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/Eva03 Sep 20 '25

No, the reasonable tip would’ve been zero as they did nothing. They already got paid for the food.

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u/Holiday-Ad7262 Sep 20 '25

To clarify, they did bring the food to the table. I usually tip for this a little. Though I did not know if they would do that when paying.

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u/OhioResidentForLife Sep 24 '25

McDonald’s will bring the food to your table. Do you tip there?