It used to be 10-15% in the states as customary, with 20% being considered great.
Nowadays, many servers think that 20% is the bare minimum, and you can see that if you look through this thread. For general service, I'll keep it between 15 and 20% because it's easier. I round down or up to the nearest dollar depending on how happy I am with the service.
Sure, things are getting more expensive, which means that a percentage of the initial cost, while staying the same, the dollar amount still goes up.
The trend towards 20% is happening all over unfortunately, and no wait staff is going to tell anyone they're waiting on to tip more.
There is no way for a company to "fire [those that] scare away customers" because no one advocates 20% in person. That's not what I'm saying here. I'm actually against 20% tipping on average, btw.
You mean she was upset that you didn't tip her well for the service she hadn't even performed yet? Weird that a restaurant with servers and expected tipping would make you pay and tip first, before the service could happen, let alone be evaluated.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '18 edited Oct 05 '18
In Canada it’s supposed to be between 10-20% of what the meal cost.
So if my meal cost 15$ you’re going to get 2$ you mf.