Anonymous wrote:a $250 bill? Is it really $50 for the same service I'd get at a less expensive restaurant?

Generally tip 20% on the pre-tax amount.

This is why good servers gravitate towards the expensive restaurants once they have some experience under their belt. Better money.

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Anonymous wrote:Not tipping on alcohol? Never hear of that

Were you born after 2000?

Because pre 2000, there was no tipping on alcohol or tax, and tips were fifteen percent. The current situation is absolutely bonkers.

I’m 50. Yes, tipping used to be 15% standard and 20% good service. The alcohol thing is BS.

Anonymous wrote:Not tipping on alcohol? Never hear of that

This is news to me too. All of the corporate dinners that I attend, the alcohol is the bulk of tge check. For 10 people it’s usually a $$$ check which includes a couple bottles of wine; so yes the tip is 20-25% on the total.

Maybe we are just generous

Why are waiter so so worthy if these large gifts (beyond making up for their below minimum wage salary, what you all propose goes absurdly beyond that)? What about nurses? Garbage men? Tipping is so random.

I would tip less, honestly. Maybe 10-15% instead of 15-20% like I usually do.

Anonymous wrote:Not tipping on alcohol? Never hear of that

Were you born after 2000?

Because pre 2000, there was no tipping on alcohol or tax, and tips were fifteen percent. The current situation is absolutely bonkers.

Anonymous wrote:Not tipping on alcohol? Never hear of that

It’s something that cheap people made up.

20%

Not tipping on alcohol? Never hear of that

Yes.

Yes. If you can spend $250, you can afford the tip.

Anonymous wrote:a $250 bill? Is it really $50 for the same service I'd get at a less expensive restaurant?

Painful and inequitable, yes. But unfortunately that's the right answer.

I mean, yes? Maybe slightly less because you tip on the pre tax amount and in the old days you didn't tip on alcohol.

a $250 bill? Is it really $50 for the same service I'd get at a less expensive restaurant?