On 12/6/2014 2:23 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-12-06, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> I know we have been through this before, but the old standard was to
>> tip 15%.
>
> I KNOW you are older than that!
>
> I'm only 66 and I can remember when the "old standard" was 10%. Then
> it went up to 15%. Now, ppl are beginning to feel guilty with less
> than 20%. What horsepucky! As you so correctly point out, it's a
> gratuity.
>
> Besides, resto owners KNOW what their employees are receiving and make
> appropriate adjustments. Like getting state laws passed which --due to
> tips/gratuities-- allow resto owners to pay waitstaff far below
> the minimum wage. And some states allow the owners to pay less than
> other states. I'll pay the tip based on the waitperson's performance,
> not what others think I should, thank you.
>

I think the 20% level is glibly recommended by newspaper restaurant
critics who don't pay their own bills. The standard tip, AFAIK, is 15%
but it used to be 10% in Britain even a few years ago.


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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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