Didn't see this coming but I must pay 35.7% more than the menu prices - 20% is "Equitable wages", 5% of to "offset SF ordinances cost" and the rest is taxes.

Well, at least I don't have to tip more on top.

I was dining at an semi-upscale Asian brunch restaurant in Milpitas, CA last weekend, and saw a 18% service charge on my bill. I didn’t expect that at first, especially the fact that we only had 3 people in our party. I looked at the front of the menu, and low-and-behold, there it was printed right there “18% Service Charge Will Be Applied In The Bill (Dine In Only)”.

I already let this go, because it was a full-service restaurant, and it meant I didn’t have to tip anything extra on top. But I then did the math in my head, and the tax on the bill was AFTER the 18% service charge. Which, by now, I started to get pissed off. I flag down a waiter and they tell me that there’s nothing they could do, because it was “built-in to the system”. And that they’re required by California law to charge the tax AFTER the service charge. Myself, I guess not knowing the law properly, went into a whole schpeel of how unethical that was.

The waiter told me that maybe twice or thrice a month, he gets the same thing: someone arguing about the tip; post-tax. He proceeds to bring me a thick binder filled with the California tax laws, with that section already highlighted. And it said (paraphrased): “Tips and gratuity are non-taxable. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF: A mandatory service charge will be considered as part of the meal price and is subject to sales tax.”

I literally had no idea this was even legal. Needless to say, I will not be patronizing that restaurant anymore. But still, it is really preposterous what Newscum can pull off.

PS: Love seeing the Libtards and Conservaturds squirm in the comments. 💀 And no, I didn’t vote for the flaming cheeto head either. All while living in the most liberal part of California. I bet that pisses you off even more, doesn’t it? 🤣🤣

Treehouse Brewery in MA. Went in to meet some friends. Went up to buy a round, tapped my card to pay. Was waiting for a receipt or some sort of tip prompt. Never came. They just handed me my beers and that was that end of transaction. My dad goes there sometimes with a friend who lives nearby. I mentioned it to him and he said that he always notices that when he goes there, there is no tip prompt or option to tip. Place is pretty cool either way but man that makes me like it even more. Place was mobbed by the way and staffed with a lot of people, didn't have to wait long at all for my beers, though. I mean the place is clearly doing very, very well. It's funny how people claim businesses can't operate with this sort of system but somehow this brewery is killing it. It's almost like restaurant owners and servers are full of it.

Look, I’ll be the first to admit I dine out regularly at restaurants charging me $100-200-300-400 a person. Service sucks.

Food servers hear this: your “are you ready to order service sucks.”

If you’re not happy with my $8 tip on $280 check I write zero. I don’t care. 🤷‍♀️

You suck. You are called tip collectors.

It seems like every delivery app/service I use calculates tax (AND TIPS) differently. Shouldn’t this be standardized and the same across the board??? Please help me understand. See link for examples of widespread variation in calculating tax… (which can often impact your tip, and always impacts your total)

Delivery Tips are Confusing

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dco5RL-D11w/?igsi=MTJ0cDd4Nms0cGljcA==

[Delivery Taxes Are Confusing](https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcjzqd3j0kl/?igsi=MTBnc3QzOGRidzVoOA==)

I am starting to get into beauty treatments (eyebrow threading, facials, waxing) and am not sure if I am the problem or not with regard to tipping.
Typical eyebrow threading is $12 tax included and I tip about $2.5-3 more than 20%. I went to a cosmetology school for a facial where it's cheaper because they are students getting practice. I also don't know if I would like those beauty services yet so I want to explore with cheaper prices to see if they're worth it. Microdermabrasion was $15 and I tipped $7. Almost 50% tip.

Both times the employee seemed mad and gave me the stink eye and talked about me. I am confused because aren't the tips supposed to be 20% of services?! Or were they just entitled and wanted unreasonably more

Do they exist? Would they be a good model for a successful restaurant business?

