30%? I can’t read the article because it is behind a paywall so maybe that is ironic. 30% is beyond excessive in most situations. In NYC, which I think is on

30%? I can’t read the article because it is behind a paywall so maybe that is ironic. 30% is beyond excessive in most situations. In NYC, which I think is one of the biggest loci of tip inflation, we used to do 15% pre-tax on a restaurant bill. We used to do $1 every one or two drinks at the bar, but inflation has an upward pressure there, and the slow demise of buybacks has a downward pressure. 20% AFTER tax is what I usually leave on smaller checks, rounded down, and that is considered pretty generous by any person I’ve ever come across. Big debates might occur about that $400 bottle of wine (“I’m not tipping $80 for someone to open a bottle.” — “ok buddy, if you can’t afford the tip don’t order it.” Blah blah blah) but these are edge cases. And overall arguing about tips is annoying and a huge waste of time, energy, and good will. But 30%? Give me a break. We even have new minimum wage laws in New York that protect food delivery workers, the whole thing is Byzantine, but I’m pretty confident everyone is getting paid. Edit: ok I bypassed the paywall and sure, tipping a higher percentage makes sense when your bill is tiny. I think basically everyone knows that. But the rest of the article is absolute nonsense in every way, including random counter factual statements such as “people from the Midwest tip more” which no one I know actually thinks is true, and I don’t think it so strongly, it would take a lot more than one random study to make me reconsider.