't go out much in the city so maybe times have changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know the original post was from a while back but it caught my eye and I wondered if it was from my dinner last night. Went out with 4 other people and we split the bill 5 ways - it was $54 each. I tipped $10 (was estimating 20% on the pre-tax though I didn't do the math). I noticed one of the other people did $11 and one did $12. I didn't see how much the other two tipped. Seems crazy but I feel cheap for tipping 18-20% on the pre-tip amount...

This was in DC and I don't go out much in the city so maybe times have changed.

Your tip was more than adequate.

[Anonymous]

$7 was slightly less than 15%. I would have paid $8.

I pay -
7% for lousy service
10% for ok service
15% for slightly more than ok service
20% for good service
30% for a very good service.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$9
That's a little over 15% and 3 bucks a person. Nice and even.

Too cheap. 15% is no longer the standard tip unless the service was really poor. If it's not at least 20%, the server is left wondering what they did wrong.

When did 20% become the new norm?

20 years ago. Seriously.

NP. Wrong. Fifteen percent was still the norm four or five years ago. But don’t worry, soon it will be at 50%. I now tip 20% on the pretax, but I must admit, it’s going to get to the point where I will do takeout only if I even bother to eat out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd have left 61 or 62 total. That's 15% and that is what I grew up with and that's fair to me. I refuse to get suckered into the higher tip percentages. The food and drinks are also a lot more expensive than they were years ago so don't give me that crap about cost of living justifying paying 20 or 25% tips over 15% tips.

They should get rid of tipping completely. Just pay the staff a standard wage. We now live overseas where there is a minimal tip culture and if one does exist it's around 5% or rounding off the bill and no one bats an eye.

Concur

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My standard is, bad service 15%, normal service 20%, good service 25%, all after tax. My feeling is that $1-2 extra in tip makes virtually no difference to me, but a lot more difference to the person receiving the tip. We go out once or twice a week. An extra $100-300 worth of tips a year is worth it for people who worth below minimum wage.

For good service, I would have left $14. If we were splitting evening, I'd suggest $22 per person ($13 tip).

If there is someone who I know is a light tipper who is picking up the tab, I'll try one of these:
"Thanks for picking up the check. Allow me to leave the tip."
"Oh, are you leaving cash? Can I put it on my card and take the cash? I need the points."
I'll head to the rest room and look for the server to palm some extra cash and tell him how much I appreciated his service tonight.

Why would you tip for poor service? The purpose of tipping is to get decent service. I have a problem awarding bad behavior/service.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd have left 61 or 62 total. That's 15% and that is what I grew up with and that's fair to me. I refuse to get suckered into the higher tip percentages. The food and drinks are also a lot more expensive than they were years ago so don't give me that crap about cost of living justifying paying 20 or 25% tips over 15% tips.

They should get rid of tipping completely. Just pay the staff a standard wage. We now live overseas where there is a minimal tip culture and if one does exist it's around 5% or rounding off the bill and no one bats an eye.

Agree with 'this. The tipping culture is a big hit to the pocket for families wanting to eat out. I cap it at 15%. Refilling water and talking nice doesn't entail a tip. It's your job. People in several professions work thrice as hard with no tips and minimum wage. This is an easier job, in comparison.

Wow you are a terrrible person.

DP. Not really

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:fear not. according to USA today 15% is still the norm.
and pre tax....

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/06/14/much-tip-depends/71137254/

I generally tip 15% on post tax which ends up being a bit more than 15% pretax.

I agree, we need to get out of this tipping, and seeing tip jars at counter service places, is f-ing ridiculous...as is the whole "pay it forward" crap....

on the OP. $43 bucks pretax bill would have been 8.70 for 20% 15% is 6.45 If service was ok, I would have left it a 7 bucks and not

as the price of food/drinks have increased ergo the wages of the servers have also increased. higher food prices means more money in the tip jar. Provided people tip the same amount.

Oh and never piss off your server or you'll end up with special sauce on your hotdog...

Thank you

[Anonymous]

It never ceases to amaze me, how petty and sadistic people are when given the smallest scrap of power over someone else. It reminds me of the thread on the nanny forums of the Mom who wants to force her au pair to take vacation days since au pair doesn’t want to join the family on her vacation.

I tip generously because I’m quite well off. $4-5 difference a meal isn’t worth my mental energy.