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[quote=Anonymous]This might be helpful: https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/09/21/how-much-to-tip-on-food-delivery-coffee-groceries-and-more/

I appreciated all the responses except I didn't get the sandwich one from Bub & Pop's at all (and I love Bub & Pop's for the record -- their meatball sub is amazing). She seemed to be saying that if you don't tip 30-40% (!!) then you must not care if the place stays open, which is bizarre. I think of tips going to a server or in a restaurant I often assume that all tipped staff get tipped out. So it's for service. At a place like B&P with a counter, I would never tip 30% because I'm being handed my sandwich by one of two people working there, and the other person made the sandwich. I just assume the sandwich is priced to ensure those two people make enough money and that they business can pay rent. I don't think "well I better add 30% on top of the price of this sandwich or they'll go out of business." If that's the case, they should simply raise the price of sandwiches.

Actually what they should probably do is get lower rent because the real reason they are struggling is that they used to be in a busy business district with a ton of lunchtime traffic and lines out the door, and now it's a ghost town. Which means their rent is almost certainly incorrectly priced for the actual value of the space. But again, it's not clear to me why I, as a customer, would be in charge of intuiting this and leaving a hefty tip in an environment where I don't think of tipping as compulsory, in order to ensure the business stays open. Just charge what you need to in order to stay open! And if that means a $20 sandwich then it's probably time to re-evaluate your business model. But that' really not on me, the customer. I just want a sandwich.[/quote]

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