re: Has 20% become the new standard for tipping?

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If you were paying cash it was $2/per essentially cause those 2 qtrs were going in the tip jar. If they didnt....good luck getting your next round...

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And servers wonder why patrons have issues with service industry

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You should have enough respect for yourself and your family, and enough class to care about the people around you.

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I do care about people around me. I save that money to spend on those people

Don't be mad at me because you chose a profession where your boss does not pay you and where you have to rely on the random generosity of others

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Using my example of a 15 buck per person ticket, that coincides with you working at applebees. What did you take home on an average weeknight? Weekend night?

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At Applebee’s, circa 2006ish, weeknights would be roughly $50-60 per night. Fridays and Saturdays could usually pull around $100, but had to be closing to do it.

Don’t worry about “busting my chops.” The numbers you posted weren’t close. Even as a trainer for the fine dining restaurant, with steaks and sides being served a la carte, I can count on 2 hands how many times I walked with $270+ after a single shift. You think that’s a “normal” number for the average restaurant server?

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What about online order pizza carry out, tip or no tip?

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I entered the order to the kitchen?

I picked it up?

$0 tip.... similar level of service as fast food

This thread proves that a majority of the OT bros are cheap AF in real life.

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Two couples. Two drinks apiece, some hors d ouevres and salads or small plates, four main dishes, four or more sides, a couple desserts, and coffee. That's a $400 ticket, and I'm being generous.

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$100 a person? That is a high end place

Those are professional server places

I tip 20% if food is good and service. If mediocre, 15%. Today I tipped a dollar and left a note. Mexican restaurant for lunch. Not my regular but gave it a try. Sat at bar ordered a bloody mary. The waitress had to ask another server to make it. It was crap. Ordered lunch, and just pushed the 3/4 filled glass of BM to the edge of the bar. Runner brings food, and leaves without asking if I needed anything. Finally flag down the server who made the drink, and asked for a margarita. Got the margarita and still no signs of the original server. Finally she comes by and asks if I'm ready for the my ticket which I say yes. Leave her a dollar for a 18.00 dollar check, and yes she charged me for the BMary.. I leave and write on the credit card receipt and say Bloody Mary was terrible as was the service. And I used to be in the restaurant business.

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What about hair dressers? 

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Hot girls get more.

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Yes, inflation.

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Except the use of a percentage means no need to change it due to inflation. Meal that used to cost $50 netted a $10 tip at 20%. Meal now cost $60 nets a $12 tip at 20%. Inflation accounted for.

And to answer the OP that has been creeping up for a quile. I swear I recall it being 10% decades ago, but I was poor and rarely had the opportunity to eat at a place where I left a tip soI am uncertain if that is a faulty memory or not.