My first thought is that you picked the wrong community to post this in and it should be deleted. My second thought is that 40% is implausible. My third thought is that even if someone was dumb enough to think it was a good idea, anyone doing that irl would quickly be told to knock it off.
I left Reddit to get away from these sort of cheap rage bait posts.
40% tip is absurd. 20 is standard in the US, I might do 25-30 for excellent service.
Also, it should be the employer’s job to compensate her, not that of the customer
That’s not how the US works. Servers hourly wages paid by the company are dictated by law. In many states in the US the wage is $2.13 and hour.
Server wages are $2.13 an hour plus tips. If their tips plus wage don’t equal min wage for their hours worked the employer has to pay the balance so that their monetary earnings are equal to min wage. Servers like tips b/c they earn more than min wage off them, but they also wouldn’t need tips if they were paid an actual decent wage.
I’m aware, my point that it should be on the employer to compensate their staff fairly without relying on additional compensation from customers.
should be
Yeah, for sure. Laws are the minimum but seen by companies as the maximum.
The server at Denny’s does the same if not more work than a server at a high end place. I’ll toss like $10 their way, but only because I used to do it, and know that it sucks. These are people that write down what you want, and then bring it to you. Oh, and they’ll grab you another beer. How is that worth a percentage of my bill?
These are people that write down what you want, and then bring it to you. Oh, and they’ll grab you another beer. How is that worth a percentage of my bill?
Well I’ve done that job and it also sucks so I’d say it’s worth a living wage but then again, I think US tipping culture is ridiculous and employees should just be paid a fair hourly wage and all tips are extra.
I don’t mean to say that they shouldn’t be properly paid. They deserve to make enough to be able to live. Tipping culture is fucking stupid anyway.
20% is certainly not the norm. 20% is amazing service 12 to 15% has always been customary norm in my experience. It seems these restaurants plan to only suggest tips of 18% or higher At checkout have worked on you. Offloading more of the cost onto you.
I grew up with 20% being the norm in my family
Where I grew up, 20% is the norm. I won’t claim to be immune to propaganda, but I’ve been doing that a lot longer than those bullshit tip screens have been around.
20% has been the norm for the past 15 years or so.
It’s not about compensation. If it was, they would just increase prices and pay more. It’s about creating a power imbalance so it’s implied that if you aren’t happy with your service, the server doesn’t eat — so to speak.
it was created because employers refused to pay their former slaves
If I’m actually being served then I start at 20% and it can go up or down depending on performance. But not everyone is getting 20% because then it’s a fee and not a tip.
If I’m not being served and their only a cashier, then they better be a damn good cashier for me to tip otherwise that starts at 0%.
Tipping is performance based. But if you can’t afford to tip then you probably shouldn’t be eating out or you’re probably just a cheap bastard.
To find elsewhere to eat.
Walk out?
40%? Delusional, especially with that attitude.
I’d walk right back out the door
To leave.
My second thought would be to print up a notice that says “If you can’t pay your staff, DON’T RUN A BUSINESS.” and go back and stick it to this notice board.
… of which I’d do neither. I have better things to do with my time.
It’s $ so idk, in the UK service charge is just a pay of the fee usually
Ask myself WTF am I doing in that shithole of a country.
It’s really sad to see how good the propaganda has worked on these people. All the blame is shifted to each other instead of the elite asshole whose responsibility it actually is to make sure you get paid.
I don’t do business there.
Find the nearest embassy and try to get home asap.
Same thing I’d say if I saw this picture on Lemmy - “why is this weird Facebook engagement bait breaking containment?”
I regularly tip around 30%, often above it, and I consider myself a pretty generous tipper. It’s absurd to act like 40% is standard.
Sometimes receipts will show suggested tip amounts and those are usually 18%, 20%, and 22% or something like that. Maybe 25%.
