When you dine out and have to calculate a tip, where do you start your calculations? Everyone has a different method, but in this country most people start their mental calculations at 15% and then increase or decrease from there. Yet we’ve spotted another restaurant encouraging customers to start their calculations at 18%.
We’re not going to name the establishment, since it’s not a national chain and this isn’t really about that restaurant. Reader Eric noticed this during an otherwise lovely night out. “This restaurant happens to be beloved by the neighborhood, is always packed open to close and is a favorite of ours so I wish them no harm,” he wrote to Consumerist. “But … I don’t know if others have seen this ‘tip creep’ gaining steam.”
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5 comments:
Somebody tell the brothers.
I always tip 20%, what comes around goes around.
15% for average/decent service. 20% and up for good and exceptional service. That 18% is a suggestion you can modify it at your discretion
If you're capable of doing math, the suggestions don't really mean much.
I'll tip from 10% - 30% most of the time. It all depends on where I'm at, what I order, and what the server has done for me.
In Md. 3 x the tax.
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