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Serious question - why are you punishing waitstaff because everyone post-COVID has decided they deserve tips for everything? That has nothing to do with them.
by pc86 4y ago
Serious question - why are you punishing waitstaff because everyone post-COVID has decided they deserve tips for everything? That has nothing to do with them.
My wife thinks I'm pretty stingy on non-restaurant tipping. I won't tip for pickup, online orders, the type of thing mentioned here. But that doesn't mean a server at a restaurant suddenly did a worse job or deserves a 40-50% pay cut. My default is 20% and I can count on one hand the number of times in the last year or so I've gone under that, and many times have gone over. 10% is borderline "something happened where I need to talk to a manager" territory.
- JohnFen 4y agoIt's a compromise position. My intention is not to punish the wait staff, but the tipping status quo needs also needs to change, and how else will that change happen other than by resisting the status quo? So I tip the wait staff, but now I tip the traditional amount rather than the "enhanced" rates. I figure that it's better than just not tipping at all, or not going to the restaurant (when the wait staff would get nothing). What actually needs to happen is that businesses need to start paying their employees a realistic wage and building that into the prices they charge. There are a couple of restaurants in town that do this and don't allow tipping. I preferentially eat at those. But don't get me wrong here -- I'm talking about default tipping. If I actually get above-average service, even in settings outside of restaurants, I'll tip more. Also, I never tip on the card. Always cash.
- inportb 4y ago> 10% is borderline "something happened where I need to talk to a manager" territory I believe that's the problem being discussed :)
- alar44 4y ago[dead]