• Klanky
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      11 months ago

      I hate the weird power imbalance that tipping culture creates in American restaurants. I don’t go out to eat that often, but I always try to be super chill with the server and tip well. I can’t begin to imagine having to do that job.

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        11 months ago

        Life is easier if you just always tip 20% no matter what. I go to restaurants to eat. It’s not my job to judge the waiter, and who am I to judge someone I don’t know on a job I’ve never done?

        Tipping is stupid, yes, but that’s the culture and people need it to live. Only exception I make is if a restaurant has a required gratuity (usually 18%), I don’t tip any additional.

      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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        11 months ago

        It is really bizarre. I worked at a wannabe-Chili’s restaurant in the Midwest for a while. The most unexpected thing I learned was that college-aged couples understood the struggle. Different people on different occasions, they’d be super easy-going, and they tipped me $20 on a bill of like $18.

        This made such a huge difference when I was making literally $2.13 an hour.

        Bigger families with kids or stuffy "business meeting " people usually ran you ragged and tipped like garbage, also while leaving the surrounding area absolutely demolished after camping around long after their meal.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      the difference between 20% and no tip can happen in minutes, and it can totally not even be something you have control over

      Make sure to split your tips hard, kids. You cut them in well enough and you get the occasional heroic play to save your table.

      Hated waitering, but I loved the take-home, even in the '90s.