cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/58025748

HOW do you guys tip in the US? Do you go by food total or bill total? I know it’s frowned upon in other countries, I’m not here to question or debate that.

No matter how you split it, pre or post tax, the “gratuity” is much higher than it should be! The 18%is higher even than what actual 20% should be!

Pretax should be $14.26, tax included (ripoff) should be $15.44. So why is the “20%” up to $18.25?! That’s a 25.5% tip.

For me, I tip “15%” but round numbers. The bill is $72, so I take 10% (7.20 but round up to 8 then add 4) which ends up $12.

If they were exceptional, I just go off 20% which is $16 by my method, and round the total to the nearest dollar… but even that isn’t their pretend 18%!! And technically my method is over 20% after rounding up. They’re all just taking advantage of niceness and guilt for patrons having to tip everyone.

Edit: I fucked up being hung up on numbers, not realizing to the left was the explanation. 😅 OK, so just: how do y’all tip?

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    20%, rounded up, plus $2 per messy kid at the table, though I may slip that directly to the busser who comes to clean it

    BUT if I receive a discount I tip on the amount before discount AND the tip should be at least as much as the discount was unless it was to recover for server error

  • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I tip 20% of whatever the total is after tax because for the most part I don’t eat at expensive places where a few percent is more than a dollar difference to care about what the ‘right way’ to tip is.

  • aberrate_junior_beatnik (he/him)@midwest.socialEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I’d never heard of tipping on anything other than the total (including tax). I always do at least 20% by the rules used on the receipt, unless the service was horrid. I get that tipping shouldn’t be necessary, but here in the US where workers are constantly shit on in numerous ways, it feels only fair.

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    My city has removed the minimum wage exemption for tipped employees and raised the minimum wage to $21.30 so I have stopped tipping.

  • RBWells@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    This really depends. When I had little kids and was restaurant training them, I would tip very high because the bill did not at all represent the work of the wait staff.

    If my husband and I are indulgent (unusual) the bill is more than the work, we do 20% still because we know they aren’t paid enough.

    Drinks? $1-$2 each one.

  • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    You tip on the bill value even if you get free stuff. The discount doesn’t nullify it’s existence in your belly.

  • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    3 months ago

    Without service, 0-$2. For service, 18-20% of pretax. I agree that a $50 meal is not harder to serve than a $12 meal, but it is what it is. Couple of dollars per drink at the bar. I freaked out when my husband tried to tip $100 on a 4 drink $500 bar tab.

  • certified_expert@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    3 months ago

    My rule is this: If I order standing, I don’t tip. If I tip, it is 10%.

    I’m not your employer. Tip is supposed to be spontaneous to the individual that helped you. Not systemic.