Went to one of our local places. The bill showed suggested tipping amounts of 15% 18% and 20%. And these were calculated for us…on the PRE TAX total. Wow…they got a hefty tip.
Placed an online order. It was to be picked up by us. At checkout there was a tip amount entered as 10% with option to change. I was going to give a cash tip at pickup. But, wasn’t able to change the online to 0%. Tried several times. No luck couldnt’ checkout without adding tip…um okay… you get 1% for being a ‘pick your adjective’.
Local Facebook posting. Well liked Mexican restaurant - think atmosphere and nice tables, not just a grab and go. Customer calls in order. Sent in their nanny with CC to do the pick up. Guess what … a 20% ‘pick up service fee’ was added. Pretty much straight across the board agreement - had the original person gone in they would have refused the whole order unless that undisclosed and unsubatiated fee was removed.
Went to one of our local places. The bill showed suggested tipping amounts of 15% 18% and 20%. And these were calculated for us…on the PRE TAX total. Wow…they got a hefty tip.”
You wouldn’t want the tip calculated post tax. You’d want it calculated on the food only. That said, we typically tip post tax, not pre tax.
California’s ban on “junk fees” will include restaurants as well. I’m sure we’ll see prices go up as a result. But at least we will know what we are being charged before we receive the bill.
I’ve put my foot down, so to speak, and only tip if a service is provided and if it’s good service. I have no shame scrolling to the no tip screen and asking at certain places whether the worker is actually getting the tip. Enough is enough.
It seems we’re on about the same haircut schedule. I usually add about a $5 tip onto my $17 Great Clips bill. My haircuts routinely take about 5-10 minutes. If I were getting a perm or another labor-intense style, I’d tip more. hehe
It’s actually a $5 or $6 cookie at Crumbl and they do ask for a tip when you personally type in the order on the iPad propped up at the front of the store before getting in line to wait for someone to hand you your cookie.
This is an old thread but recent federal taxation policy discussions (by both parties) about eliminating income tax on tip wages have me perplexed and not too happy. I was okay with tipping restaurant servers and salon workers and was happy to increase those tips to a higher % during covid to keep restaurants open and people employed - but it never reverted after Covid subsided and employees stayed employed and now EVERYBODY wants a tip. So I’ve had a low boil for a while because of the order online for pickup and they default to an 18% tip which you can over-ride but you feel like a jerk doing it. It seems like the restaurant owners got what they wanted - they got US the patrons to pay their employees to work for them. Now, with discussion by both political parties they plan to drop the income tax on tipping wages, I’m even more irked. Why in the world should they get a break when no one else does? Again, the restaurant owner doesn’t have to provide insurance? They are not paying into social security their tipped wages? Maybe this is just an unimpactful show, because they never claim their tips as wages anyway so it won’t actually make a difference and yet looks like a great gesture. Regardless, my husband swears if this passes, he will cut his tipping percentage in half. Are we being over sensitive about this ongoing cultural saga?
I’m tired of the tipping culture. Have ALL workers paid a living wage. Stop tipping altogether, like Europe (which is now starting to try to get tips too). People are getting woefully underpaid so that the super-rich can get richer and really mistreat service and food service workers. That’s why people have trouble recruiting and retaining staff. They need to pay full wages and have the wages reported and pay all appropriate taxes on the wages so that the workers can get social security and Medicare benefits. It’s really awful that even if you give a tip, it’s not clear whether it is ever reported anywhere and whether the worker gets it or it goes in the pocket of owner or manager or ???
My kid waited tables. His employer actually distributed the tips. There was most definitely a contribution to SS. And when my kid had tips not given by his employer, he DID report them, and had to pay SS when he did his taxes.
I think you need to talk to the people in the service industry. MOST that I have talked to are very fearful of going away from tipping. They make huge amounts of money in tips, much more than minimum wage. They have said they will leave the service industry if they go away from the current method of payments and tipping.
