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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. 20-22% is still standard. They can ask for whatever they want. You can do your own math and leave what you want. [/quote]

15-20% is standard when you go by reality and not the "suggested tip" prompts that restaurant owners inflate to make you feel guilty.

[b]When tips are a percentage of the bill it is ridiculous to ever increase the standard percentage [/b]over time because the menu prices increasing with inflation does that for you. [/quote]

Likewise the opposite. A $25 tab in a diner where the waitstaff busts their hump. You know people are leaving $2, $3. I'll leave $10. If you can't afford that you shouldn't go to a diner. I forego the ridiculous $200 restaurants and associated outrageous tip for the effort expended so that I can tip the hard workers a little better. [/quote]

To a point I agree but also a fine dining server is doing different work than a diner server and it's not unreasonable that there is some disparity in their pay.

For one, a fine dining server is serving a lot fewer tables and spending a lot more time per table. Somewhere like Minibar that only has like 3 seatings of 15 seats a night a server may only wait on 6 "tables" their entire shift yet still be carrying just as many plates and walking just as many steps as Flo at the diner when you consider they're bringing 15 courses plus wine pairings for each customer. There's also a level of knowledge and attention that the diner server doesn't have. Flo at the diner doesn't have to memorize 250 bottles of wine in the cellar and know how to pair them, and Flo at the diner refills your coffee when she has time to grab the pot and make the rounds while the fine dining server is monitoring everyone's water and refilling them precisely when they reach 1/4 full or whatever.

You may say "well I don't care if my water glass is sometimes empty so why should I pay for it" but that's part and parcel of fine dining. If you don't like it the diner and the $3 tips are always an option. [/quote]

Way to miss the entire point of the post that you are responding to.[/quote]

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