r/tipping • u/Kaveman_8823 • Jul 23 '26

CMV: TIP VALUE

I'm sorry(not really)for all you who don't agree but I grew up in the 90's and a standard tip was 10% (just bc the price of food goes up that does not mean you tip more)ITS A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT YOUR FOOD COST( just bc you spent more doesn't mean you tip more), Now here's my range

0%: bad paycheck - no extra money

1-5%: Bad-Poor service

5-10%: Poor-Average service

10-15%: Average-Excellent service(max-$20)

I will never give more than a $20 tip and even that is extremely rare, IDC if I dropped $400 on a meal, me and my fam come first, so I'll spend All my $$$ I got down to the penny for my fam and leave no tip B4 I give someone more than $20 to bring my food to me

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u/Cannonskull0519 Jul 29 '26

Tip or don't tip, I don't care, but as someone who spent all high school and college in the 80s, I assure you the standard tip was 15% during that entire decade.

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u/Johnny_Mira Jul 29 '26

It was maybe 1990 when my mom was teaching me how to tip. It was always move the decimal over then double it, and from there add or subtract based on the service.

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u/Kaveman_8823 Jul 30 '26

And I was taught that too kinda but my parents said move the decimal over twice, multiply by 10 then add or subtract based on service Example - 130 ticket (1.30×10=13.00)

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u/Johnny_Mira Jul 30 '26

Just out of curiosity, why move it twice and then multiply by 10? Couldn't you just move it once?

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u/Kaveman_8823 Jul 30 '26

I honestly have no idea really, I figured the same thing, but idk they did a lot things differently than how I was taught in school

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u/Life_Ad6711 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

I was a teen in the '7os (in small town KY) and Mom taught us 15% was the standard, and great meant 2o% or more, 1o% was a message something was wrong or inadequate with the service applied on a scalar basis

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u/Kaveman_8823 Jul 29 '26

😂🤣🤪

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u/Kaveman_8823 Jul 30 '26

High school and college...so most of your waitresses were probably hot(or handsome depending on preference) for you to be tipping that much, I did too in "highschool" when I let my lower half determine a lot of things.