the idea of percentage based tipping is so wild to me, in my mind a tip is only based on the reason i want to tip them.
If they did an impressive job but just did their job then i’ll give them a euro or something, if they had to endure something miserable like cleaning up baby vomit then they get like 10 euro because god knows that’s what i’d need to stay on that job.
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Korne127@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Tips in the US must be entirely out of control. In my experience, 10% is for good service, above for rare exceptional and less if you weren’t entirely satisfied. Not even printing anything below 16 is insane.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Signtist@bookwyr.me 1 month ago
20% has actually been the norm for a while. Maybe it was a bit on the upper end a couple decades ago while now it's more default, but I remember my parents tipping 20% for normal service back in the 90's. Of course, with prices soaring tipping is still getting pricier and pricier, but the expected percentage here has been relatively stable.
The thing that's out of control is where you're expected to tip now. I often see a tip prompt come up at retail stores where the only service the employee provided was ringing up the items I brought. I never tip in those kinds of situations, and I doubt the employee would see any of it even if I did.
ghostlychonk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Tipped minimum wage in the US is $2.13/hour, hence the reason for the high percentages.
Korne127@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh right i forgot about that. That’s insane as well; minimum wage should be… well, minimum, obviously; for everyone.
ghostlychonk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sad thing is regular minimum is only $7.25 at the federal level. This country absolutely despises it’s workers.
Plurrbear@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s the true problem, federal minimum wage hasn’t changed in decades despite the inflation and costs over the years! That’s the true problem!
Rusty@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I’m not sure it would be better without minimum wage for tipped employees rule. For example the minimum wage in Ontario is $17 and it’s the same for servers, but all the restaurants have tip suggestions like: 18%, 20% and 25%
Plurrbear@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Idk where you are living but in MN it’s $11.10/hr plus tips. I get paid more because I am an assistant manager as well so $15/hr plus my tips as a server. I make almost 3X more than when I was a teacher working full time and I have half as many hours…