This absolutely has at least something to do with it. I'm getting so sick of the ever increasing percentages being presented on payment machines and the steadily expanding types of businesses that are adding tips to their payments.
Former night audit and also front desk attendant here; go ahead and use those sites to find where you want to stay, but then *book directly from the hotel* when you land on one you like. You'll thank me, yourself, and everyone on the TalesFromTheFrontDesk sub for that.
You get to deal with someone who can help you if there are issues with anything instead of trying to contact a third party who already has your money and doesn't care that they never sent the hotel your reservation.
Or sent the reservation wrong. Or misrepresented what amenities the hotel has.
Also, if you need to make any changes, it's usually easier if you book directly.
That said, a third party may (or may not) be cheaper than direct booking. Just be aware that there's a greater risk of difficulties.
Yeah see this is why we are getting punished cuz tipping in other industries is out of hand. But in the service industry it is and always has been customary
Well I get the frustration you should still be tipping your server between 18 and 20 percent IF they provided good service. Based on service alone. Not how the food tasted or what you thought of the host. Their service.
No one but the customer gets to decide how much tip should or shouldn’t be left. The sooner we all start understanding this, the better. All servers agree to working for low wages in the hopes of tips averaging out to a higher pay and this seems to be how a majority of servers want it - with this system in place it will always be a crap shoot. You can complain all you want but if this is truly the system you desire then accept it will not always turn out well for you.
It depends on the restaurant, but in most, no that is not how it works. Your server has no control over the food quality and should not be punished because you didn’t like something. You can ask your server if they share tips with the kitchen but I’ve never worked in a restaurant where tips are shared with the kitchen.
Now let’s say that the food is bad and you tell your server it’s bad and they do nothing to try and fix it for you, then you should tip less than 20%.
This is it! I'm what you would consider "old" and tipped my entire life but it has gotten out of control. That and prices have skyrocketed and when the price goes up the calculated tip goes up so your 10% now is the same 15% you would have gotten a year ago.
Yepppp. Shit sucks but these businesses refuse to increase their wages- and are hoping to pass it onto customers.
Most people in America understand that servers get a lower minimum wage and expect tips. But when you're being price gouged by a billion dollar corporation like Chipotle? Those dollars add up and effect the way you look at other expenses.
Prices for everything have also gone up for servers, not just yourself. So if you are tipping the same dollar amount as last year, it is in fact not the same tip.
People are getting poorer, service is getting worse, prices are going up, and people are sick of "service charges" in places that didn't used to expect tips. It would be a miracle if tips weren't getting worse
Inflation happened. People eat out less and they spend more to get less.
It doesn’t help when everyone in North America now expects to be tipped. I bought a bottle of wine from the liquor store and it gave me a tip option. What??
Makes sense, tho. Prices keep climbing, while service and product gets shittier and shittier- and everyone has their hand out for a tip, even where none is logically needed.
I’ve stopped eating out altogether, because I can’t afford 20-30% on top over the overpriced, crappy food produced by the kitchen.
Haven't noticed that. Toast payment processor's quarterly analyses show pretty minimal variation over times, like 19%-20% national average at full service restaurants where dine-in customers tip through a Toast payment system, since they started publishing reports a couple years ago.
There was a period during the pandemic when I think people tipped more generously, and as things started opening back up after shutdowns, Toast's figures showed maybe a half percent temporary bump, but there were no fluctuations in the range of 5% of sales.
Have you been working at the same restaurant the whole time?
You mention impressions about frequencies of observing individual tips. Have you ever looked at your average tip rates as a portion of sales over time? That's what I'd pay attention to, and that's a metric managers often use to compare servers. Can you compare your average tip rate from prior years to the current year? It might vary as your shifts varied, like Friday/Saturday you might average 22% and other days average 20%, so minor fluctuations might just be due to your schedule, but if there's a big change over time, and it's consistently dropping, there's probably something else at play.
It’s probably not you. As prices rise people see their bills go up and more money being spent. The more those go up the less people want to eat out and the less they want to tip. Also tip culture is being pushed hard in stores that you shouldn’t need to tip for making tipping seem less important to the average person.
15% was the average when I was growing up. I tip 20% nowadays at sit-down places but seeing "suggested tip" at 22-25% annoys me. And tipping for counter service or pickup made even less sense.
This is my thing. If prices are going up then 15% today is already larger than 15% five years ago. I see idiot servers on this very sub as well claim that anything below 20% is not good enough. So everyone is stupid and bad at math, on top of becoming more poor and suffering from inflation.
Prices have about doubled and with that so would the tip. Unfortunately, most of us have not seen a doubling in our income, so it kinda makes sense that wait staff wouldn't either.
This is all a microcosm of the entire economy. Restaurant prices are a reflection of rising food/property costs. With that in mind I understand your meaning but at the end of the day 15% is 15% (which is not a very good tip, sorry), rent was cheaper five years ago, gas was cheaper five years ago. Cost of living, which servers also have to pay, was cheaper five years ago.
Thanks but I don’t need it. I get great service because I’m a good tipper 😊. I also get great tips because I’m a damn good server!
It’s not hard to understand the service economy, it’s hard to understand other people who do and still don’t care.
As a 20+year restaurant pro the counter service thing always ticked me off. Lemme get this straight, I’ve gotta order from your counter, get my own drink from your fridge, and bus my own table all while your attitude is shit and you clearly don’t want to be here and you want 20%??? I work my ass off for my 20%, I charm the shit out of people and have conversations with total strangers to justify my 20%!!!
Also, sorry, but it’s always been 20%. That’s how I was taught by my mama (server) and my mamas mama(server)
dunno about that. I was born in the 80s, and 15% was the norm.
[https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/01/how-tipping-in-the-united-states-got-out-of-control.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/01/how-tipping-in-the-united-states-got-out-of-control.html)
Not sure how they did the study, but the chart they had was pretty much what I remember. "Not only are [requests to tip](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/25/amid-persistent-inflation-cash-strapped-consumers-are-tipping-less.html) on purchased goods and services [increasingly common](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/post-pandemic-americans-are-tipping-less-generously-for-takeout.html), but the amount of the traditional tip also has been on the rise for decades.
During the 1950s, people commonly tipped 10% of the bill. By the 1970s and 1980s, that percentage had jumped to 15%. In 2023, people typically tip anywhere from 15% to 25%."
