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How much do you tip at a restaurant? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.

Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!

What do you usually do?

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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

20% for excellent service.

It goes down from there. Yes zero tip is acceptable if the service sucked. If I ordered medium rare steak and I get well done steak. I normally won’t deduct that from the tip since that is a hard one for the server to see. But if it’s something they could have seen and didn’t fix, yeah I’m probably reducing the tip.

The tip is for service above and beyond, not a required part of the bill.

[–] monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 2 points 8 hours ago

If my food sucks and the service was good, I tip them specifically in cash and tell them not to mention it, so it looks like I didn't tip to the restaurant but it doesn't screw the wait staff. It also makes the restaurant pay just a tiny bit more in payroll.