At dinner tonight, tip options were 25, 22 or 20 %, with it automatically set to 25; so the server sees if you take it off the preset.
I have 10 guys working in my building (I get a list). I tip them every year at this time. I donāt tip them through out the year for little things they do for me, like bringing deliveries to my apartment or help me with heavy bags. But Iāll tip them for changing light bulbs, fixing toilets, etc. I like the crew in my building a lot and they do take good care of me, so I donāt mind showing some appreciation.
By a counter restaurant, do you mean a Chipotle or similar? So the employer is just keeping that tip???
It really bugs me how restaurants are trying to make 20% the new minimum like that. No sorry, 20% is already generous and Iām not going to 25% unless the server was truly outstanding.
Is anyone thinking they may reduce their standard tip if the āno taxes on tipsā passes? We always tipped service becuase they were generally lower paid workers. However, if they work a high end restaurant, they make a fair amount in tips plus hourly and not paying taxes on a decent income is a little off putting when asking for more tips.
That was what they said.
One owner admitted they used the funds to pay business expenses
I think what happens.
An employer advertises that they pay $16 an hour. When customers tip, that tip helps the employer pay the employee $16. The employee wonāt make anymore money, the tips help the employer subsidize their wages.
Which is why I hate the tip option at a counter service restaurant
I recently just stopped tipping every order at the counter. Iām doing most of the work, why is anyone getting a tip? I was tipping for a bit after covid but Iām done with it. Charge me real prices and be done with tipping left & right.
Somehow that seems misrepresentative and fraudulent. To clarify - the statements made by the companies that they pay $16 / hour to employees and then abscond with the tips.
I think 20% has already become normalized now in many parts of the country (for example, in my area of New Jersey) and I think theyāre pushing to normalize 22 or 25%.
18% almost feels like under-tipping these daysš
Recent trip to Hawaii: every restaurant we ate at one resort had 15%, 18%, and 20% (calculated on pre-tax total) printed at the bottom of the check for reference.
I stick with 15% when I tip. I have no issues with doing a ācustomā tip. I refuse to pay whatever they try to foist on me.
The hairdresser i had before the current one was an upscale franchised salon that would give you a total of the hair cut/color/style and product as one total sum so I had to ask every time to break out the product from the hair stylist service so I could appropriately tip. They looked at me like I had 3 eyes and didnāt belong in their salon. I think they were too young and too dumb to know you donāt tip on the hairspray and mouse.
Iām sure they wanted a tip on everything because why not?
At least in NY this is illegal and the fines the owner would have to pay are massive
I wonder where the tipping (lol) point is. If you have $100 to spend on dinner out and you are now expected to pay a 25% tip rather than 15%, you will have to spend less on dinner. Or, you have to go out less often. Either way, this will ultimately impact the business ownerās business. So I donāt know why the business owner keeps preprogramming the credit cards with these higher tip rates.
My doggy daycare recently started in on this business of tips for their workers and start it off at 20%. Iām going to have to use that service less often or find another alternative if thatās what the new expectations are.
I was shocked in a good way today. I stopped by a bbq place where you order at the counter. I was getting takeout. Anyway the machine offered tips at 5%, 10%, 15%. I actually had to look twice to make sure I wasnāt confused.
I left 5% b/c that was a little over $1 which is about what I used to drop in the tip jar back in the cash days. If that machine had defaulted to 20% and higher I wouldāve selected no tip instead.
Yes, Iāve noticed some places offering lower %s and that makes me more inclined to give one of the preset amounts instead of a custom amount. Iām really tired of tipping tho.
I always do tip the wheelchair pushers. Some refuse it, especially in Japan they all refuse.
I feel like this is exactly who should get a holiday tip, folks in your life that provide a service to you but you donāt otherwise tip. On the other hand, I donāt see why you are supposed to tip your hair stylist, for example, since you tip that person each time they provide a service to you.
I totally agree. I do not tip my hairdresser extra for the holidays.