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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

+ 1.  Logic and math are hard for some people.[/quote]

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