all your tipping questions laid to rest

[Eschaton]

http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/04/everything-dont-know-tipping.html

[recursivelyenumerable]

I just always tip 20% in any and all circumstances. Simple.

[Madrun Badrun]

Are you trying to bear the brown burden all by your self?

[Momo]

There is no way on earth I'm tipping half those people

[Pickles the Firecat]

I think at least half the reason I tip high is to make up for other black dudes not tipping.

Dating an asian girl now, we walk into a restaurant and it's like we killed someone's grandmother.

[CatsCatsCats]

I white-guilt over tip errytime

[Joe Molotov]

Subsidize employers' right to avoid paying minimum wage, brehs.

[Steve Contra]

Subsidize employers' right to avoid paying minimum wage, brehs.

My favorite alltime argument.  "I don't tip because it devalues the salary"

[Steve Contra]

If you don't tip don't go out.  No one wants you anywhere because you're a piece of shit.

[Mupepe]

I only tip babershops, delivery and waited tables.  I always give generous tips for barbershops and food delivery people but waiters?  If it's not busy and the server just clearly doesn't give a fuck you can suck my balls.  Homeboy is getting loose change (and I'm probably not going back).  I give leeway when it's busy and stuff and I tend to tip generously (more than 20%) when I go out.  The chart just bugs me when it says "never less than 15%".  Fuck that.  Some waiters actually are just lazy pieces of shit and I'd like to (non)tip them out of the industry.

[Steve Contra]

And contrary to popular belief Jews make it rain.

[Steve Contra]

If you ever tip less than 15% at a restaurant don't bother going back because everyone there thinks you're a piece of shit.

[Your Stalker]

no one tips at the barbershops i go to

[Mupepe]

I don't really go to bars so I was unaware of the customs for bar tipping.  I generally just leave 20% or so.  That seems less confusing to me than amounts per drink type thing.

[Madrun Badrun]

If you ever tip less than 15% at a restaurant don't bother going back because everyone there thinks you're a piece of shit.

O no, restaurant plebs will think ill of me!

[Positive Touch]

If you ever tip less than 15% at a restaurant don't bother going back because everyone there thinks you're a piece of shit.

only time i ever tip less than 15% is if the service completely sucks because the waiter if some jackoff twentysomething who thinks theyre to good for the job or whatever. or the rare situation ive had where the waiter is the owner and also clearly an angry psycho on the verge of killing his wife or something.

but people who give bad tips for stupid-as-fuck reasons (i didnt like the food/it wasnt made just perfect to how i like it) can choke on pubes. stay home til you learn to be decent people.

[Mupepe]

If you ever tip less than 15% at a restaurant don't bother going back because everyone there thinks you're a piece of shit.

Once I went to a restaurant and my own server was ignoring the fuck out of me, but a guy from another table kept coming by and asking me if I needed anything.  So when the bill came I asked the manager if I could leave a dollar for my waiter and then I left a 30% tip for the other waiter that kept coming by. 

Like I said, if I leave less than 15% it's because I also think the restaurant/employees are pieces of shit.  Not just busy/having a rough night.  That's understandable.  Being indifferent or outright ignoring your table deserves a dogshit/insulting tip.  Suck it, brehs.

[Steve Contra]

If you ever tip less than 15% at a restaurant don't bother going back because everyone there thinks you're a piece of shit.

only time i ever tip less than 15% is if the service completely sucks because the waiter if some jackoff twentysomething who thinks theyre to good for the job or whatever. or the rare situation ive had where the waiter is the owner and also clearly an angry psycho on the verge of killing his wife or something.

You know what you do in that situation?  Talk to the manager instead of leaving some passive aggressive tip like a shutin.  Sometimes shit went down at the restaurant and they'll be happy to apologize, comp some shit. 

[Steve Contra]

If you ever tip less than 15% at a restaurant don't bother going back because everyone there thinks you're a piece of shit.

O no, restaurant plebs will think ill of me!

Does anyone not think ill of you?

[Madrun Badrun]

If you ever tip less than 15% at a restaurant don't bother going back because everyone there thinks you're a piece of shit.

O no, restaurant plebs will think ill of me!

