- Since when is the MINIMUM expected tip 18 fucking percent? I have worked as a server (20 years ago). I was expected to report a 10% minimum of my sales in tips. 15% has ALWAYS been the standard expectation for service. Now the card readers are expecting 18-25% even as prices have shot up. What the fuck is with that?!
I remember hearing in my childhood that 15% was the standard, but by the time I was a teen (around 20 years ago now) and was actually paying for some things myself, I feel like 20% had pretty much become the standard around me.
Also, around 15ish years ago I was a pizza guy in the days before Uber eats and such really took off. I feel like tipping was pretty wonky for delivery people back then. It seemed like I often got a bit over tipped on small orders, and under tipped on bigger orders.
I feel like a lot of smaller, $20ish dollar orders would give me about a $5 tip (so about 25%) and then bigger $100+ orders would give me like $10 (so like 10% )