I’m so lost on how to tip anymore. I remember back when 12% pre-tax was considered a really good tip, but now the kiosks recommend 20-25% (which is usually ON TOP of tax).
I already don’t tip anywhere I’m not sitting down with service, but 20-25% is crazy when I’m just trying to get fed.
- 15% for a regular sit-down meal
- 10% for lunch at a ‘quick casual’ place
- A buck or two for delivery
- Zero or pocket change for take-out
It’s ridiculous. Servers in Canada get the same minimum wage as anyone else. It’s not like the states where they only get $2/hour.
So I’m supposed to tip $2 every time a bartender pours a pint? Like come on. Multiply that by 8 people in the bar and suddenly my bartender is making $40/hour to open and hand me beer while I make $20/hour to be responsible for the lives of children (I’m a school bus driver).
I do believe bartenders deserve more than minimum wage, but when you look at it that way it seems our priorities as a society are super skewed and that’s why I don’t go to the bar.
And before you tell me to get a better job, I already have two better jobs but I’m low on the list and don’t get enough work through them to quit the bus yet.
Doesn’t the US force employers to pad the employee’s wage up to normal minimum wage if tips don’t cover it?
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped
It varies by state, but goes like this:
Many states that we care about (Washington, Oregon, California) require employers to pay state minimum wage before tips.
In other states (New York, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Hawaii), employers are required to pay at least the state minimum wage after tips and are required to provide a tip credit if tips don’t meet the state minimum wage threshold.
In those states where minimum wage is equal to the federal minimum, employees are required to pay at least the federal minimum wage after tips.
Nowhere is anyone legally required to be paid less than minimum wage for doing work.
I do well enough to tip well enough. If I want to be a regular/priority i tip up to 25%, if i don’t care, they get the standard 15%. If I didnt have good service, 0%
I tip my barber… I tip in a restaurant when the service is good (it usually is). I never tip anywhere else.
My rule of thumb:
If there is no value added, no tip. If i buy beer, you are just checking me out, there is no value added. If i buy a coffee, and you just hand it to me at the counter, little to no tip.
If there is a small value add, 10%: If you bring my coffee to my seat, or throw my pizza in the oven to reheat it.
Service: 15% this is classic waitor territory. checking on me, refilling my water, carrying my food to my table, and cleaning up after i leave.
Outstanding service: 20% - rare, but this includes when a waiter brought my table half a dozen loaves of bread and butter (when they usually serve 1 or 2), mentioned that we could request icecream refills, and checked on us frequently.
