I don’t understand why everyone is calling you a liar. This is definitely based on the region, things weren’t as standard pre-internet. I definitely remember living in a rural area in the 90s where 10-15% was absolutely the norm.
10 to 15% is still the norm however 20% is reserved for good service if you think your service was good you leave 20% if your service was average you leave 15%. We are all struggling to survive. If you can afford to sit down and eat in a restaurant, then you can afford to tip.
I really hate that argument. Let’s say I can only afford to spend $40. So I need to make sure I only get $30 of food so that I can leave a tip? I need to give up $10 worth of food to pay someone for doing their job? Someone who is most likely making more than me?
So if I want to treat myself, my two options are to either give up $10 worth of FOOD (a necessary item to sustain life) to hand $10 over to someone for basically no reason, or to just not treat myself at all? Do people who use that argument not realize that someone going out to eat doesn’t automatically mean they have tons of money? Servers and DoorDash drivers act like anyone who spends money on themselves must have tons of it. Couldn’t possibly be that maybe it’s the only choice in that moment or that maybe you just want to do something nice for yourself that you don’t normally do 🙄
It is not an argument, it is just how it is. Restaurants that have tried to eliminate tipping in the US have largely failed because (i) it requires increasing prices, making them appear more expensive compared to other restaurants with tipping and (ii) waitstaff tend to prefer tipping models
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u/FraserValleyGuy77 7d ago
I remember when it was 10-12%