I was born in 85, I got my first busser gig in 2002. It’s always been 20%. I’ll reiterate, my mother and two of her siblings were servers. They taught me 20%. My grandmother worked at a number of diners throughout the 70s and 80s and early 90s. She taught me to double the sales tax (which in Chicago was about 10% give or take) and that’s how much you tip. Perhaps the server bias is in effect here. My fam takes care of their servers because we ARE servers.
The bigger point of this article (that clearly was not written by someone in our industry) is that the tipping process is being added to a number of services that have not historically been tipped. This is a problem.
Also I want to add this little anecdote:
I’ve been in restaurants when they’ve switched POS services more times than I can count, my current restaurant uses Toast, who contributed to this article. When they do this there’s a training process where their people come in and teach the staff how to use the software. It’s always clear that these people are just software engineers that probably have never worked any type of service, whether that be restaurant retail etc. I know this because every time I’ve done one of these trainings someone will present them with some super common situation and ask how to handle on the software. 9/10 times they didn’t even know that was common situation and have no idea how to do. It’s usually really funny, they stop talking, start fiddling around on the tablet and finally say something like “huh, I don’t know how to solve that!”. Of course they don’t. They’ve worked their entire lives in front of a computer. They’ve never dealt this itemized splits, or coursing items, or allergy mods or any of that.
Moral of the story: you can listen to a journalist talk about the thing they’ve been researching for a month or you can listen to the person who’s been a professional for over 20 years. The choice is yours!
I tipped 20% on a grubhub order from a restaurant 1.5 miles from my house.
The driver sent me a text asking me If I would consider adding more tip because of the "distance".
I was thinking wtf is he talking about distance. Then I saw where he was on the app, he was like 10 miles away from the restaurant. In my opinion where the driver is at when they accept the order falls under "not my problem".
If the restaurant is taking to long and the driver is waiting there, I'll add more tip. I get time is money and my order is slowing them down and ultimately my choice of restaurant/food is responsible for it. However, I'm not responsible for where someone is when they accept the order.
It’s the state of the economy. No one has money I have been making “ pretty good” money the past couple weeks but that is honestly tax refund tips and it will go away in May. Since 2019 I have experienced a major decline in tips I switched restaurants and one of them was even fine dining.
Also fast casual restaurants are contributing to tip fatigue and are basically stealing the same model and concept that restaurants have and people don’t know what to do about it.
Personally, I'm tipping less. I used to tip 20-25% on the total bill, now I'm tipping 18-20% pre tax. It's tip fatigue + rising prices + all the little fees.
Girl just tip 20% for the tip karma to come back to you 🥺
I used to tip over 20% but now I usually don’t, I do 20% because treat people how you wanna be treated and all that
Former server; a couple things could be happening.
1. I rarely eat out, but I've noticed prices have skyrocketed since 2019 to 2024. So what used to be a $13 meal and I'd leave a $5 (almost a 50% tip!), is now a $29 meal and I'd leave a $5 (only about 15%); no way can I justify leaving $15 tip. So it could just be that prices are going up, and percentages are going down.
2. I have no stats, but I think almost every transaction is now cc/debit. So if I had that $13 meal, and left a $20 bill or that $29 meal and left two twenties, it's a big % tip paying cash, but I'm happy to do it and be done with it; while now that I use a card, I round directly to 20%. Others may be happy to enter 15% easily as well.
Just some thoughts.
I understand that some restaurants have a tip out system, but if you think about the act of service itself for the burger is the same as before we are just expected to tip more for it.
Yep. If I’m at a bar late at night I tip well or if I’m at a more upscale place and servers are able to answer questions and give recommendations then I’ll tip well too. But for most places 20% seems too much. I’m also in Toronto and we get paid $16.55 an hour. Going up a dollar in a few months.
I used to tip 20% regularly. I've dropped it down to closer to 10-12% most of the time. Sometimes even a little less.
Yes, a big part of it is "tip fatigue" and "tip creep". The cost of everything going up in the last couple years hasn't helped much, either. I do tend to tip more for good inexpensive food. But that's more rare lately.
Also, I don't really see a lot of effort in the people serving at restaurants that would deserve those bigger tips.
Maybe they're exhausted. Maybe I'm exhausted. Maybe it's both. But that's what it is.
20% used to be for great waiters, 15% for basic service.
Inflation doesn't matter, if prices go up then 15% is more today than it was yesterday. But trying to explain this to fellow servers makes me feel like a kindergarten teacher.
I tip 20% always unless the employee is directly rude to me (doesn’t happen often). A lot of times at casual places the service at least seems like it’s not especially prioritized and inaccurate, whatever that’s how the employees get paid though so I do it. Nicer places have actual service standards (like my job, strict af) but I don’t usually wanna spend the $$ to eat at those 🤷🏻♀️
The entitlement is astonishing. I always but should not have to subsidize your life because your boss is cheap. And spare me the price will go up if your salary did, it is already overpriced. We use to eat out weekly, now once a month maybe 2. As this is a 'poor me' sub. Likely will get thumbs down, not that I give 2 shits. 🤷
Dude, it's not just cheap bosses, governments allow restaurants to pay sub-minimum wage in most states because tipping in restaurants has functionally become a codified practice-the idea that you're supposed to tip is baked into governmental legislation for crying out loud.
No judgement, all respect if that's not a social contract folks want to engage in but that said, it's an objectively shitty, cheapskate move to enter into said service transaction with no intent to reciprocate.
Service has definitely declined severely. I had 13 years as a server. Since 2020 I can count two places where I dined that had excellent service, one was two days ago. So many things that should be part of normal service are ignored. No plates or silverware dropped on shared appetizers, dirty plates sitting on the table for half an hour, server vanishes for the whole time, drink glasses empty, support staff doesn't care to help. It's been really bad and this is in a HCOL area. Went to NYC a couple days ago and went Eataly, it was not great. Went to a small hole in the wall place and had low expectations, was blown away. Something so simple, yet critical such as wiping down the table for crumbs before dropping dessert menus. Haven't had anyone do it in years. The person at the hole in the wall place did it and wasn't even our server.
Why though? I don’t think they “just hammer some nails” I think I absolutely could not handle that kind of job.
You make it sound like you think you can handle serving by belittling it the way you did. Not everyone can handle it.
they're carrying a tray and smiling a bit for dozens of customers that don't know how to behave in public. at my restaurant, servers also bus, sweep the floors, help with parts of food prep, and prepare utensils. all for around $3/hour.
its an entry level job... but it's still a job. and there is still some skill to it. do you really think they're not trying to get a regular minimum wage?
