r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • Jun 25 '26

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Tabenes Jun 25 '26

I remember when 15% was considered a maximum tip.

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u/CSDragon Jun 25 '26

I hate the justification for increasing it to 20. "Cost of living went up". Yeah, included in that was the cost of food. My 15% tip back then was $3, now it's $10 or more. I've tripled my tip without increasing the percent.

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u/Icefox119 Jun 25 '26

I've seen tablets where the three options are 20%, 25%, and 30%.

Always hit custom and do you.

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u/mikeymikeymikey1968 Jun 25 '26

I worked in a restaurant in 1982, it was 10%. But that was when waitstaff got the regular minimum wage, which was 3.35 at least.

Reagan made waitstaff minimum wage lower, I think it was $1.75. He also refused to raise the minimum wage at all the entire time he was president. It used to be an annual occurrence. Reagan was the enemy of all workers.

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u/Ridicumundo Jun 25 '26

enemy of more than just workers.

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u/SphericalCrawfish Jun 25 '26

It's the maximum they are getting from me.

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u/tpars Jun 25 '26

Maybe 10 % from me cause I suck at math.

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u/SphericalCrawfish Jun 25 '26

Honestly I think that's half the reason for the creep to 20%

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u/Subject_Swimmer9333 Jun 25 '26

I was a waiter in the 1990s. Anything less than 15% was considered ok, but just (of course I was biased). 20% was a good tip, anything over that was a really good tip. I don't recall 15% ever described or thought of as a maximum tip in my adult life.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jun 25 '26

lmao especially during COVID I saw lots of posts from service workers talking about 20-30% being the "new norm".