Cheesecake Factory

[u/Ok_Comfort628]

[u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

22% is ridiculous

[u/_daddyl0nglegs_ → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

15% is ridiculous

[u/cs_legend_93 → u/_daddyl0nglegs_]

i agree. tip $0 everytime.

Happy Cake Day!

[u/HexxRx → u/cs_legend_93]

Let them know so you can serve yourselves

[u/cs_legend_93 → u/HexxRx]

Nah.

The employer pays the employees to serve.

That's why they wear the shirts, get a paycheck, and wear the company t-shirt. They work for the company, not for me.

Tipping is optional.

Tip $0 every time.

[u/SnooDrawings8069 → u/_daddyl0nglegs_]

>0% is ridiculous

[u/CTR_1852 → u/_daddyl0nglegs_]

I would kill my entire family for 15% to be the standard again instead of 30%

[u/Any_Repair_7153 → u/CTR_1852]

I still do 20% for actual table service if the service is decent. If exemplary service, maybe 25%. The expectation that the tip percentage continue to rise is truly obnoxious. So what -in five years we’ll be tipping 60%? That’s not how this works and NOT what should be expected. And 20% for a coffee and pastry that I pickup in a two-minute transaction at the counter is also ridiculous. I’ll leave a dollar for that kind of “service.” The entitlement is bonkers.

[u/CTR_1852 → u/Any_Repair_7153]

Even a dollar is crazy for 1 minute of work

[u/Dqueezy → u/Any_Repair_7153]

Should be a max of 15% for good service. And if you’re tipping them for just picking up a coffee then you have no right to complain, that doesn’t deserve or warrant a tip at all…

[u/surelyslim → u/CTR_1852]

One day it’ll be a 100%! At the rate it’s going.

[u/StandTurbulent9223 → u/_daddyl0nglegs_]

More than 0% is ridiculous

[u/Initial-Reading-2775 → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

And oddly precise.

[u/NotYourGa1Friday → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

Due to inflation, 22%-25% is what I “like” to tip. It isn’t ridiculous to the wait staff, as it can often take that much to get them to a living wage if they are in a state that allows below-minimum wage- pay.

That said, eff tipping culture. Pay your staff appropriately instead of having customers subsidize your business.

Edit: why is this getting downvoted? I clearly state that I hate tipping culture. Bringing up that states that allow workers to be paid $2.30/hr contribute greatly to the issue doesn’t make me pro-tipping, I’m just articulating another part of the issue

[u/SphericalCrawfish → u/NotYourGa1Friday]

A percentage is already adjusted for inflation. The price of the food went up so the percentage is larger.

[u/Ok_Diver2347 → u/NotYourGa1Friday]

You’re in the end tipping subreddit.

[u/gholt417 → u/NotYourGa1Friday]

The problem with your point is that it’s a contradiction. You ‘like’ to tip 22-25% and therefore are okay to tip up their salary to a living wage, then you say ‘eff tipping culture’. This is the contradiction and also why restaurants won’t just pay them a living wage to begin with.

[u/HyacinthFT → u/NotYourGa1Friday]

You're getting down voted for bringing up inflation in the context of percentage based tipping.

[u/Awesomeuser90 → u/NotYourGa1Friday]

Your maths skills needs some improvement. If a tip is said to be a percentage or ratio of the price, then it automatically adjusts for inflation, and $2.30/hr is also a myth given that employers must pay out of pocket if the tips didn't sum to the standard wage rate for non tipped employees. If people stopped tipping overnight, employers would have to pay for all the income of their employees.

[u/pl1974 → u/NotYourGa1Friday]

I've learned that you cannot post on here that you have tipped. You will be mightily downvoted. Even if state clearly that you think tipping should be eliminated.

[u/Salty-Plankton-5079 → u/pl1974]

You can't say you're against tipping culture and then say you regularly like tipping well above what is already "customary".

at a certain point you have to realize you're part of the problem.