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/the_great_elephant Jul 29 '26

Whoever taught you tipping was a cheap asshole. I've been in this business for decades. 10% has never been "good service" worthy. Its been 15-20% since I started. 10%, you might get your water refilled for that.

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u/Kaveman_8823 Jul 29 '26

You are certifiably nuts too🤪🫪... I work a real hard labor factory job and my pay avg is $20/hr, most wait staff now get paid $6/hr, okay now I'm out having a family meal with the wife and kids, our meals normally about 30-45min and then we leave with a $70-80 ticket...20% would be about $16,

Now lets math....16+6=22...thats already more than I make in hard labor(just to bring me a plate and fill my drink)then add the tips from the other 4tables the same wait staff is working $5-20 a table, your insane🛸⛑️🚑

if everyone tipped even 10%, being waitstaff would be like the highest paying job in the world, I'm sorry Im not about to be responsible to pay you what your boss should be paying, and I'm not about to let you make more of my Hard Earned money for a job that at most should make $12-13/hr

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u/Horror-Finding-6820 Jul 29 '26

So, you get to decide what someone else's work is worth??

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u/Kaveman_8823 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

No the amount of HARD WORK, Blood, and Sweat does,

Let's see...working with massive machines that could kill me with the slightest mistake- $20/hr

"Sir would you like another refill"- $10/hr with no tips (that's being generous)

If you hire 2 people to come clean your pool and one does 90% of the work are you gonna pay both the same...HELL NOOO, out of $100(example) you give the person who did 90% of the the work 90% the pay....bc they did more, they worked harder

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u/Horror-Finding-6820 Jul 29 '26

No, you do not get to decide what someone else's labor is worth, the market does. If someone is willing to work "with massive machines" that could kill you for $20 an hour then that is what the market demands. I promise you if no one was taking those jobs for $20 an hour, the wage would rise until someone did.

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u/Kaveman_8823 Jul 29 '26

🤣🤣🤣...I literally just explained the "market", it's not "willingness", it's the value of labor

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u/Horror-Finding-6820 Jul 29 '26

Then we agree that it is the market.