Nobody ever said it was anything else, it’s just weird that the first thing someone would say in response to what percentage tip is appropriate to say you give nothing. It makes it sound like that’s a very frequent occurrence for you.
The standard is 20%. That means average service (from a bell curve perspective) is worth 20% of your subtotal. That’s what society has agreed on. If you don’t like it, that’s fine, I dislike how servers are compensated as well, but it’s the reality we live in.
Saying that “20% isn’t appropriate” and insisting it’s instead “what is earned,” when nobody but yourself suggested it, is just odd behavior that makes you sound cheap. Everybody knows tips are earned. When someone says a 20% tip is standard they aren’t saying you must leave a 20% tip even if the service was awful.
No it’s not. Saying there is a standard is idiotic. Fuck that. The standard is whatever I choose to give. If you were my wait staff I’m betting you wouldn’t earn shit.
And you wonder why I’m saying you seem cheap. Despite knowing nothing about how I’d hypothetically serve you, you’re already saying you’d give me nothing. Reflect on that, and I pray wait staff never have to suffer your behavior until it’s changed.
I’m very fair to wait staff. I spent a lot of years waiting tables. That’s why I know what they should be doing, and what deserves to be tipped. I’ve tipped the staff not waiting on me before when my waiter was a dumbass. I also know that they earn what they want.
Nobody ever said it was anything else, it’s just weird that the first thing someone would say in response to what percentage tip is appropriate to say you give nothing. It makes it sound like that’s a very frequent occurrence for you.
That’s the thing. 20% isn’t appropriate. It’s whatever the person has earned. That’s what’s appropriate.
If that’s your mentality then I feel you’re chronically under tipping.
That’s an idiotic take.
The standard is 20%. That means average service (from a bell curve perspective) is worth 20% of your subtotal. That’s what society has agreed on. If you don’t like it, that’s fine, I dislike how servers are compensated as well, but it’s the reality we live in.
Saying that “20% isn’t appropriate” and insisting it’s instead “what is earned,” when nobody but yourself suggested it, is just odd behavior that makes you sound cheap. Everybody knows tips are earned. When someone says a 20% tip is standard they aren’t saying you must leave a 20% tip even if the service was awful.
No it’s not. Saying there is a standard is idiotic. Fuck that. The standard is whatever I choose to give. If you were my wait staff I’m betting you wouldn’t earn shit.
And you wonder why I’m saying you seem cheap. Despite knowing nothing about how I’d hypothetically serve you, you’re already saying you’d give me nothing. Reflect on that, and I pray wait staff never have to suffer your behavior until it’s changed.
I’m very fair to wait staff. I spent a lot of years waiting tables. That’s why I know what they should be doing, and what deserves to be tipped. I’ve tipped the staff not waiting on me before when my waiter was a dumbass. I also know that they earn what they want.
Mhm, sure. So fair that you couldn’t wait to talk about how you don’t pay 20% and love to pay nothing.