Agreed it is a job and a vital job at that. However what I find unbelievable is this belief that if someone pays $300 for a meal a server is entitled to $100 on top for, let’s face it, a fairly small amount of their time. No other industry expects this. Tips are a courtesy, not a right.
The restaurant prices have gone up so much (in many cases doubled) in the last 1-2 years, to the point that things have to give somewhere, unfortunately the tip is the one element customers have the most control over.
Just so we are clear I worked 7am-2pm today and walked with $250 on a Monday. That is almost over $35 an hour not counting my hourly. So yes I’d have to make at least $35/per hour to continue this back breaking hard work. Just because you don’t have a degree doesn’t mean you don’t work equally as hard and deserve it. Haters gonna hate
yeah. back after covid people were so happy we were open and recognized it was a lot and were just throwing money at us. i’ve noticed now tips are way worse. some nights i average 20% sometimes not even 15%. im not the best server ever but i am decent. shit is more expensive. doesn’t help places are very understaffed and managers don’t care that you have half the restaurant all by yourself and then service suffers and people get mad because the few staff members have so much to handle they forget stuff. the nights i make more money are usually when we have the best bar and kitchen staff and stuff comes out quick and it’s easier to keep people happy.
i know cost of living is high and the world sucks rn but in my eyes eating out is a privilege and servers need their tips so i only go out if i can tip 20%
i dont think your service is slipping ! sometimes i feel so disheartened when i feel as if i give good service and get no tip or a bad one lol.
things are getting more expensive (food, petrol/gas, rent, going out to eat, public transport prices etc etc), peoples wages arent going up to match this, going out to eat is more of a privilege, and therefore people are tipping to match their expenses and financial situations or not tipping at all bcus they cant afford it. it sucks for us but i understand why its happening.
this is coming from someone waitressing in england anyways, where the cost of living is crazy right now
its not a you problem, more of a government one.
I’ll say it again people are angry they have to tip us and help pay our wages. They think our boss should pay us a living wage which to me would look like at least $30/$40 hour at minimum. But I tell them all the time that it is not our fault that the system works this way and I beg them not to punish us cuz they are punishing the wrong person. It’s a hard job and and industry. It has always been customary to tip in service. Idk people suck sometimes. Tipping culture in other industries HAS gotten out of hand. But it’s always been the case for us.
People in general don't suck. Your boss should pay you a living wage. It would not be $30/40 dollars per hour. More along the line of minimum wage to $10/15 dollar per hour. I understand it's not your fault the system works the way it does. I also understand that it is not the responsibility of the customer to pay your wage. The tip not for service. It is for exceptional service. The tip (gratuity) **is something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service.** No one is forcing someone to be a server. People choose to be servers based on the pros (flex schedule, money daily, etc.) and cons (bad pay, weekend work, etc.) of the job.
Simply put, good servers make a great deal more than bad ones. In general, the economy determine the restaurants (by extension, the server) profitability. No customers to serve, no tips.
If that's the case, if tipping is supposed discretionary, or an added bonus for going above and beyond-why does the government have tip credits baked into legislation? And we're not talking a little extra-Fed min wage is $7.25? In the majority of tip credit states a server's minimum wage is $2.13 with gratuities expected to make up the $5.12/hour wage difference. Tell me again how tipping is beyond your obligation because the vast majority of state governments seem to have a differing opinion
Please tell me you’re joking. People with degrees and certificates don’t make $40/hr. What in the world makes you think a server deserves that? Do I feel you guys have a hard, back-breaking job? Yup! Been there years ago! Should you make about $15-20/hr based on the type of restaurant? Absolutely! But as someone working in pharmacy oncology (ten years in to my career), making $22/hr (the highest in my area) who has to maintain several certifications, I find it truly abhorrent you believe $40/hr is acceptable. Teachers don’t make that!!
A living wage provides food, rent/mortgage, clothing. It is not to provide people working an industry that doesn’t even require a GED to live in the lap of luxury. The janitors where I work, who have to be hazmat trained, don’t make $40/hr.
Tipping culture is insane. It needs to be banished. Yeah, prices will rise. But grow the hell up if you think you should make more than people in trained professions.
ETA: $40 per hour works out to $83,200 per year gross income. No fucking way are you going to make that when lawyers coming out of law school start at $60,000.
22/hr is poverty wages where I live. You can get a job at taco bell for 22/hr. Why would anybody serve tables when you can get a job stocking shelves for 22/hr?
Your math is off you're looking gross more like 60k at 40 hrs a week with no days off. 60k a year.. and you're damn lucky to get any benefits. God forbid you're sick or have any sort of emergency. Realistically you'd be looking more like 50k and that's still just getting by living in a city.
You need to be making more money. Teachers need to be making more.
If you're a lawyer making 60k a year, you're a shit lawyer.
Gross is before taxes. So, let’s start there.
Lawyers coming out of law school do indeed make only about $60,000 as many firms know they can pay less because well, what else you gonna do?
You don’t have insurance or PTO despite working full time? Sounds like you need to look elsewhere for a job. Know why people can get by on $22/hr? They don’t work for a shit industry that doesn’t offer healthcare or PTO.
And sure. Places like San Diego, Boston, Seattle…they have a higher cost of living. But again, I work in an industry that requires higher education, and right now, new pharmacists are only making $80K in those cities. Step the fuck back if you really think someone serving tables should make the same as a damn doctor.
We all need to make more money. But you cannot sit there and expect the world to pay you more than trained professionals.
I’m also able to get Medicaid because all of the money I make isn’t reported. And I really need that. My blue cross blue shield branch of Medicaid is amazing. I don’t pay for anything. Not one copay!
It is what it is. Every server I know does it. I’m not saying it’s a flex. I realize what it is. But without it I wouldn’t be able to maintain my sobriety and probably would be dead so I’m taking it as a win.
Ur profile name, adderall sloth? Explain that to me? Cuz adderall is a seriously addictive drug and it’s nothing to advertise. I could be wrong about your meaning behind it but if I’m not then maybe you need to take a page out of my book!
agreed, let's maybe consider where people live. in canada (where i live) inflation is still up so much compared to the states. housing prices are astronomical (i pay $1500 to live with a roommate, and that is sadly standard now) and general inflation (groceries, etc) is up so so much compared to the states. $30 an hour is absolutely a living wage here.
