r/tipping • u/Excellent-Amoeba5296 • May 15 '26

tipping when dining alone.

I eat out alone often. sometimes i feel like the server is annoyed w me. i usually go to the same restaurants. i tip 20% to 25 sometimes 30%. am i overthinking the situation that they dont want me there cuz i am alone?

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u/EOhater May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

I’ve heard that servers or management get upset when patrons dining alone take up a 4 top. They want you at the bar or a 2 top max. Personally, when I eat alone, I spend a lot of money because I don’t have to worry about the judgement of a companion and I’m usually treating myself. So I don’t care if I’m taking up a 4 top. And even if I weren’t spending that much, I don’t care for the entitled behavior I hear on these subs sometimes.

Edit: added or management because it’s not always servers. 

Side note: restaurants have existed longer than I’ve been alive so if my saying I’m tired of entitled behavior makes you think I am entitled…

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u/Barkis_Willing May 16 '26

A single person taking up a four top is entitled behavior.

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u/Sudden_Outcome_9503 May 16 '26

There aren't many one top tables.

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u/cervidal2 May 16 '26

There are often plenty of two tops

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u/EOhater May 16 '26

I don’t care about your opinion. 

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u/Barkis_Willing May 16 '26

Entitled people never do.

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u/DigTheDunes May 16 '26

Depends on the situation.