That's an American thing. 10% is standard in Europe. That's why we love American clients 😉
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Maybe, but my standard tip is 20%--if you're a good waiter, entertain me so that my dining experienced is enhanced, you're likely to get 25%.
If you're a bad waiter, you'll get 15%...anything less that...well you'd have to "earn" that somehow by being spectactularly bad...
That part I don't understand. Why do you have to have a "standard" 20% tip? They shall get the money their job worth, and anything above worth a tip in my opinion. Maybe I don't see something.
But what is it “worth”? I guess is a cultural standard and it varies from each person.
Based on my experience, some people don’t like to have conversations, they just want a fast service, others want to talk, others want to not be interrupted while eating at all.
Based on those “metrics” my service tip worth would vary from person to person. It is subjective, thus a very subjective (and random) reward for my work.
I guess some people did the math and 15% to 20% is that what they came with for a “standard” tip, some people will leave less and some people more but it usually evens out.
Hmm, interesting opinion!
Maybe I would separate serving cost from other entertainment costs. So serving cost shall be included everywhere in the price, because you get served. The entertainment cost fully depend on individual preferences. That could be the tip.
Also would be interesting to see the waiters pay per country compared to standard tip and other general job pays like in McDonalds, or working in a supermarket.
Maybe we would see, that employers give less to their waiters proportionally to the standard tip in that country.