And that’s how it should look in America too. Like, we in Europe tip only if the restaurant/waiters’ behaviour/food is above average, I mean it for example tastes so good that we want to reward the staff. Someone also said, which is true, that we often round up a price we are to pay, and that’s how we appreciate restaurant and its workers. It’s so natural, like nobody is angry at you for not tipping, it’s totally voluntary.
Waiters in US should be paid more, cause it’s getting more and more ridiculous with these horrendous tips.
Idk where you are, but in England 10% is the standard. The only time you wouldnt tip 10% is if you had a genuinely bad service experience. If the food is horrible im still tipping, its not the server's fault.
I'm also from England and I don't think 10% is standard. Some places in the last year or two have started trying to add service charges without telling you, probably due to increased knowledge of American tipping culture, but most places here don't expect 10%.
This is the point .. there is no standard tipping in the U.K., some people always tip 10% some people 20% , some people only if the service is awesome , some people won’t tip much % wise if the bill is already huge, some people won’t tip at chain restaurants (which is where a lot of people eat).
Everyone in the U.K. should be on minimum wage so some people won’t tip because technically the serving staff are already getting paid the same as other people doing jobs where tipping isn’t the norm.
But the real point is .. we deffo don’t have standard tipping in the U.K.
Brit here and it's not the standard at all...and no way in hell am I tipping bad food, at that point I'm pissed off and trying to get money BACK for the shit food
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u/Temporary-Ad-8502 Aug 28 '24
And that’s how it should look in America too. Like, we in Europe tip only if the restaurant/waiters’ behaviour/food is above average, I mean it for example tastes so good that we want to reward the staff. Someone also said, which is true, that we often round up a price we are to pay, and that’s how we appreciate restaurant and its workers. It’s so natural, like nobody is angry at you for not tipping, it’s totally voluntary.
Waiters in US should be paid more, cause it’s getting more and more ridiculous with these horrendous tips.