How much do you normally tip when you go out to eat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I normally pay a flat tip of $7 regardless of how much the overall bill is. If a waiter/tress really knocks my socks off with service, I'll increase it accordingly. I NEVER tip when I order carryout, and I almost never tip when I go out for drinks. All I ever get a a beer on draft, and really see no point of tipping the barman for pouring a beer.

Troll. But this will be a 7-page thread

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tip a minimum of 20% unless the service is horrible. Our usual tip is 25-30%. DH and I consider it our way of giving back to the community. In reality, it ends up being an extra $10 or so that doesn't impact my budget but may help someone else.

This is me 100%

I normally tip 30% and sometimes more unless the service is terrible, then I tip 20%

If somebody is nice, works hard and does a good job, I would rather tip them than give that money to charity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tip a minimum of 20% unless the service is horrible. Our usual tip is 25-30%. DH and I consider it our way of giving back to the community. In reality, it ends up being an extra $10 or so that doesn't impact my budget but may help someone else.

This is me 100%

I normally tip 30% and sometimes more unless the service is terrible, then I tip 20%

If somebody is nice, works hard and does a good job, I would rather tip them than give that money to charity.

DH and I prioritize tipping well over eating out more often. We'd rather go out once (or twice if we're really feeling like ballers) a month and be able to provide a generous tip than dine out weekly but stiff the server every time.

[Anonymous]

I think it is time to lobby for fair wages and do away with tipping. Why should we pay for their food and also their employees' wages for them? And why allow so much money to escape tax (because we all know any tip in cash is not getting fully reported if reported at all).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I normally pay a flat tip of $7 regardless of how much the overall bill is. If a waiter/tress really knocks my socks off with service, I'll increase it accordingly. I NEVER tip when I order carryout, and I almost never tip when I go out for drinks. All I ever get a a beer on draft, and really see no point of tipping the barman for pouring a beer.

Better make sure you change up your locations. I have a relative who is a bartender and they tend to give these type of regulars dirty glasses.

But I'm pretty sure you're either A) a troll or B) my 82 year old Nana.

[Anonymous]

Never takeway. Really, do we tip at the supermarket when we buy prepared food? No.

Never at the bar counter. Unless I'm sitting down at a table and am being served drinks. I suppose I'm thankfully not a local at any bar.

Tip at sit down restaurants. But I would be very happy for tips to go away and get rid of the stupid policies that allow restaurant staff to be paid below minimum wage. There's no correlation between quality of service and the tip percentages these days, which is silly to me.

[Anonymous]

15% for average service, 20% for exceptional service.

[Anonymous]

I always tip 20 percent except last weekend, when racing to pay the bill I paid $17 on a $63 bill. I felt like an idiot for an hour and then thought, well, there's my good deed for the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always tip 20 percent except last weekend, when racing to pay the bill I paid $17 on a $63 bill. I felt like an idiot for an hour and then thought, well, there's my good deed for the day.

You felt like an idiot for tipping $4.40 more than you usually do? Really? That would've been my usual tip b/c I like to pay in cash, so $80 total, no waiting on change. Life's too short to spend an hour feeling like an idiot over $4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see OPs point. Flat rate tipping. Why should I tip more for a $9 draft beer vs. a $2 one. In other words, I order one nice $30 steak and a $15 glass of wine. 20% tip is $9. Waiter brings one plate and one glass. Table next to me orders 2 sodas with free refills, two $8 appetixers, and share one $15 burger. Waitstaff makes 2 trips and carries more.plates. yet the tip will be the same.

1. Your examples are specific to make a point, but in general the more you spend in a restaurant the more you are getting, the more work for the staff.

2. Nicer restaurants with higher prices make the staff do more (memorize the menu, etc). You are tipping for the service.

3. If ypu can afford a $9 beer, you can afford more of a tip.

Yup. This. You don't see the outside work your barstaff is doing.

For example, at a good bar, they have to cut good ice, make mixers/juices from scratch, etc (do a lot of prep work). That's why drinks are more expensive. You should tip appropriately.

[Anonymous]

I rarely tip for takeout. I tip a few $ for delivery or buffet.

I tip 15-20% for sit down service.

Places like Hill Country annoy me because you have to get your own food mostly, but there is wait service as well. (Oh and their food sucks)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I normally pay a flat tip of $7 regardless of how much the overall bill is. If a waiter/tress really knocks my socks off with service, I'll increase it accordingly. I NEVER tip when I order carryout, and I almost never tip when I go out for drinks. All I ever get a a beer on draft, and really see no point of tipping the barman for pouring a beer.

You should tip for drinks. $1 a drink is fine. $2 for a nicer, more expensive place. But you should definitely tip for drinks.

[Anonymous]

omg this is the cheapest guy on the planet. I would be embarrassed if you're my friend and relative and wouldn't go out with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:omg this is the cheapest guy on the planet. I would be embarrassed if you're my friend and relative and wouldn't go out with you.

+1,000,000