tipping

For a single coffee I leave a dollar, just like tipping at a bar.

OK, it usually worked out around that much per coffee. Glad to know I didn’t offend your quirky local custom, and also was not a total mug :)

I am the same as Kim Kimberly— single coffee gets a buck, same with a beer at a bar. If i order something more complicated at either, price shoots up.

or, tip amount shoots up

Agreed on a buck tip for a beer or coffee

Definintely overtipped on the beers then!

Tbh it does sort of depend on the situation. I will often tip more than a buck for a beer if I am being served at a table on the sidewalk, for example. I go for 20 percent or close to it then. But if I am inside a bar and not receiving table service? One buck.

Totally. I recognise that my dollar tips don't have the same value as 20 years ago and will easily leave more depending on the situation.

Lately I'll sometimes leave a $2 tip on a $4 coffee just b/c like whatever man

who cares

there’s really no such thing as overtipping

otm

otm!

Not OTM in the slightest

I believe food service workers deserve a living wage and I will tip generously in support of that, but not if you pull racist bullshit on me.

ok I meant idiots being like “did I tip too much for my shoeshine” or whatever the fuck

Not OTM in the slightest

I believe food service workers deserve a living wage and I will tip generously in support of that, but not if you pull racist bullshit on me.

I don't eat in restaurants anymore but I still tip when picking up to-go orders. Less than 20%, though; my order is usually about $30 and I drop $5 in the jar. The other day I added a drink to the order when I arrived, so I tipped $8 on a $32 bill.

at the diner down the block i'll get coffee and eggs/toast/whatever and it'll come to like $10.75, i'll usually leave a $5 tip bc I just cant fathom leaving less than that for a meal that was brought to my table by a server, coffee refills, etc. then i'll always get fraud alert emails from my credit card company asking "DID YOU LEAVE A 45% TIP AT JOE'S DINER, PLEASE CONFIRM??" i know that stuff is all automated but i still want to call them and be like "please let your computer known that a $5 tip at a restaurant should never be considered suspiciously high"

there's a place in america where coffee eggs and toast still costs $10.75???

in Seattle I'm pretty sure that's at least $90

any time I see a sandwich in a deli that's only $5-$6 I immediately assume the whole restaurant is a drug trafficking front and leave

and then go out back to get drugs

Here in Buffalo that $90 could get you a house, with enough change leftover for coffee eggs & toast at the diner (depending on the tip)

there's a place in america where coffee eggs and toast still costs $10.75???

That does seem a little cheap. At the two diner/cafe places near me breakfast (eggs, meat, bread, potatoes) is about $15-17 per person, depending on what exactly you get.

sorry for my insensitive reply, DJP, it wasn’t at all cool for me to be all “no, but what I meant was” in response to your post

it took me a while to parse the recent posts but it is true, undertipping is OK if the servers/establishment are racist/assholes/etc, what I was agreeing with was that after a pleasant experience there is really no limit to a tip

in Seattle I'm pretty sure that's at least $90

Having just spent a week there, I can confirm this is true. :D

Also currently fighting off tears after looking at my credit-card bill because of the very strong dollar compared to pounds these days ;_;

sorry for my insensitive reply, DJP, it wasn’t at all cool for me to be all “no, but what I meant was” in response to your post

tbf I did Kool-Aid Man into the thread with that post

I am going to be brave and not tip 20% when I get my hair done tonight because apparently I've been overtripping here and now I know why the nail salon girls are always so nice to me. I thought we were buds! :/

When you're used to tipping a certain way it feels so weird and wrong not to.

Lately I'll sometimes leave a $2 tip on a $4 coffee just b/c like whatever man

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who cares

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yeah fuck all these stingy bastards!!

there's a place in america where coffee eggs and toast still costs $10.75???

it's hard for me to imagine coffee, eggs, and toast being much more than like $12 maybe

Have you been to a joint called California

i just checked and a plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes at the Denny's near me is 7.99

Vomit

7.99 but then coffee is another $3.50

right which is 74 cents more than 10.75

and that's WITH bacon

for 10.75 in Philly you can get a pretty decent hoagie and a side of fries at the local Papi store.