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> US tipping is not complicated Ehmm, yeah it is. Other than the very well established rules for dinning in a restaurant, where one is expected to leave a tip
by noncoml 8y ago
> US tipping is not complicated
Ehmm, yeah it is. Other than the very well established rules for dinning in a restaurant, where one is expected to leave a tip of around 20%, all other situations are fuzzy.
Look at the replies in this thread. Everybody has their own rules about when, where and how much to tip.
I get your point, and agree, that it not really about rewarding exceptional service, but this doesn't make it less complicated.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Other than the very well established rules for dinning in a restaurant, where one is expected to leave a tip of around 20%, And not many years ago that was 15%, and very recently it had settled around 18%, but, yeah, people are starting to throw around 20% as the baseline now. So, to call the rules even there “well-established” is...less than accurate.
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- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoYeah, completely agree. When I was a kid I remember 15% being so standard that there was even a little mnemonic on how to calculate it (10% is easy to calculate, then add half that). Now it seems like 15% is what you give for truly bad service.