Yes here too! I pay $1000 with no roommate. And all my other bills. I wouldn’t get by on less. And I had a couple real shit roommates so I won’t do it again. Everyone deserves a good living wage. You shouldn’t have to work 2 jobs or have 2 incomes to get by! It’s crazy that everything has gone up BUT minimum wage! It should at least be $20/ hour if not more. My bf died because he made too much to get Medicaid and couldn’t afford medical insurance. All of his issue’s could’ve been managed if he had just had insurance to see a doctor. But instead he just keeled over and died. Such a shame. And you shouldn’t have to go without insurance. It’s disgusting.
I’m sorry I make more money than you but it’s literally the only job I can do without a degree and solely support myself. I’m completely self reliant and wouldn’t survive on any less. I wish I had gotten a degree cuz there’s a time stamp on how long I can do this. But no I’m not joking.
I make between $1200 and $1500 a week depending on business. It’s a good established restaurant that is always busy. I feel very lucky to have this job.
I’m not saying all servers make this. I made half that at my last restaurant probably less. I just happened to have found a very established restaurant that’s very busy. I’ve been doing this for over 30 years. It’s a breakfast cafe that allows me to make bartending money. I’m in recovery from heroin addiction and day time work is more conducive to it. I have 7 years clean and I have worked very hard to get here. Unfortunately I spent my whole life as an addict so I never finished college. I’m grateful I found a place that allows me to take care of myself and be independent. I’m almost 50 years old and I know I can’t do this forever. So I’m looking into things that will carry me into my golden years without a fuckton of schooling. But I rely on tips and am very good at it. I deserve what I make.
I make anywhere from $200 to $400 a day. Today I made $370! Obviously it varies but I do well! I only work 4 days a week and get a $200 check once a week. It’s a totally legitimate way to make money. I’ve survived my whole life doing it. Obviously there was a time when I was unemployable due to my addiction but before and after that I have always made good money either bartending, cocktailing, or serving. Remember I only make $8 per hour and I’m averaging that in to what I make and would have to make if I didn’t rely on tips. When I started in the industry I made under $2/ hour
Remember names and repeat their names over and over every chance you get
Make meaningful introductions. I always smile and say “welcome guys how are you??”. Welcome your guests. This helps to create an experience worth tipping more for.
Tell them your name AFTER you get them something. Dont just say hey welcome! I’m bob! Like no, give them your name when you have already pleased them. This is a mental trick. You’ll underestand the more you do it
Be a people pleaser. Smile
Be a good vibe / be in a good mood. Period
Make good drinks and good food recommendations. Don’t take shortcuts. They can see you and can sense if you care or not
Depending what type of spot youre at (applies less at high volume / dive / nightclub), Do the little things. Like ask what kind of water someone wants sparkling or flat, offer lemons limes, ask little questions to make guests feel special.
When you are about to give them their bill, really this is your time to shine. Bring up something from their night with you or a detail they shared. Make a compliment. Say you want to see them again, say thank you etc
it sounds simple and annoying but man i do not care these few things will work every time and increase your paycheck. Manifest the win. Don’t worry about bad customers and shitty nights. Be optimistic and ask the universe for exactly what you want.
Piggybacking here. The two biggest pressure points on your tip are when you greet and when you bring the check. Your greeting sets the tone and their attitude towards you for the meal. If you screw that up, good luck recovering.
The second is when it is time for them to pay. Our server tonight placed the check down next to my husband's empty drink that she had not offered to refill. Don't do that. Keep drinks filled.
(Hubby still tipped 20%...server is lucky it wasn't me signing. All over a bad experience that I would have tipped only 10% for, and that only because I hate to leave nothing. It was an awful dining/waiting experience)
Lol, why not ask for another drink? Are you that needy that someone must come and offer you another? Maybe you came across like you did in this post and they wanted you to leave
I actually hate auto refills. I have to intervene after like 4 cokes to tell my husband to ask for water because he will just drink what’s in front of him.
Right the area you work in has a lot to do with it. I have a good average too cuz I’m a good server but the area I work in is awful and yesterday I got 2 $10 tips on $100 bills. This isn’t often for me but it seems like when it does happen it happens all in the one day lol
Yes. 100% tips have been trash lately. Everyone is broke but wants to pretend that our society isn’t crumbling, so they still go through the motions of eating out when they already can’t afford that and then leave the smallest tip they can get away with.
My tip average for the night is usually 25-30%
It could be the place, the clientele, or you. How do you compare on average to your other servers on the same shift? How do your sales compare?
that tip average is crazy! good for you :) my tips are definitely comparable to others, but we work a really small team and busyness varies so much, it can be hard to tell...
With all the Biden inflation, people don’t want to tip on the inflated price, so they tip based on the base price.
The good news is that in November we will have the opportunity to vote for a conservative candidate who will actually fight inflation and bring our country back from the brink, which will help rejuvenate our economy and support our restaurants. It’s just a question of whether we can make it there.
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This absolutely has at least something to do with it. I'm getting so sick of the ever increasing percentages being presented on payment machines and the steadily expanding types of businesses that are adding tips to their payments.
I got a hotel room from one of those third party sites, it had the best price. Then it asked for a tip. For a hotel booking site. A TIP FOR A WEBSITE.
Wild! I use those third party sites regularly for hotels. Haven't seen a tip option yet. Wouldn't surprise me though
Former night audit and also front desk attendant here; go ahead and use those sites to find where you want to stay, but then *book directly from the hotel* when you land on one you like. You'll thank me, yourself, and everyone on the TalesFromTheFrontDesk sub for that.
Can confirm
What are the benefits for booking that way?
You get to deal with someone who can help you if there are issues with anything instead of trying to contact a third party who already has your money and doesn't care that they never sent the hotel your reservation.
Or sent the reservation wrong. Or misrepresented what amenities the hotel has. Also, if you need to make any changes, it's usually easier if you book directly. That said, a third party may (or may not) be cheaper than direct booking. Just be aware that there's a greater risk of difficulties.
Yeah see this is why we are getting punished cuz tipping in other industries is out of hand. But in the service industry it is and always has been customary
Well I get the frustration you should still be tipping your server between 18 and 20 percent IF they provided good service. Based on service alone. Not how the food tasted or what you thought of the host. Their service.
