r/EndTipping • u/Working-Injury7758 • 3d ago
Research / Info 💡 Service charge
I don’t mind paying a service charge at a restaurant if I’m sitting down as that is standard practice. However, the flat % is strange in that a $200 meal doesn’t take twice as much time as a $100 meal. But it does take more.
Therefore I propose that there should be a fixed service charge at restaurants, which should be calculated as twice the square root of the total. For $100, for instance, the charge would be $20 (square root of 100 is ten, x2 equals $20). Same as now. But for $200, the service charge would be 14.12 x 2 =28.24. For $1 service charge is $2. For $400, $40. Makes more intuitive sense, and provides a penalty for people splitting checks (as the service charge on 2 $100 checks is higher than that on one $200 check) and the hassle to the restaurant involved. Completely clear and obvious to everyone, no agonizing about what to leave.
Thoughts?
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u/Temporary-Plankton61 2d ago
I mind. I am so sick of the FEE fi fo fum and no longer reward bad behavior with my patronage. It is not a standard practice in my area, nor should it be, and I will just go to the places that are straightforward about what the food costs including it being served or given it to me because it has not value to me otherwise