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> Full waiter experience (seated, handed menu, food brought to table, plate cleared) gets 20%. I don't understand this. Why do you Americans tip for this? Isn'
by delta_p_delta_x 4y ago
> Full waiter experience (seated, handed menu, food brought to table, plate cleared) gets 20%.
I don't understand this. Why do you Americans tip for this? Isn't being seated, handed a menu, food brought to the table, and plates being cleared part of a waiter's job?
Why does the customer have to 'reward' waiters for doing 'a good job'?
Why do restaurants not just drop a flat 10% service/cover charge (it's 10% where I am) and be done with it?
- barbazoo 4y agoI think that would be considered socialism /s
- plantwallshoe 4y agoI do it because it’s a social norm. I’m sure you also do illogical and inefficient things solely because your culture dictates it, weather you realize it or not. And some restaurants are starting to implement a standard service fee, it’s more common at high end restaurants.
- dyno12345 4y agothe short answer is for wait service it's customary. this thing where you're now being asked to tip 20%+ for any product or service as long as there's a touchscreen POS terminal is the new thing everyone is getting rankled about.
- vkou 4y ago> I don't understand this. Why do you Americans tip for this? Isn't being seated, handed a menu, food brought to the table, and plates being cleared part of a waiter's job? 1. Because nobody you'd want waiting a table wants to be a waiter for minimum wage. 2. And because restaurants don't want to pay waiters more than minimum wage on slow nights. Your options if you don't like this situation are: 1. A ~20% price hike in the cost of your food. 2. Significantly worse service. 3. Significantly limited hours. Pick two.