Does anyone not think ill of you?

My grandma thinks I'm the shit. 

[cool breeze]

last time I went to my barber I paid the same amount as always but I didn't notice they increased the price so my tip fell to like ~20%.  felt like mike.

[Positive Touch]

You know what you do in that situation?  Talk to the manager instead of leaving some passive aggressive tip like a shutin.  Sometimes shit went down at the restaurant and they'll be happy to apologize, comp some shit.

  nothing wrong with fearing the outside world breh

but most of the time when something goes wrong the waiter will come tell me, or will apologize and fix the problem if i have to bring it to their attention. im fine with that. its when i tell them somethings wrong and they still dont fix it that i have a problem. if everyone at the table has finished and i havent even been able to start eating because of the waiters fuckup AND they arent even gonna comp my meal? well have fun bumming drinks from your friends this weekend cuz you aint getting shit from me.

[Pickles the Firecat]

I don't think I've ever tipped less than 15% as an adult. Bad service included. Everyone has an off day, an off shift, an off hour. And everyone has to put food on the table. Yeah it sucks that you ran into it, but fuck it. That's how the world works sometimes.

Generally I tip:

20 - 30% on good service
15% otherwise
$2 for beer, $3 for mixed drink (lol like I'm ordering a mixed drink tho)

Hair and shit...guys you need to tip. Like for real. I tip $5 at the place I get my eyebrows threaded and $8 on my hair. Job is too important not to be rewarded.

[Positive Touch]

or the rare situation ive had where the waiter is the owner and also clearly an angry psycho on the verge of killing his wife or something.

Oh man this is the fucking worst I hate when this shit happens

its sad when you remember a meal more for the obvious DV signs going on than the food you ate

[recursivelyenumerable]

Yeah, I don't feel comfortable assessing the service and stuff and basing my tip on that, it makes me feel like I'm lording it over them or something. Sometimes I'll go over 20% if I think I was being a pain in the ass.

[Human Snorenado]

That chart is missing what you tip strippers

(pro-tip: instead of giving them a single, give them a fiver. They remember you that way.)

Also, I have to say starting to go bald at 22 was the smartest decision I ever made. I haven't paid for a haircut in like 15 years- been doing that shit with clippers myself ever since. Did make dating a hairstylist awkward this past year, tho- kept saying I was "the enemy."

[Positive Touch]

uhh sister city i think? man that place was good

[CatsCatsCats]

3 bucks for a mixed drink? That's like almost 100% tip where I drink

[archie4208]

I tip waiters 15%.

Am I worse than Hitler?

[Steve Contra]

I typically tip 20-30% wherever I go more if I get free shit.

[Steve Contra]

Also in Sf, LA and NY and other such places 20% is the new standard.  Deal with it.

[Human Snorenado]

I typically tip 20-30% wherever I go more if I get free shit.

^^^ pretty much this. And If I know the person that's waiting on me/serving me drinks? They're going home happy, for sure.

[cool breeze]

20 or 25% because the math is simpler

[Madrun Badrun]

20 or 25% because the math is simpler

That's why I like 10% or 0% best. 

[Mandark]

I mean who decides what the new standard is? Did we ever vote on it? Sounds like a bunch of FUD from Perez Hilton types or Cosmo magazine.

Also, what guarantee is there that it stops here?

In order:  People, no, lolwut, and there is none.

[Steve Contra]

Arguing against 20% standard is like being against gay marriage, you're on the wrong side of history, you just don't know it yet.

[Mandark]

I was thinking more the Brendan Eich. 

[Great Rumbler]

I usually tip about 10%. Deal with it.

And every restaurant needs to have a tip thing on the check so I can use my debit card to tip, carrying around cash money is for losers and drug dealers.

[Mandark]

You're just reinforcing a stereotype and making it so the next dog who eats there gets shitty service.

[Steve Contra]

Plus he probably just shits right there on the floor

[Great Rumbler]

I'm just as God made me, sir.

[cool breeze]

no one's saying you shouldn't shit on the floor.  only that you should leave a generous tip.

[Steve Contra]

Other great things about living wherever you live:

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

What is the black excellence percentage?

