Comment on Remember when 15% was the expected, not the minimum?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agoYou can tell the difference between “Just doing your job” and “Going above and beyond”. If I know what I want and they just pour coffee in a cup, I’m probably not tipping, or maybe I’ll round up. If I have a ton of questions and need help deciding, I’ll probably throw them a dollar or two, depending on how complicated I make things.
My whole point is if the coffee is like $3, 25-50% is 75¢-$1.50, which is perfectly reasonable for someone who did go above and beyond. I can even see 100% if they were exceptionally fantastic, like that one you had a year or so back. If the coffee is $8, gtfo out of here with those percentages.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
fully agree
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Percentage is a good rule of thumb for most things, since generally menu prices are within a sigma or two of the average. This implies that a higher total is due to more items and more work. This decays at the high and low extremes, although a case could be made that if you’re at an establishment with exceptionally high prices, you’re generally getting exceptionally fine service.
For a cup of coffee though, 15-20% is a joke. Either they just did their job, which justifies 0%, or they earned a tip, which justifies at least $1. For low menu-price items, 0%, 25%, 50%, 100% is a reasonable spread; you yourself tipped what I assume was about 100% on a $5 coffee. I think all four options are valid.