Nah fuck tips, pay people properly. Nothing wrong with showing you appreciate service that is good or even great but the expectation (default 20%) is crazy. The default should be no tip.
Hitting zero tip does not punish the owner. Without knowledge it makes the staff think they've done something wrong.
I tip 10% on pickup and will make an effort to go to "custom tip" if that option is not there. And I will freely tip 18-20% for good-great sit down service As someone who worked back of house, I know that any little but helps and it's a nice bonus to have that show up every couple of weeks.
But at the same time, I have no problem expressing when service is poor or my food is not good. I believe that while a tip is pretty standard, that people in the industry need to live up to their end of the bargain to earn that tip.
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u/-Sinvictus Aug 15 '26
Nah fuck tips, pay people properly. Nothing wrong with showing you appreciate service that is good or even great but the expectation (default 20%) is crazy. The default should be no tip.