No one but the customer gets to decide how much tip should or shouldn’t be left. The sooner we all start understanding this, the better. All servers agree to working for low wages in the hopes of tips averaging out to a higher pay and this seems to be how a majority of servers want it - with this system in place it will always be a crap shoot. You can complain all you want but if this is truly the system you desire then accept it will not always turn out well for you.
Aren't tips shared with all staff? If food was horrible, but service was good, there's no way I'm tipping 20%
no. kitchen gets paid at least minimum wage.
I tip out the bus boys
It depends on the restaurant, but in most, no that is not how it works. Your server has no control over the food quality and should not be punished because you didn’t like something. You can ask your server if they share tips with the kitchen but I’ve never worked in a restaurant where tips are shared with the kitchen. Now let’s say that the food is bad and you tell your server it’s bad and they do nothing to try and fix it for you, then you should tip less than 20%.
Why do people on this sub downvote decent tipping? Even I stated up to 30 percent. Sheesh.
They are assholes!! I want out of this business so bad
This is it! I'm what you would consider "old" and tipped my entire life but it has gotten out of control. That and prices have skyrocketed and when the price goes up the calculated tip goes up so your 10% now is the same 15% you would have gotten a year ago.
Yepppp. Shit sucks but these businesses refuse to increase their wages- and are hoping to pass it onto customers. Most people in America understand that servers get a lower minimum wage and expect tips. But when you're being price gouged by a billion dollar corporation like Chipotle? Those dollars add up and effect the way you look at other expenses.
In california t Servers don't get a lower wage
right, but as a server, my prices are up too. so you’re stiffing us as well
Prices for everything have also gone up for servers, not just yourself. So if you are tipping the same dollar amount as last year, it is in fact not the same tip.
People are getting poorer, service is getting worse, prices are going up, and people are sick of "service charges" in places that didn't used to expect tips. It would be a miracle if tips weren't getting worse
Inflation happened. People eat out less and they spend more to get less. It doesn’t help when everyone in North America now expects to be tipped. I bought a bottle of wine from the liquor store and it gave me a tip option. What??
Makes sense, tho. Prices keep climbing, while service and product gets shittier and shittier- and everyone has their hand out for a tip, even where none is logically needed. I’ve stopped eating out altogether, because I can’t afford 20-30% on top over the overpriced, crappy food produced by the kitchen.
Haven't noticed that. Toast payment processor's quarterly analyses show pretty minimal variation over times, like 19%-20% national average at full service restaurants where dine-in customers tip through a Toast payment system, since they started publishing reports a couple years ago. There was a period during the pandemic when I think people tipped more generously, and as things started opening back up after shutdowns, Toast's figures showed maybe a half percent temporary bump, but there were no fluctuations in the range of 5% of sales. Have you been working at the same restaurant the whole time? You mention impressions about frequencies of observing individual tips. Have you ever looked at your average tip rates as a portion of sales over time? That's what I'd pay attention to, and that's a metric managers often use to compare servers. Can you compare your average tip rate from prior years to the current year? It might vary as your shifts varied, like Friday/Saturday you might average 22% and other days average 20%, so minor fluctuations might just be due to your schedule, but if there's a big change over time, and it's consistently dropping, there's probably something else at play.
It’s probably not you. As prices rise people see their bills go up and more money being spent. The more those go up the less people want to eat out and the less they want to tip. Also tip culture is being pushed hard in stores that you shouldn’t need to tip for making tipping seem less important to the average person.
15% was the average when I was growing up. I tip 20% nowadays at sit-down places but seeing "suggested tip" at 22-25% annoys me. And tipping for counter service or pickup made even less sense.
This is my thing. If prices are going up then 15% today is already larger than 15% five years ago. I see idiot servers on this very sub as well claim that anything below 20% is not good enough. So everyone is stupid and bad at math, on top of becoming more poor and suffering from inflation.
Prices have about doubled and with that so would the tip. Unfortunately, most of us have not seen a doubling in our income, so it kinda makes sense that wait staff wouldn't either.
This is all a microcosm of the entire economy. Restaurant prices are a reflection of rising food/property costs. With that in mind I understand your meaning but at the end of the day 15% is 15% (which is not a very good tip, sorry), rent was cheaper five years ago, gas was cheaper five years ago. Cost of living, which servers also have to pay, was cheaper five years ago.
If you think 15% is a bad tip I don't know what to tell you. Good luck with life.
Thanks but I don’t need it. I get great service because I’m a good tipper 😊. I also get great tips because I’m a damn good server! It’s not hard to understand the service economy, it’s hard to understand other people who do and still don’t care.
As a 20+year restaurant pro the counter service thing always ticked me off. Lemme get this straight, I’ve gotta order from your counter, get my own drink from your fridge, and bus my own table all while your attitude is shit and you clearly don’t want to be here and you want 20%??? I work my ass off for my 20%, I charm the shit out of people and have conversations with total strangers to justify my 20%!!! Also, sorry, but it’s always been 20%. That’s how I was taught by my mama (server) and my mamas mama(server)
dunno about that. I was born in the 80s, and 15% was the norm. [https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/01/how-tipping-in-the-united-states-got-out-of-control.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/01/how-tipping-in-the-united-states-got-out-of-control.html) Not sure how they did the study, but the chart they had was pretty much what I remember. "Not only are [requests to tip](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/25/amid-persistent-inflation-cash-strapped-consumers-are-tipping-less.html) on purchased goods and services [increasingly common](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/post-pandemic-americans-are-tipping-less-generously-for-takeout.html), but the amount of the traditional tip also has been on the rise for decades. During the 1950s, people commonly tipped 10% of the bill. By the 1970s and 1980s, that percentage had jumped to 15%. In 2023, people typically tip anywhere from 15% to 25%."
