Posted on 06/18/2018 6:05:39 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Now millennials can add “bad tippers” to the roster of negative stereotypes they’re associated with.
According to a new study from creditcards.com, 10% of millennials do not tip at all when eating out. In contrast, only 3% of the older generations don’t tip.
Even when millennials do tip, the study found that the median gratuity is just 15%. This is under the national average, and significantly less than Gen-X, baby boomers, and the ‘Silent Generation,’ all of whom leave a median tip of between 18 and 20%.
The same attitude applies to tipping those who provide services, such as Uber or Lyft drivers: 18% of millennials don’t tip them, even when provided with an option to do so. Nevertheless, close to 27% of the millennials surveyed suggested that they would prefer having a service charge included in items, thereby paying higher prices, and then doing away with tips.
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You beat me to that! They can’t figure the amount to tip.
I did the same for many years at our frequently attended restaurants. I wanted the server to understand we appreciated his very good service and the tip was for HIM, not the restaurant. ....Always received excellent service from “our” server whenever we entered the door, including our favorite table.
Common Core math doesn’t provide the millennials the skills with which to calculate tips.
Yep - went to a new place a few days ago and the food was excellent....the waitress had an “attitude” that went with the beret and thought she was being ultra chic but came across as snobbish.....I sent a $10 tip back to the chef for an excellent meal and tipped her $5 for a combined tab of $113
if you are paying for a party of six or more the tip is automatically included in the bill.
Thanks to minimum wage increases, in my neck of the woods a server can make more than a newbie pharmacy tech.
That is nuts.
We used to be great tippers. Now I copycat our favorite recipes and we eat at home.
My daughter worked as a waitress during college, and she convinced me to tip better, such as 20% for good service. I'd always tipped at least 15% before that, unless the service was poor.
The article is propaganda advocating tip creep
About time tip inflation was stopped. I never thought it would be reversed!
When I was growing up, an expected tip was 10-12%. Really good service might get you 15%, but that was fully voluntary, not obligatory or expected. Oh, and that was based on the base of the bill, not counting tax.
Then it became 10-15%. Then 15% was the standard. Anything above was extra. Now 15% is seen as substandard, and 20% is viewed as the norm. With good service or a large party it is expected you’ll pay more. And it is expected you’ll tip on the tax too.
The trouble is we Americans are so American. We want to be liked and seen as generous.
Not paying a tip isn’t nice, but I’m kind of glad if they’ve started to reverse the amount expected.
There’s another famous demographic, too.
Gen Z are growing up more conservative than the Millennials.
When I was growing up you would adjust your consumption to your budget—and wouldn’t go where you couldn’t afford to pay the expected.
Millennials are sponsored by their parents at such a level for so long, they never develop that concept.
I worked in the restaurant/bar industry for a while.
Some of you may not believe it, but it is an EXTREMELY hard, stressful job in many cases. Knowing what I know, I am a very good tipper and and exceptional tipper when I get really, really good service.
Of course...tipping is Mommy and Daddy’s job when they take the little Snowflakes to dinner!
ML/NJ
No surprise here. When the family is out to eat, your children don’t pay the check; you do. These 22 year old children are paying checks maybe for the first time (they eat free in mom’s basement) and they don’t understand the world let alone how an honest day’s work is put together.
15% is sufficient for standard service and was considered standard as long as I remember. It’s been in the last decade that we started crying about the starving waiters and waitresses (I refuse to say wait staff) instead if the starving Armenians. I only give 20% when the service has been above the call of duty. I’m all for millennial tipping and I’m 70. I’ve worked for my money and I am not about to give it away for poor service.
“I’m ruined.”
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