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How do you tip? (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by unitedwithme@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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HOW do you guys tip in the US? Do you go by food total or bill total? I know it's frowned upon in other countries, I'm not here to question or debate that.

~~No matter how you split it, pre or post tax, the "gratuity" is much higher than it should be! The 18%is higher even than what actual 20% should be!~~

~~Pretax should be $14.26, tax included (ripoff) should be $15.44. So why is the "20%" up to $18.25?! That's a 25.5% tip.~~

For me, I tip "15%" but round numbers. The bill is $72, so I take 10% (7.20 but round up to 8 then add 4) which ends up $12.

If they were exceptional, I just go off 20% which is $16 by my method, and round the total to the nearest dollar... ~~but even that isn't their pretend 18%!! And technically my method is over 20% after rounding up. They're all just taking advantage of niceness and guilt for patrons having to tip everyone.~~

Edit: I fucked up being hung up on numbers, not realizing to the left was the explanation. 😅 OK, so just: how do y'all tip?

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This comment is 100% correct and anyone voting it down should reconsider.

You don't have to like the situation, I don't like the situation... but if you don't tip at least 15% you are underpaying a server and meaningfully impacting their life.

Servers should be paid more by their actual employers and it's ethically wrong that establishments are allowed to underpay their employees just so they can offload that cost to the customer and deceptively list a lower price on their menu. That said, this is the current situation in the US, that cost is offloaded, effectively making restaurant customers the primary source of income for restaurant servers. They are effectively your employees now, so please, don't underpay your employees.

[–] Candice_the_elephant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Morally you need to tip because of an immoral system. Capitalism at its finest.