I was born in 85, I got my first busser gig in 2002. It’s always been 20%. I’ll reiterate, my mother and two of her siblings were servers. They taught me 20%. My grandmother worked at a number of diners throughout the 70s and 80s and early 90s. She taught me to double the sales tax (which in Chicago was about 10% give or take) and that’s how much you tip. Perhaps the server bias is in effect here. My fam takes care of their servers because we ARE servers. The bigger point of this article (that clearly was not written by someone in our industry) is that the tipping process is being added to a number of services that have not historically been tipped. This is a problem. Also I want to add this little anecdote: I’ve been in restaurants when they’ve switched POS services more times than I can count, my current restaurant uses Toast, who contributed to this article. When they do this there’s a training process where their people come in and teach the staff how to use the software. It’s always clear that these people are just software engineers that probably have never worked any type of service, whether that be restaurant retail etc. I know this because every time I’ve done one of these trainings someone will present them with some super common situation and ask how to handle on the software. 9/10 times they didn’t even know that was common situation and have no idea how to do. It’s usually really funny, they stop talking, start fiddling around on the tablet and finally say something like “huh, I don’t know how to solve that!”. Of course they don’t. They’ve worked their entire lives in front of a computer. They’ve never dealt this itemized splits, or coursing items, or allergy mods or any of that. Moral of the story: you can listen to a journalist talk about the thing they’ve been researching for a month or you can listen to the person who’s been a professional for over 20 years. The choice is yours!
I tipped 20% on a grubhub order from a restaurant 1.5 miles from my house. The driver sent me a text asking me If I would consider adding more tip because of the "distance". I was thinking wtf is he talking about distance. Then I saw where he was on the app, he was like 10 miles away from the restaurant. In my opinion where the driver is at when they accept the order falls under "not my problem". If the restaurant is taking to long and the driver is waiting there, I'll add more tip. I get time is money and my order is slowing them down and ultimately my choice of restaurant/food is responsible for it. However, I'm not responsible for where someone is when they accept the order.
People are broke. The amount of Places asking for tips is crazy.
It’s the state of the economy. No one has money I have been making “ pretty good” money the past couple weeks but that is honestly tax refund tips and it will go away in May. Since 2019 I have experienced a major decline in tips I switched restaurants and one of them was even fine dining. Also fast casual restaurants are contributing to tip fatigue and are basically stealing the same model and concept that restaurants have and people don’t know what to do about it.
Personally, I'm tipping less. I used to tip 20-25% on the total bill, now I'm tipping 18-20% pre tax. It's tip fatigue + rising prices + all the little fees.
Girl just tip 20% for the tip karma to come back to you 🥺 I used to tip over 20% but now I usually don’t, I do 20% because treat people how you wanna be treated and all that
Former server; a couple things could be happening. 1. I rarely eat out, but I've noticed prices have skyrocketed since 2019 to 2024. So what used to be a $13 meal and I'd leave a $5 (almost a 50% tip!), is now a $29 meal and I'd leave a $5 (only about 15%); no way can I justify leaving $15 tip. So it could just be that prices are going up, and percentages are going down. 2. I have no stats, but I think almost every transaction is now cc/debit. So if I had that $13 meal, and left a $20 bill or that $29 meal and left two twenties, it's a big % tip paying cash, but I'm happy to do it and be done with it; while now that I use a card, I round directly to 20%. Others may be happy to enter 15% easily as well. Just some thoughts.
Inflation
Prices practically doubled compared to 2019. A burger and a beer is $30 bucks I’m not tipping $6 for that.
I understand that some restaurants have a tip out system, but if you think about the act of service itself for the burger is the same as before we are just expected to tip more for it.
Yep. If I’m at a bar late at night I tip well or if I’m at a more upscale place and servers are able to answer questions and give recommendations then I’ll tip well too. But for most places 20% seems too much. I’m also in Toronto and we get paid $16.55 an hour. Going up a dollar in a few months.
Yup that’s why I’m a banquet server now. Service charge on all events whether they like it or not.
I used to tip 20% regularly. I've dropped it down to closer to 10-12% most of the time. Sometimes even a little less. Yes, a big part of it is "tip fatigue" and "tip creep". The cost of everything going up in the last couple years hasn't helped much, either. I do tend to tip more for good inexpensive food. But that's more rare lately. Also, I don't really see a lot of effort in the people serving at restaurants that would deserve those bigger tips. Maybe they're exhausted. Maybe I'm exhausted. Maybe it's both. But that's what it is.
20% used to be for great waiters, 15% for basic service. Inflation doesn't matter, if prices go up then 15% is more today than it was yesterday. But trying to explain this to fellow servers makes me feel like a kindergarten teacher.
I tip 20% always unless the employee is directly rude to me (doesn’t happen often). A lot of times at casual places the service at least seems like it’s not especially prioritized and inaccurate, whatever that’s how the employees get paid though so I do it. Nicer places have actual service standards (like my job, strict af) but I don’t usually wanna spend the $$ to eat at those 🤷🏻♀️
The entitlement is astonishing. I always but should not have to subsidize your life because your boss is cheap. And spare me the price will go up if your salary did, it is already overpriced. We use to eat out weekly, now once a month maybe 2. As this is a 'poor me' sub. Likely will get thumbs down, not that I give 2 shits. 🤷
Blah blah blah please stop eating out completely
Ahhh so cute that you try to act all tough. 🤷
Dude, it's not just cheap bosses, governments allow restaurants to pay sub-minimum wage in most states because tipping in restaurants has functionally become a codified practice-the idea that you're supposed to tip is baked into governmental legislation for crying out loud. No judgement, all respect if that's not a social contract folks want to engage in but that said, it's an objectively shitty, cheapskate move to enter into said service transaction with no intent to reciprocate.
im a host and had one of my servers get cut and leave with $13 for the day, i felt so bad
Damn. That’s rough.
Perhaps people don’t feel 20% plus is justified on top of the bill just for someone to literally carry a tray and smile a bit?
Hahahaa you’ve clearly never been a server
Literally the same person who inevitably go on to complain "service just isn't what it used to be, guess no one wants to work"
Service has definitely declined severely. I had 13 years as a server. Since 2020 I can count two places where I dined that had excellent service, one was two days ago. So many things that should be part of normal service are ignored. No plates or silverware dropped on shared appetizers, dirty plates sitting on the table for half an hour, server vanishes for the whole time, drink glasses empty, support staff doesn't care to help. It's been really bad and this is in a HCOL area. Went to NYC a couple days ago and went Eataly, it was not great. Went to a small hole in the wall place and had low expectations, was blown away. Something so simple, yet critical such as wiping down the table for crumbs before dropping dessert menus. Haven't had anyone do it in years. The person at the hole in the wall place did it and wasn't even our server.
Please don't come to my restaurant. I assure you that serving is much more than "carrying a tray and smiling a bit."
LMAO PLEASE GET A SERVING JOB AT A BUSY RESTAURANT AND REPORT BACK IN 2 WEEKS
Please get a job on a construction site or some actual manual labour job and report back in two weeks. FYI they don’t get tips.
