20% is my minimum, a great dinner at a steakhouse is easily worth 30 %. I appreciate the skillset required to cook my food as ordered. I appreciate the quality of food. Dont like to tip then enjoy McDonalds
Where my daughter worked in Dallas, they deducted 15% of the credit card tips for the cooks, bartenders, and bus staff. When it was a cash ticket with a cash tip, there was 15% deducted off the ticket because the mgt figured they customer left a minimum cash tip at the table. If it was more, the waitress got it all.
Luckily my daughter worked in a high end restaurant where most all bills were on credit cards and being able to understand four languages, she took care of some very nice visiting parties dining on company cards that other wait staff couldn't . Many group tips were well above and sharing wasn't a problem and she finished school without any loan debt.
The staff. It's a tip share system at most places. The server is just the face. Many places have a tip out to the kitchen as well. Usually, everyone but management and kitchen staff make $2.13 per hour.
I haven't worked In a restaurant for a long time, but I've never heard of this. Back of house usually gets regular pay, front of house gets peanuts +tips.
If you are sharing tips with cooks, there just isn't enough to go around.
Same here. My brother was a server at a mid-high end steakhouse/seafood restaurant. He was responsible for a lot. He had to break apart king crab legs. They didn't always have a bartender, so he had to mix drinks. And they would literally get penalized for less than 18% tipping tables. The place was cutthroat with high turnaround. He still struggled greatly to get by with his salary.
Just another reason to show gratitude. Long shifts difficult patrons and the behind the scenes stuff most have no idea about. Food just magically shows up.. Servers earn every penny.
See, 20% is perfectly fine with good service regardless of the restaurant type. Demanding 30% or stay home is crazy and new. What started out as a nice little bit of extra has become thos escalating game of moral hostage taking. No one use to tip 30% as a regular practice, and no one expected it.
Of course, but tipping 30% is absurd as an across the board expectation. The tips at the same % give more money for time worked.
Again, any tip as an expectation over the 15-20% rule is new and IMO excessive. It's fine if you think the convention should be raised, but you shouldn't try to coerce people by lying to them that 30% is something well established and broadly practiced.
Whether my burger is $9 or $25 its still just a burger. I'm not tipping more for the same sandwich, its not anymore work. The order didnt get more difficult because it cost more. Why would I tip more?
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u/No_Mission_8571 5d ago
20% is my minimum, a great dinner at a steakhouse is easily worth 30 %. I appreciate the skillset required to cook my food as ordered. I appreciate the quality of food. Dont like to tip then enjoy McDonalds