Do you tip on tax at restaurants?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don't tip on tax or alcohol

Really?

It’s traditional not to, just like you never tip the owner of a business

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

We use a tip calculator on our smart device, thank you very much. We don’t believe in supporting tip inflation. A 15% tip is for excellent service and it should be proportional to the basic food being served. If we decide to splurge on steak or lasagna, for example, we usually round down to the cost of a deli sandwich. The service is no different between high end foods and regular ones. Same as with alcohol.

Both cheap and stupid. Real winner here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

I’m 43

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

We use a tip calculator on our smart device, thank you very much. We don’t believe in supporting tip inflation. A 15% tip is for excellent service and it should be proportional to the basic food being served. If we decide to splurge on steak or lasagna, for example, we usually round down to the cost of a deli sandwich. The service is no different between high end foods and regular ones. Same as with alcohol.

DP. I will agree that you are extraordinarily cheap. That advice was appropriate about 20 years ago, but not today. With inflation exceeding pay increases, more and more waitstaff are having a harder time making ends meet. If you want good wait staff to stay in their jobs, then you need to be increasing the tips.

[Anonymous]

Or we don’t increase tips and we force the restaurant owners, many of them wealthy investors, to raise wages across the board, which will be a lot more equitable.

Studies have proven that gender, race, and physical attractiveness all affect tip percentages. I’m not looking to further such discrimination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

We use a tip calculator on our smart device, thank you very much. We don’t believe in supporting tip inflation. A 15% tip is for excellent service and it should be proportional to the basic food being served. If we decide to splurge on steak or lasagna, for example, we usually round down to the cost of a deli sandwich. The service is no different between high end foods and regular ones. Same as with alcohol.

Both cheap and stupid. Real winner here.

X2. Unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

I used to 100% of the time. Now, I base it off the quality of the service. If great, I'll go ahead and tip off the full amount. If not, I'll just tip off the pre-tax amount. I've also moved from 20% to 18%. I'm just tired of spending more and more money and not getting much more in return.

[Anonymous]

With inflation exceeding pay increases, more and more waitstaff are having a harder time making ends meet. If you want good wait staff to stay in their jobs, then you need to be increasing the tips.

This makes zero sense. Food prices are subject to inflation. There is no reason why tip percentages should increase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

We use a tip calculator on our smart device, thank you very much. We don’t believe in supporting tip inflation. A 15% tip is for excellent service and it should be proportional to the basic food being served. If we decide to splurge on steak or lasagna, for example, we usually round down to the cost of a deli sandwich. The service is no different between high end foods and regular ones. Same as with alcohol.

DP. I will agree that you are extraordinarily cheap. That advice was appropriate about 20 years ago, but not today. With inflation exceeding pay increases, more and more waitstaff are having a harder time making ends meet. If you want good wait staff to stay in their jobs, then you need to be increasing the tips.

This makes no sense. If inflation is the root cause, then menu prices need to escalate by the same percentage as inflation. In so doing, the same 15% tip that was acceptable 20 years ago is inherently inflation-adjusted for today. Don’t be such an intellectual skid mark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

We use a tip calculator on our smart device, thank you very much. We don’t believe in supporting tip inflation. A 15% tip is for excellent service and it should be proportional to the basic food being served. If we decide to splurge on steak or lasagna, for example, we usually round down to the cost of a deli sandwich. The service is no different between high end foods and regular ones. Same as with alcohol.

DP. I will agree that you are extraordinarily cheap. That advice was appropriate about 20 years ago, but not today. With inflation exceeding pay increases, more and more waitstaff are having a harder time making ends meet. If you want good wait staff to stay in their jobs, then you need to be increasing the tips.

DP. The way my company works (I suspect yours as well).. they pay good performers well to make sure we stay at our jobs. Maybe the restaurant industry needs this education? Wanna be that champion so "good waitstaff can stay in their jobs"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

We use a tip calculator on our smart device, thank you very much. We don’t believe in supporting tip inflation. A 15% tip is for excellent service and it should be proportional to the basic food being served. If we decide to splurge on steak or lasagna, for example, we usually round down to the cost of a deli sandwich. The service is no different between high end foods and regular ones. Same as with alcohol.

DP. I will agree that you are extraordinarily cheap. That advice was appropriate about 20 years ago, but not today. With inflation exceeding pay increases, more and more waitstaff are having a harder time making ends meet. If you want good wait staff to stay in their jobs, then you need to be increasing the tips.

This makes no sense. If inflation is the root cause, then menu prices need to escalate by the same percentage as inflation. In so doing, the same 15% tip that was acceptable 20 years ago is inherently inflation-adjusted for today. Don’t be such an intellectual skid mark.

+ 1. Logic and math are hard for some people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or we don’t increase tips and we force the restaurant owners, many of them wealthy investors, to raise wages across the board, which will be a lot more equitable.

Studies have proven that gender, race, and physical attractiveness all affect tip percentages. I’m not looking to further such discrimination.

The "poor friendly neighborhood mom and pop", "margins are razor thin" crowd will be along shortly to dress you down.

[Anonymous]

I tip to full amount. In cash when I can. Tipping on pretax has always seemed remarkably miserly to me. Very nitpicky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

We use a tip calculator on our smart device, thank you very much. We don’t believe in supporting tip inflation. A 15% tip is for excellent service and it should be proportional to the basic food being served. If we decide to splurge on steak or lasagna, for example, we usually round down to the cost of a deli sandwich. The service is no different between high end foods and regular ones. Same as with alcohol.

I have to believe you’re kidding. This is a joke? Also, “splurge” on lasagna? I’m dumbfounded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've held the line at 15%, pre-tax, on the food and soft drinks. If there's alcohol, then we'll calculate the tip based on what it would have cost as a soft drink; i.e. iced tea or Coke.

Wow you are extraordinarily cheap. Are you very old? Do you tip to the penny or round up?

We use a tip calculator on our smart device, thank you very much. We don’t believe in supporting tip inflation. A 15% tip is for excellent service and it should be proportional to the basic food being served. If we decide to splurge on steak or lasagna, for example, we usually round down to the cost of a deli sandwich. The service is no different between high end foods and regular ones. Same as with alcohol.

DP. I will agree that you are extraordinarily cheap. That advice was appropriate about 20 years ago, but not today. With inflation exceeding pay increases, more and more waitstaff are having a harder time making ends meet. If you want good wait staff to stay in their jobs, then you need to be increasing the tips.

This makes no sense. If inflation is the root cause, then menu prices need to escalate by the same percentage as inflation. In so doing, the same 15% tip that was acceptable 20 years ago is inherently inflation-adjusted for today. Don’t be such an intellectual skid mark.

+ 1. Logic and math are hard for some people.

Y’all are some cheap mo fos.