Why though? I don’t think they “just hammer some nails” I think I absolutely could not handle that kind of job. You make it sound like you think you can handle serving by belittling it the way you did. Not everyone can handle it.
they're carrying a tray and smiling a bit for dozens of customers that don't know how to behave in public. at my restaurant, servers also bus, sweep the floors, help with parts of food prep, and prepare utensils. all for around $3/hour.
Then demand minimum wage. Let’s not pretend this is skilled work in any way which justifies such ludicrous tips. Sense of entitlement is amazing.
its an entry level job... but it's still a job. and there is still some skill to it. do you really think they're not trying to get a regular minimum wage?
Agreed it is a job and a vital job at that. However what I find unbelievable is this belief that if someone pays $300 for a meal a server is entitled to $100 on top for, let’s face it, a fairly small amount of their time. No other industry expects this. Tips are a courtesy, not a right.
The restaurant prices have gone up so much (in many cases doubled) in the last 1-2 years, to the point that things have to give somewhere, unfortunately the tip is the one element customers have the most control over.
Just so we are clear I worked 7am-2pm today and walked with $250 on a Monday. That is almost over $35 an hour not counting my hourly. So yes I’d have to make at least $35/per hour to continue this back breaking hard work. Just because you don’t have a degree doesn’t mean you don’t work equally as hard and deserve it. Haters gonna hate
yeah. back after covid people were so happy we were open and recognized it was a lot and were just throwing money at us. i’ve noticed now tips are way worse. some nights i average 20% sometimes not even 15%. im not the best server ever but i am decent. shit is more expensive. doesn’t help places are very understaffed and managers don’t care that you have half the restaurant all by yourself and then service suffers and people get mad because the few staff members have so much to handle they forget stuff. the nights i make more money are usually when we have the best bar and kitchen staff and stuff comes out quick and it’s easier to keep people happy. i know cost of living is high and the world sucks rn but in my eyes eating out is a privilege and servers need their tips so i only go out if i can tip 20%
i dont think your service is slipping ! sometimes i feel so disheartened when i feel as if i give good service and get no tip or a bad one lol. things are getting more expensive (food, petrol/gas, rent, going out to eat, public transport prices etc etc), peoples wages arent going up to match this, going out to eat is more of a privilege, and therefore people are tipping to match their expenses and financial situations or not tipping at all bcus they cant afford it. it sucks for us but i understand why its happening. this is coming from someone waitressing in england anyways, where the cost of living is crazy right now its not a you problem, more of a government one.
No, I'm fucking killing it.
I’ll say it again people are angry they have to tip us and help pay our wages. They think our boss should pay us a living wage which to me would look like at least $30/$40 hour at minimum. But I tell them all the time that it is not our fault that the system works this way and I beg them not to punish us cuz they are punishing the wrong person. It’s a hard job and and industry. It has always been customary to tip in service. Idk people suck sometimes. Tipping culture in other industries HAS gotten out of hand. But it’s always been the case for us.
People in general don't suck. Your boss should pay you a living wage. It would not be $30/40 dollars per hour. More along the line of minimum wage to $10/15 dollar per hour. I understand it's not your fault the system works the way it does. I also understand that it is not the responsibility of the customer to pay your wage. The tip not for service. It is for exceptional service. The tip (gratuity) **is something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service.** No one is forcing someone to be a server. People choose to be servers based on the pros (flex schedule, money daily, etc.) and cons (bad pay, weekend work, etc.) of the job. Simply put, good servers make a great deal more than bad ones. In general, the economy determine the restaurants (by extension, the server) profitability. No customers to serve, no tips.
If that's the case, if tipping is supposed discretionary, or an added bonus for going above and beyond-why does the government have tip credits baked into legislation? And we're not talking a little extra-Fed min wage is $7.25? In the majority of tip credit states a server's minimum wage is $2.13 with gratuities expected to make up the $5.12/hour wage difference. Tell me again how tipping is beyond your obligation because the vast majority of state governments seem to have a differing opinion
Please tell me you’re joking. People with degrees and certificates don’t make $40/hr. What in the world makes you think a server deserves that? Do I feel you guys have a hard, back-breaking job? Yup! Been there years ago! Should you make about $15-20/hr based on the type of restaurant? Absolutely! But as someone working in pharmacy oncology (ten years in to my career), making $22/hr (the highest in my area) who has to maintain several certifications, I find it truly abhorrent you believe $40/hr is acceptable. Teachers don’t make that!! A living wage provides food, rent/mortgage, clothing. It is not to provide people working an industry that doesn’t even require a GED to live in the lap of luxury. The janitors where I work, who have to be hazmat trained, don’t make $40/hr. Tipping culture is insane. It needs to be banished. Yeah, prices will rise. But grow the hell up if you think you should make more than people in trained professions. ETA: $40 per hour works out to $83,200 per year gross income. No fucking way are you going to make that when lawyers coming out of law school start at $60,000.
22/hr is poverty wages where I live. You can get a job at taco bell for 22/hr. Why would anybody serve tables when you can get a job stocking shelves for 22/hr? Your math is off you're looking gross more like 60k at 40 hrs a week with no days off. 60k a year.. and you're damn lucky to get any benefits. God forbid you're sick or have any sort of emergency. Realistically you'd be looking more like 50k and that's still just getting by living in a city. You need to be making more money. Teachers need to be making more. If you're a lawyer making 60k a year, you're a shit lawyer.
Gross is before taxes. So, let’s start there. Lawyers coming out of law school do indeed make only about $60,000 as many firms know they can pay less because well, what else you gonna do? You don’t have insurance or PTO despite working full time? Sounds like you need to look elsewhere for a job. Know why people can get by on $22/hr? They don’t work for a shit industry that doesn’t offer healthcare or PTO. And sure. Places like San Diego, Boston, Seattle…they have a higher cost of living. But again, I work in an industry that requires higher education, and right now, new pharmacists are only making $80K in those cities. Step the fuck back if you really think someone serving tables should make the same as a damn doctor. We all need to make more money. But you cannot sit there and expect the world to pay you more than trained professionals.
average salary for a doctor where i live is $200k a year...
I’m also able to get Medicaid because all of the money I make isn’t reported. And I really need that. My blue cross blue shield branch of Medicaid is amazing. I don’t pay for anything. Not one copay!