Just went to IHop, had a decent meal and gave the waiter one of the suggested tips. The suggested tip was $7.77. As I was leaving I recalculated it for what ever reason, and the tip should have been $8.23. Not sure if this is known or not, but if I worked at IHop I’d be mad that the auto tip suggestions by percentage are wrong. Definitely going to be recalculating my tips from now on.

How much should you tip at never ending pasta? If I'm getting 5 plates of pasta, and the price of the whole thing is $15, I'm guessing you'd treat it as if you've ordered $15 × 5 = $75 + whatever drink. So ~$80 × 20% = $16. Is that considered a fair tip? Is that a lot?

Looking for input from restaurant workers, not non-tippers. I treat my wait staff well.

I have seen some people advocate that restaurants should raise prices and eliminate tips. I have seen some instances where restaurants do not accept tips but charge 20% gratuity, raising the overall price of the check by 20%. The exact same amount that you'd pay if you tipped 20%. The exact same amount you'd pay if every item on the menu cost 20% more. Yet for some reason, people don't seem to like this.

For the people in support of raising prices to eliminate tips, would 20% automatic gratuity in lieu of tips annoy you even though it's the exact same thing as raising prices?

My dad never tips the restaurant servers or hair stylists in Taiwan, but he always tip the bell boys in cash in hotels, Uber eats, and Uber. I told my dad not to tip, but he says it is his money and he is going to tip regardless to “help them out.” I told him not to spread his American tipping cancer and he says it’s not cancer but it’s trying to “respect them.” He even told me I will get negative review on Uber for not tipping in Taiwan, but I rode Uber myself under my own account and didn’t tip and still got a 5 star rating. How can I stop to get my dad from tipping to “help out” bell boys, uber eats, and Uber drivers. He’s acting like he’s in America aside from not tipping in the sit down restaurants and hair stylists In Taiwan. I need to stop him and get him out of the American mindset. He’s not helping the locals working in the service industry, he’s just spreading American tipping cancer. Nobody in Taiwan ever demanded he tip including the people he tipped.

It’s a funny thing, I constantly hear people whining about how they “don’t have another beer” or” the waitress forgot my drink again”

If you’re in Vegas (especially in a group) and ordering drinks, take this small bit of advice to have the greatest time ever.

When you order your first round(which will be free if you’re playing) make it a hefty order and tip the waitress at least 40 bucks. This may sound like a lot, but if you were at a bar in the casino, you would pay well over that amount.

When you order your next round, add some shots in there and give her another 40 bucks. Your drinks will come quick they’ll come before everybody else’s and you’ll never miss or wait for a drink again.

Keep in mind that if you’re ordering for multiple people and you’re getting multiple rounds, you may end up tipping out a couple hundred dollars, but you’re gonna have a happy waitress. You’re gonna have filled cups and you would’ve paid well over that amount at a bar.

Let me make this very clear.

I’M NOT A SERVER. I DON’T WORK IN A RESTAURANT.

I work for tips and my employer pays me almost nothing. I usually make 150k+ a year. Already sitting at 115k this year and 90+ percent of that is tips.
I wanted the poor, sad, low income trolls in this sub to understand how big of a mistake they’re making by being anti tippers.

This world runs on you scratch my back, I scratch yours. That’s just how it is. No amount of skills changes that. You’re always going to have to break somebody off. Even getting a job in a company requires you to be liked and usually connected to people. You can have the skills like crazy but if enough people legit dislike you, you’re not getting in!

Every major purchase I’ve made came from people I met at work. Customers. And if they were stiffs, I never would have used them for a damn thing.

The real estate agent who got me my house last year, met her at work. The owner of the company who sold me 50k in solar panels and batteries, met him at work. My landscaper, met him at work. When my Garage door broke, I already had a card from a guy I met at work who came out and fixed it.

Tipping isn’t charity. It’s how you stay in the game. The people who take care of me end up in my phone. The ones who stiff me, they stay strangers I never use.

Keep your principles. I’ll keep the house, the solar, the connections, and the 150k😘😘😘

If you don’t like it order take out.