Posted on 11/22/2022 2:04:30 PM PST by nickcarraway
Inflation might be turning Americans into grinches this holiday season, new data suggests.
In a survey of 1,000 consumers and 165 restaurant owners and operators across the US this month, just 43% of consumers are now tipping their servers 20% or more, a significant decline from 56% of customers last year. That’s according to a recent survey from restaurant technology company Popmenu, first reported by MarketWatch.
A separate survey from PlayUSA, an online gambling site, polled 1,006 people and found 17% of Americans are tipping less because of rising costs, while 60% of Americans said they wanted to ditch tipping altogether.
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We need to eliminate tips. Charge a fair price for this food and service, give good service. I’m tired of people asking annd insisting on Tips, especially some places I’ve been to recently that automatically added it even for a single person eating.
20% is easy to calculate and a decent tip, but I sometimes leave more if the service is really good.
Tipping used to be 10% years ago. Then, went to 15%, and now 20%?
Restaurant bills always increase as food costs increase so a percentage tip always gets increased naturally. Not sure how it got to 20+ % anyway.
We solved it another way.
We don’t eat out.
Buschemi right?
I think that during the pandemic a lot of people started tipping more. It was nice to be out and interacting with people. It was nice to go to an establishment and actually have people working there, making some sort of effort to make sure you had what you needed. The service industry had been hit hard, so it seemed like the least you could do was to slip them 20% or so to say “thanks”.
But today, I sense a lot of frustration and anger in the world. (Hey, maybe it’s me.) But I think things are not going well, the world isn’t functioning as it should, nothing is fair, nothing is honest, and we’re all getting screwed 6 ways to Sunday. Tip the help?? Why the hell should I?
I didn’t eat or order out in 2020 or 2021.
That would devastate the wait industry. Few people are going to be willing to work a minimal wage to serve food when they were earning $400/shift by providing great service.
> while 60% of Americans said they wanted to ditch tipping altogether.
Absolutely. Tips should be the exception and not the norm.
-PJ
20%? I thought it was 15%. Oh well, I see no reason to change it.
Places that never had tipping have added it in the last couple years. At least two fast food places I occasionally eat at have added tipping: The Habit and Five Guys. Local bakeries where I pick up a loaf of bread have added tipping. In my mind at least, the whole concept of tipping a server at a restaurant was the idea that the server was attending to your group’s needs for like an hour, refilling water glasses, refilling coffee cups, bringing over condiments that were requested, etc. It really is strange that a bakery cashier who simply hands you a loaf of bread and enters the sale on a cash register or other point-of-sale device deserves a 15%-20% tip for that. Should the cashier at a paint store deserve a similar tip? The clerk at 7-Eleven ringing up a Slurpee and a pack of Luckys? Why not?
Either way, the waiters and waitresses still have to pay taxes on expected tips. So if they are already making below minimum wage, it will sing even lower.
It all comes down to the economy. Tips are down. Let’s Go Brandon!
Used to, 10% was the standard, with 15% for extraordinary service.
To each his own. I lived in Germany for 4 years, the tip was automatically added to the bill. If the service is excellent, I’ll go beyond 15%. I gave a 30% tip on our dinner at Lago (Las Vegas) two nights ago. It was one of the finest dining experiences I’ve ever had.
On the checks that are presented via a hand held, I have noticed ( to my serious displeasure ) that the tip section is In Your Face Raging you to choose from %22 to a spot for other. I remember when the norm was 15%. And I had the discretion of adding or subtracting depending on the quality of service e ( That’s why it is called Service community ). Should I charge my guests on Thursday for cooking and serving their meal?
It’s actually worse than that. Most restaurants will provide a “tipping guide” at the bottom of the recipe. Of course, the amount next to the percentages are based on the entire tab. Tips were meant to be for the pre-taxed portion of the bill.
Silly me, I thought it was still 15%. What irks me is when the credit card reader for a counter-service transaction (no waiter or waitress) "suggests" a tip. Since when did counter-service warrant a tip?
A different point of view: tipping in Japan in most cases is considered insulting.
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