That’s to help ensure that a table that may occupy a restaurant for several hours during an evening does not end up stiffing the wait staff. How much you tip is entirely up to you, unless you are in one of those high-end restaurants where they add a tip of 20% or 25% to parties of six or more. They generally rely on tips in addition to their salary to make ends meet. Economists generally recommend you spend no more than 30% of your gross income on rent, and yet many people are considered “ severely rent burdened” and are spending far more than those guidelines.Īnd you are correct about tipping. I’m sorry for ranting, but I’m sick and tired of being guilted into tipping everywhere I go.Īm I right? Or am I a cheapskate? Please enlighten me.Įven if you wrote this in anger, you are correct about a lot: rents are increasing, many restaurants have upped their prices since the pandemic, many companies - more than 170,000 jobs lost in the technology sector since the start of 2023 - are cutting back on staff, and we don’t know if there is a recession around the corner.
Is it ever OK to tip less than 20%? Soon we will be tipping 25% or 30%, or more. I tipped 15% once on a date, and the guy made some smart comment, “Oh, you’re only tipping 15%?” and I never saw him again. A coffee! Not tipping 20% makes you look like some kind of fascist. Given the increase in the cost of living, I’m hung up on the 20% rule. How is this possible? My friend didn’t even eat her pizza and I told her, “You just spent $124 on a cocktail and a glass of wine.” I went to a famous pizza joint in my neighborhood last weekend, and we had two pizzas, a shared starter, a gin and tonic, a Negroni, and a glass of wine each, and it cost us $208. As much as a starter, if you want to ask. I eat out twice a week, usually on weekends, and I am constantly put out by how much it costs for a glass of wine or a cocktail with dinner.
I tipped 15% once on a date, and I never saw him again.’ ” “‘Not tipping 20% makes you look like some kind of fascist.
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