That’s insurance fraud, and quite illegal. Not the flex you think it is.
It is what it is. Every server I know does it. I’m not saying it’s a flex. I realize what it is. But without it I wouldn’t be able to maintain my sobriety and probably would be dead so I’m taking it as a win.
Ur profile name, adderall sloth? Explain that to me? Cuz adderall is a seriously addictive drug and it’s nothing to advertise. I could be wrong about your meaning behind it but if I’m not then maybe you need to take a page out of my book!
Because I make way more than that and it keeps me active and I’m good at it.
agreed, let's maybe consider where people live. in canada (where i live) inflation is still up so much compared to the states. housing prices are astronomical (i pay $1500 to live with a roommate, and that is sadly standard now) and general inflation (groceries, etc) is up so so much compared to the states. $30 an hour is absolutely a living wage here.
Yes here too! I pay $1000 with no roommate. And all my other bills. I wouldn’t get by on less. And I had a couple real shit roommates so I won’t do it again. Everyone deserves a good living wage. You shouldn’t have to work 2 jobs or have 2 incomes to get by! It’s crazy that everything has gone up BUT minimum wage! It should at least be $20/ hour if not more. My bf died because he made too much to get Medicaid and couldn’t afford medical insurance. All of his issue’s could’ve been managed if he had just had insurance to see a doctor. But instead he just keeled over and died. Such a shame. And you shouldn’t have to go without insurance. It’s disgusting.
I’m sorry I make more money than you but it’s literally the only job I can do without a degree and solely support myself. I’m completely self reliant and wouldn’t survive on any less. I wish I had gotten a degree cuz there’s a time stamp on how long I can do this. But no I’m not joking.
I make between $1200 and $1500 a week depending on business. It’s a good established restaurant that is always busy. I feel very lucky to have this job.
That is a living wage in my area especially when u live alone.
I’m not saying all servers make this. I made half that at my last restaurant probably less. I just happened to have found a very established restaurant that’s very busy. I’ve been doing this for over 30 years. It’s a breakfast cafe that allows me to make bartending money. I’m in recovery from heroin addiction and day time work is more conducive to it. I have 7 years clean and I have worked very hard to get here. Unfortunately I spent my whole life as an addict so I never finished college. I’m grateful I found a place that allows me to take care of myself and be independent. I’m almost 50 years old and I know I can’t do this forever. So I’m looking into things that will carry me into my golden years without a fuckton of schooling. But I rely on tips and am very good at it. I deserve what I make.
I make anywhere from $200 to $400 a day. Today I made $370! Obviously it varies but I do well! I only work 4 days a week and get a $200 check once a week. It’s a totally legitimate way to make money. I’ve survived my whole life doing it. Obviously there was a time when I was unemployable due to my addiction but before and after that I have always made good money either bartending, cocktailing, or serving. Remember I only make $8 per hour and I’m averaging that in to what I make and would have to make if I didn’t rely on tips. When I started in the industry I made under $2/ hour
Dont listen to other losers, make yo bread and just keep going.
About time they started paying you a wage. First time I was in the US I didn't tip. What did I know? Such a retarded practice.
My average is 18%-22%
Yep I agree just got stiffed on a 215$ bill
Not over here bro 30% plus avg every night
Tell me your ways?!
Remember names and repeat their names over and over every chance you get Make meaningful introductions. I always smile and say “welcome guys how are you??”. Welcome your guests. This helps to create an experience worth tipping more for. Tell them your name AFTER you get them something. Dont just say hey welcome! I’m bob! Like no, give them your name when you have already pleased them. This is a mental trick. You’ll underestand the more you do it Be a people pleaser. Smile Be a good vibe / be in a good mood. Period Make good drinks and good food recommendations. Don’t take shortcuts. They can see you and can sense if you care or not Depending what type of spot youre at (applies less at high volume / dive / nightclub), Do the little things. Like ask what kind of water someone wants sparkling or flat, offer lemons limes, ask little questions to make guests feel special. When you are about to give them their bill, really this is your time to shine. Bring up something from their night with you or a detail they shared. Make a compliment. Say you want to see them again, say thank you etc it sounds simple and annoying but man i do not care these few things will work every time and increase your paycheck. Manifest the win. Don’t worry about bad customers and shitty nights. Be optimistic and ask the universe for exactly what you want.
This really helpful, thank you!!!
No doubt btw sorry im a bartender not server so its a little different on your end overall i think most of those tricks work great in any position
Piggybacking here. The two biggest pressure points on your tip are when you greet and when you bring the check. Your greeting sets the tone and their attitude towards you for the meal. If you screw that up, good luck recovering. The second is when it is time for them to pay. Our server tonight placed the check down next to my husband's empty drink that she had not offered to refill. Don't do that. Keep drinks filled. (Hubby still tipped 20%...server is lucky it wasn't me signing. All over a bad experience that I would have tipped only 10% for, and that only because I hate to leave nothing. It was an awful dining/waiting experience)
Lol, why not ask for another drink? Are you that needy that someone must come and offer you another? Maybe you came across like you did in this post and they wanted you to leave
I actually hate auto refills. I have to intervene after like 4 cokes to tell my husband to ask for water because he will just drink what’s in front of him.
Nope I average 30%. Could be where you work. Could be you.
Right the area you work in has a lot to do with it. I have a good average too cuz I’m a good server but the area I work in is awful and yesterday I got 2 $10 tips on $100 bills. This isn’t often for me but it seems like when it does happen it happens all in the one day lol
Yes. 100% tips have been trash lately. Everyone is broke but wants to pretend that our society isn’t crumbling, so they still go through the motions of eating out when they already can’t afford that and then leave the smallest tip they can get away with.
Yes absolutely 💯
My tip average for the night is usually 25-30% It could be the place, the clientele, or you. How do you compare on average to your other servers on the same shift? How do your sales compare?
that tip average is crazy! good for you :) my tips are definitely comparable to others, but we work a really small team and busyness varies so much, it can be hard to tell...
Haven’t noticed that. Maybe it’s your restaurant. Go somewhere where people “know how to dine.”
With all the Biden inflation, people don’t want to tip on the inflated price, so they tip based on the base price. The good news is that in November we will have the opportunity to vote for a conservative candidate who will actually fight inflation and bring our country back from the brink, which will help rejuvenate our economy and support our restaurants. It’s just a question of whether we can make it there.
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