How much do you tip at a restaurant? (lemmy.ml)

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To those who live in or who have visited the United States.

Growing up in the 90's, the "minimum acceptable" tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I've heard these days it's not unusual to tip up to 40%!

What do you usually do?

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[-] paequ2@lemmy.today 18 points 4 days ago

but I’ve heard these days it’s not unusual to tip up to 40%!

That seems pretty unusual to me.

I normally tip 20%.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Generally keep a baseline 20% unless service is either outstanding or abysmal.

But if your owner decides that they’re gonna nickel-and-dime service fee me on the tab and indicate it poorly, I’m probably not going to come back to the restaurant in question.

[-] iamanurd@midwest.social 0 points 3 days ago

I’m usually 25 and round up. Probably closer to 30.

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