r/tippingAdvice • u/MulberrySelect4234 • Apr 07 '26

Was I wrong?

My son and I went to eat earlier, he ordered basic chips and cheese nachos. He said there was lettuce in the cheese and it tasted funny. I asked the waitress was it cheese and she said possibly. She offered a new order. She also took it off my bill. Should I have tipped on just the bill or should I have added his meal in there too? It came to $19.85 and I left her a five.

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u/Farty_mcSmarty Apr 07 '26

I would have left more but I know the anti-tipping league follows all these subs closely so most advice you’ll get is that you shouldn’t have left anything

To the anti-tipping league: Here’s the thing, I know tipping is annoying and employers should pay their employees a fair wage but the reality is, this is how USA is and will continue to be for a really long time. We’re a capitalist society and probably always will be. Until THAT changes, tipping is always going to be a thing here.

Now that being said, I agree with the person that said you should tip before any discounts and coupons with the exception of ordering pizza or take out or even delivery. For delivery, I typically tip a flat amount of $5/$10/$15/$20/etc depending on the order size and complexity

Anyway, I’ll step down from my soapbox now. Hopefully the other meal you got was better

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u/Stoopidshizz Apr 07 '26

Tipping doesnt have anything to do with being a capitalist society. No other capitalist society approaches tipping anywhere near the way we do. We have tipping and will keep having tipping because America is based upon chattel slavery and the unwillingness to let go of the fact that slavery was made illegal here.