[Rufus]

Other great things about living wherever you live:

Cost of living is probably way lower though.

[CatsCatsCats]

In before Esch brings up the superior taste that comes from living in a test market

[Joe Molotov]

What is the black excellence percentage?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I generally tip 16-18%. I calculate 15% then round up + add a buck or two. I just can't accept 20% as the new standard, sorry.

I would NEVER tip less than 15%, though. That's a good way to get free spit on your food next time you show up.

From that list, I tip waiters, bartenders, and hairstylists. The idea of tipping a barista is

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The idea of buying coffee at a coffee shop at all is

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[Howard Alan Treesong]

Trying to raise the default to 20% reminds me of the creepy tactics of DeBeers - in the 60s, an engagement ring was "one month's salary"; in the 90s, "how to make two month's salary last forever." I noticed a lot of weird chatter in movies and TV shows recently about "three months salary" and yup, DeBeers is trying to raise that bar and paying for "three month" placement.

If there are actual economic reasons the acceptable minimum needs to go from 15% to 20%, I'd be curious to know...

[Shadow Mod]

I typically get awesome servers that earn their tip. Like the woman who was super honest at the chinese restaurant when we were ordering. Hilarious.

"can we uh get the broccoli beef"
"you don't want that"
"oh well what do you recommend?"

Then she listed off the good shit. Ah yeah. Honest servers rule.

[Shadow Mod]

I typically get awesome servers that earn their tip. Like the woman who was super honest at the chinese restaurant when we were ordering. Hilarious.

"can we uh get the broccoli beef"
"you don't want that"
"oh well what do you recommend?"

Then she listed off the good shit. Ah yeah. Honest servers rule.

she pulled one over on you. Just clearing out old inventory by suggesting dishes

Nah she gave me free several fresh spring rolls last time we ordered a bunch of food to go. Anyway good relationships with servers if you're a regular are awesome.

[Beezy]

I generally tip 16-18%. I calculate 15% then round up + add a buck or two. I just can't accept 20% as the new standard, sorry.

This is basically what I do. Fuck outta here with that 20% minimum bullshit.

[Steve Contra]

Good ol Japan.  No tipping required, they just calculate the cost of paying their staff better than a slave into your meal's price.

This is the ideal solution, but it's never going to happen.  You know what the wage is in some states for tipped employees?  $2.13

[benjipwns]

They should be paying me for the opportunity to serve me.

[Steve Contra]

Good ol Japan.  No tipping required, they just calculate the cost of paying their staff better than a slave into your meal's price.

This is the ideal solution, but it's never going to happen.  You know what the wage is in some states for tipped employees?  $2.13

Yeah, that's fucked up.  I don't think they're allowed to do that in Canada.  Servers in Canada always get at least minimum wage, plus tips.

It's an intractable situation here.  Places where the cost of living is higher obviously have passed higher minimums, but shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, most of America?  It's going to be 2.13 for a long time.  Lesson is tip your servers well or they'll wonder why your poor ass isn't home eating cold spaghetti-os.

[Eel O'Brian]

If I go somewhere with shitty service I just don't go back, and then I chuckle the next time I drive by and see a for sale or closed sign.

Also, some people spit in your food whether you tip well or not, they just like doing it.

[Rufus]

Or they hate their job and that takes the edge off a bit.

[Eel O'Brian]

also never send anything back unless you're a regular, and even then only if they give you fish when you ordered chicken or something

[benjipwns]

also never send anything back unless you're a regular, and even then only if they give you fish when you ordered chicken or something

I have a relative who sends things back if it's not hot enough that she can't eat it right away.

I assume she never tips either.

[Madrun Badrun]

Good ol Japan.  No tipping required, they just calculate the cost of paying their staff better than a slave into your meal's price.

This is the ideal solution, but it's never going to happen.  You know what the wage is in some states for tipped employees?  $2.13

Yeah, that's fucked up.  I don't think they're allowed to do that in Canada.  Servers in Canada always get at least minimum wage, plus tips. 

yep.  And we are still expected to do at least 10%.  Filthy Americans should feel bad about their 21st century slave system.