Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 11:48     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Anonymous wrote:
It's OK to leave $2. At that price point, it's the gesture that counts.

Also, please ignore the crazy people who pay nearly as much on a tip than on the order. That is very far beyond social expectations, and it really doesn't increase their odds of getting into Heaven (or whatever virtue signaling they're angling for).



For the server working extra hard to put together an income out of those small tips, it's not just a gesture.

If I order a meal that costs a lot less than the restaurant typically serves, then I will pay a tip closer to normal for that restaurant. So, if I take up a table to eat alone, and choose something cheap. Or if I take my kid out and he eats from the kid's menu and I just have water (this happened sometimes when we traveled as I get motion sickness and don't want dinner), I'll pay a tip that would be enough for 2 regular meals. I don't care about the "social expectation". I pay so that my server, who did nothing wrong, goes home with the same level of pay they would if they got the customer before or after me.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 11:43     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Anonymous wrote:Tenner and let her keep the change if you carry cash. $5 tip on a card. Make her day a little brighter for a couple extra bucks. Who cares.


She messed up a simple order.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 11:13     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?

It's OK to leave $2. At that price point, it's the gesture that counts.

Also, please ignore the crazy people who pay nearly as much on a tip than on the order. That is very far beyond social expectations, and it really doesn't increase their odds of getting into Heaven (or whatever virtue signaling they're angling for).

Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 10:52     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Anonymous wrote:Tenner and let her keep the change if you carry cash. $5 tip on a card. Make her day a little brighter for a couple extra bucks. Who cares.


+1. Definitely if it's a pay at the table/counter place. Just put the ten down and leave.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 10:43     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Anonymous wrote:Tenner and let her keep the change if you carry cash. $5 tip on a card. Make her day a little brighter for a couple extra bucks. Who cares.


Same!
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 10:42     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
I would probably make it an even $10.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 10:35     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
$2 is fine op!
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 10:32     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Tenner and let her keep the change if you carry cash. $5 tip on a card. Make her day a little brighter for a couple extra bucks. Who cares.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 08:00     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How is it page 2 and no one has asked where we can also get eggs and toast at a restaurant for $6? Is it in 1995?


You beat me to it, this is the only thing I want to know.


Have you guys never been out of the DCUM metro area?
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 07:13     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
$2 is good.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 06:52     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
$1-2 probably. For table service I’ll do 20% and round up regardless of the price. If I was only their briefly and ordered at the front counter, I’ll usually round down the 20%.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 00:54     Subject: Re:What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
$2 is fine, particularly since she managed to get such a simple order wrong. I was a server for 5 years. She can't get a toast order right??
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 00:51     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two scrambled eggs and toast special, no beverage. Just myself, super quick in and out sitting at a counter stool. I asked for dry toast, toast came drenched in butter. I didn't say anything and ate the toast anyways. I tipped $2 but I felt like a cheapskate after. Woman was very polite, probably in her 50s. Probably should leave $3 or make the bill an even $10, right? Or a $5 tip. Why not, right?


$2 is totally fine op not sure where you can get any food around here for $6.


This is the bigger question, where can I get breakfast for $6 ???

Nick’s Diner in Wheaton, for one.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 00:25     Subject: Re:What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Sitting at the counter, in and out quickly? $2. Sitting at a table where a server has to walk it over to you multiple times, $4.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2023 00:18     Subject: What would you tip on a $6 eggs and toast breakfast?
Anonymous wrote:How is it page 2 and no one has asked where we can also get eggs and toast at a restaurant for $6? Is it in 1995?


You beat me to it, this is the only thing I want to know.