Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

Tipping is out of control but you’re cheap and wrong. Give 20 for good table service. Give something for takeout.

Give at least a $1 for takeout. It’s like emptying your change into the tip jar.

It's what I do. a dollar for take out, or someone giving me pastries, coffee, prepared food - i consider it packaging service fee. I tip 20% as a general rule for sit down meal service or a spa. If I get particularly amazing experience with a meal or a spa service I'd tip up to 25%, but never more. If I get mediocre service, I may lower my usual 20% to 18% or even 15%. I care less what "standard" is, and all this tip prompt extravaganza on every app is a thing to be ignored. I NEVER pay a percentage for things that aren't sit down service.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

Tipping is out of control but you’re cheap and wrong. Give 20 for good table service. Give something for takeout.

It’s getting harder to receive good table service unfortunately, but yes to 20 percent if it is.

Why is it harder? Customer expectations and, presumably, industry standards remain consistent, no? What is causing this? Climate change? Racism? War and revolution? What is causing table service to decline? Do tell us.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My only complaint is that tips were normally pre-tax and the 22% being offered now is with the tax. Yes it is usually only a few dollars, but it is still annoying.

How big are your bills? How high is your tax? On a $100 bill with 5% tax, the difference on a 22% tip is $1.10.

I agree that anything over 20% is stupid, but pre/post tax makes very little difference on most normal-size restaurant bills.

100 dollar bill a 20 percent tip is $20 bucks.
The restaurant holds back 3 percent, sometimes takes a cut if tip back of house employees, then takes SS, UI, Disability, state and local etc. then if kid in college income gets deducted off financial aid if student income to high.

$20 in cash is $20 in cash. $20 on card could be $10-15 bucks.

Wait. Are you saying that the back-of-house employees don’t deserve some tip after making your food in hot and loud conditions? Do you offer some cash to the cooks when you leave? Do you ask them out to be complimented, or ask that they be complimented by the manager for their excellent work for you? Or just the twenty bucks to the wait staff? While you’ve thought out how the restaurent cuts are made, I don’t think you’re actually as kind as you think. Try cooking in a restaurent sometime. You’re kind of a thoughtless, self-inflated jerk. But…Bon appetite!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

Tipping is out of control but you’re cheap and wrong. Give 20 for good table service. Give something for takeout.

Give at least a $1 for takeout. It’s like emptying your change into the tip jar.

Nope nope nope. Baristas and bartenders, yes. I’m not freaking tipping at Subway.

Not sure I see the diff. Is there something wrong with Subway work? They are making a sandwich for you but not a drink or a coffee…? Is a sandwich wildly different than a complicated drink or a very heavy-to-lift coffee and milk?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

+1
Ridiculous! When I'm prompted I hit no tip. I still consider 15% decent and 20% good. If they want more then that, they need a better job. Once the employers have a hard time with staffing they will raise wages. It's called capitalism.

Yay! I give 20% for table service about $5 for delivery. But we have become nuts and worse stupid nuts. And I agree w you: wages will rise and, yes, it’s capitalism.

Anonymous wrote:I went to 5guys today and didn't tip. The cashier was standing there giving me passive aggressive pressure but did not give in. I was so proud of myself.

What exactly did they do that was passive aggressive?

I went to 5guys today and didn't tip. The cashier was standing there giving me passive aggressive pressure but did not give in. I was so proud of myself.

Anonymous wrote:
Do the waiters and restaurants a favor.

Tip in cash.

Why?
Should they be exempt from income taxes?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

Tipping is out of control but you’re cheap and wrong. Give 20 for good table service. Give something for takeout.

Give at least a $1 for takeout. It’s like emptying your change into the tip jar.

I empty my change in my investment account.

Do the waiters and restaurants a favor.

Tip in cash.

Anonymous wrote:

The restaurant holds back 3 percent, sometimes takes a cut if tip back of house employees, then takes SS, UI, Disability, state and local etc. then if kid in college income gets deducted off financial aid if student income to high.

In many areas, restaurants have to eat credit card fees on tips. And the 3% fee would be 3% of the tip amount (so a 20% tip becomes a 19.40% tip), not 3% of the bill, anyway.

Tip deductions for back-of-house employees are determined by the restaurant and would apply to both cash and credit card tips.

In the US, all tips are taxable, regardless of payment method.

This is a very fair point. Thank you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

Tipping is out of control but you’re cheap and wrong. Give 20 for good table service. Give something for takeout.

It’s getting harder to receive good table service unfortunately, but yes to 20 percent if it is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

Tipping is out of control but you’re cheap and wrong. Give 20 for good table service. Give something for takeout.

Give at least a $1 for takeout. It’s like emptying your change into the tip jar.

Nope nope nope. Baristas and bartenders, yes. I’m not freaking tipping at Subway.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do 15 and be done with it. 0 for carry outs. i refuse to buy into this crazy tip-sh*t culture we are in

Tipping is out of control but you’re cheap and wrong. Give 20 for good table service. Give something for takeout.

Give at least a $1 for takeout. It’s like emptying your change into the tip jar.

beggars are out in force. if you want to make more, get a better job instead of trying to milk someone else's money.