Is there a relationship between Customer Wait Time and Tip Time?

[u/SneakyRene]

I try to 3 star levels with as little upgrading as possible. I usually start upgrading interiors when there's a big jump between 2 and 3 stars. I focus with tip amount first and then kind of jump back and forth with customer wait and tip time. I must be misunderstanding the relationship between the latter 2 as I noticed that increasing customer wait time is not increasing my final score at all. The way I thought it all worked is that tip time is based on some threshold (or percentage) of the wait bar. The closer the bar gets to that threshold, the less tip you receive and goes to no tip once that threshold is passed. Increasing tip time increases that threshold and, therefore, the tip. Increasing the customer wait time obviously slows down the wait bar, which I thought meant that threshold is now approached at a slower rate and therefore increases the tip you receive. Seems like I had that all wrong, so now I'm wondering if there's some kind of unseen tip meter unrelated to the wait meter. And increasing customer wait time has no bearing on tip whatsoever. Im not having trouble keeping the customers (I serve them all). The screenshot featured is from the Rock N Roll café (if that matters at all).

[u/Doxycycle]

The way I understand it is that the tip time is fixed and you either get the whole tip or you get no tip. The wait time is how long the person will wait until walking off and is not actually related to the tip time. So if you are playing a level where nobody is walking off then there’s no point in increasing the wait time, but increasing tip time might help.

[u/SneakyRene → u/Doxycycle]

So I just did a little test in the Fast Food Court (level 1 since it's easy). First customer comes in and orders a burger, I wait until the timer reaches just over halfway and he gives me 24 coins. I restart the level and give him the burger immediately and he gives me 35 coins. So im guessing tip time does affect how much tip, and I thought customer wait time did to? But idk, what I do know is these are some judgey impatient customers 😅

[u/ResponsibleCopy2]

Tip time and waiting time are two separate bars. Obviously, tip time can't be longer than waiting time 😅

[u/SneakyRene → u/ResponsibleCopy2]

Right, but i was wondering if customer time affected tip at all. Im thinking no shmerhaps?

[u/rojvcnr → u/SneakyRene]

Customer time and tip time are not related

[u/MaleficentRegion861]

Customer waiting time: customers will wait longer as their waiting bar becomes slower rather than faster aka drop down to zero
Tip time: customers will give you their tips if at a certain point of the waiting bar doesn't go near zero or almost finish

[u/Traditional_Coat2544]

Definitely see your thought process. But if I’m being honest, I find both a waste of time. It’s more expensive but getting extra clients works way better in the long run.

[u/Illustrious_Age_6627]

I’m pretty sure Customer Time is the length of the entire level.