Anonymous
07/10/2017 18:11
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$9
That's a little over 15% and 3 bucks a person. Nice and even.
Too cheap. 15% is no longer the standard tip unless the service was really poor. If it's not at least 20%, the server is left wondering what they did wrong.
When did 20% become the new norm?
20 years ago. Seriously.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 18:06
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$9
That's a little over 15% and 3 bucks a person. Nice and even.
Too cheap. 15% is no longer the standard tip unless the service was really poor. If it's not at least 20%, the server is left wondering what they did wrong.
When did 20% become the new norm?
Anonymous
07/10/2017 18:05
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
Anonymous
07/10/2017 18:03
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
And it should definitely be on the pretax.
I'm not including the gov't's share into the whole mix. They get they money last.
I'm not including the gov't's share into the whole mix. They get they money last.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 18:01
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
10
2 more if we were more difficult than average (asking for something specific more than once, etc.)
2 more if we were more difficult than average (asking for something specific more than once, etc.)
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:59
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the person whose turn it was to pay this time gave $7.00. I saw the cash sticking out of the bill and realized it was too low, so when the person paying got up and went to use the bathroom before we left I stuffed some more money inside the leather folder. Just wanted to see if my instinct was right because I felt kind of weird about overstepping someone else's decision on that. But I did not want to the server to get less of a tip then they deserved!!
Your instinct was spot on. Good for you! I would have tipped $11 for good/normal/typical service.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:58
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
$12-15
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:57
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
Anonymous wrote:$9
That's a little over 15% and 3 bucks a person. Nice and even.
Too cheap. 15% is no longer the standard tip unless the service was really poor. If it's not at least 20%, the server is left wondering what they did wrong.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:56
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
At least $11-$12. I don't like to go below 20% even by a little bit.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:54
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
10-12 dollars
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:53
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
$9
That's a little over 15% and 3 bucks a person. Nice and even.
That's a little over 15% and 3 bucks a person. Nice and even.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:42
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Now that I'm thinking more about it, it seems like they were leaving 15% on the pretax amount??
In order for the bill with tax to be $53, the pretax amount was around $48, so $7 would be a little under 15 percent.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:37
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Now that I'm thinking more about it, it seems like they were leaving 15% on the pretax amount??
That used to be the suggested tip amount for normal decent service. But in the DC area, the going rate for normal decent service is 18%. It should always be pretax, but lots of people argue it should be on total bill.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:35
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the person whose turn it was to pay this time gave $7.00. I saw the cash sticking out of the bill and realized it was too low, so when the person paying got up and went to use the bathroom before we left I stuffed some more money inside the leather folder. Just wanted to see if my instinct was right because I felt kind of weird about overstepping someone else's decision on that. But I did not want to the server to get less of a tip then they deserved!!
I've done that before. Walked out to the parking lot with everyone, and then said, "Oops, I need to go to the bathroom. See ya all tomorrow!" and went back and added to the tip. Some people are freakishly cheap.
Anonymous
07/10/2017 17:34
Subject: How much would you tip on a $53 bill?
OP here. Now that I'm thinking more about it, it seems like they were leaving 15% on the pretax amount??