I have worked in restaurants when I was starting out. I would recommend every snowflake work in a restaurant for a year. So many life lessons.
I’m a twenty=percenter, generally, unless you insult me. Then you get the two shiniest pennies I can find, one up and one down.
They have no worries figuring me out, will never set foot in a NYC “joint”.
I sense...racism!
You’ll get 20 percent from me for excellent, personal service and would have to have done something extraordinary to get more than that. Competent but unremarkable service gets 15 percent. Mediocre service gets 10. Bad service gets just enough to let them know I didn’t forget.
I have two standards now, one for conservative areas of 15 - 20% and for liberal areas a note saying “tip, what no living wage with health care?”.
I go out seldom (we like to cook our own food) but when I do I go 25%. Former bus boy, waiter, taxi driver.
Republicans Tip better than Democrats..
Here’s a tip: Get a better job.
Ask any server - there is also a significant correlation to race.
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““Generally, men tip better than women,” says Meleck Verbay, who tends tables at Le Midi, an East 13th Street French restaurant...”
If the service is good and it’s dinner time I tip 25 to 30 percent
I typically tip 20 percent.
Why are women such stingy tippers?
White male republicans are the best tippers - I assume “republicans” is a catch all name for successful white privilege types? /s
30-50% if she’s smiling, doesnt come across as a leftist and doesn’t bring the entree before I’ve finished my salad (pet peeve) - If she leaves her number in the check folder thing, she’s probably getting a Benjamin
I watched my waitress in one cheap pizza restaurant cleaning tables other servers had wiped down. Instead of knocking the crumbs onto the floor in ten seconds, she took a couple minutes whenever she had time and left another table so clean you could eat off of it. I was impressed, and I tipped her 40% because of that and the overall excellent service.
She learned a lot of very valuable life lessons working as a server.....most important was how to quickly assess and read people by dress, demeanor, and yes, race.....
Generally tipping varies by gender and race......
The best stories were from Valentines Day, she always worked the night before, which in the industry is called Mistress night. Guy's would bring their girlfriend in the night before Valentines Day and then had the temerity to bring their wife back to the same restaurant on Valentines Day.
My daughter always had the Hostess seat the returning ones at her tables....She said the look on the guys face when he recognized her (knowing his secret) was priceless....The silent look, “I will give you a huge tip if you remain quiet” had to be hysterical....Typically, $100 on a $100 meal or greater.....
She cleaned up on Valentines Day......
When I worked at GE in the early 1980’s, we had Diner’s Club corporate cards for travel expenses. We were told to tip exactly 16.000% every time, regardless of the quality of service, since the card said “General Electric” on it.
We kept track of the service quality by whether we rounded the penny column up or down.
Bet they hate seeing Hitlery walking in. She’s a notorious non-tipper.
Tipping is a good indication that Liberals are very generous with other peoples’ money but stingy with their own.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/14/hollywood-actor-leaves-massive-tip-for-charlotte-waffle-house-employees/