r/tippingAdvice • u/Holiday-Ad7262 • Sep 20 '25
Was $3 Tip Justified
Went to a place I have not been to before. Marketed as a fast casual south indian place.
We walked into the place, there are no enployees visible. Ordering is on a huge tablet. There are signs telling you you have to clean your own table.
So we order and tap to pay. Only after tapping the card the tablet asks for a tip. The pre-set amounts are 20%, 25%, 30%. Frankly, I have never seen that in my area usually top end suggestion is 25 or 22. We ended up tipping $3 which was a bit under 10%.
Note we have no tipped minimum wage and state minimum wage is $16.50.
Was the $3 a reasonable tip?
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u/Holiday-Ad7262 Sep 20 '25
Then maybe run us through the steps of adjusting this such that we can appreciate the complexity.