I tip my barista and budtender a dollar every visit, personally. I love those people though. Restaurants get 20% unless they fuck up, then it's 15%, unless it was absolutely egregious.

That's it. I cut my own hair.

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hbs18 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

As a European, I never understood why you'd tip automatically. I get that waiters are allowed to be paid less, but I don't see why that would be the customer's problem.

	▲	kulahan 34 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because it's part of our culture and it's an easy way to show appreciation. You don't have to do it anywhere. Waiters also explicitly aren't allowed to be paid less. They must make at LEAST minimum wage. If they don't make minimum after tips, their hourly rate is raised each paycheck to equal minimum wage. It's literally not the customer's problem. You should probably learn how things work here if you're that curious!
	▲	latexr 42 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I also don’t get the logic of tipping a percentage of the cost. Asking for several cheap beers is more work for the waiter than a single bottle of expensive wine, yet the latter earns them more?

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bigstrat2003 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

IMO restaurant tips (and other service businesses) are 15% by default, 20% if they do well, 10% if they do poorly. If they do especially poorly (like, completely ignoring the table for an hour while chatting with coworkers off to the side), they get $.02. If they do especially well, more than 20% (I've gone as high as 50% once).

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elAhmo an hour ago | parent [-]

This mentality of doing 20% by default for something you already paid is what got us in this situation.

People should be paid a living wage by default.

	▲	kulahan 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Once someone can tell me what, specifically, a living wage is, I imagine this will stop being the most annoying phrase on the planet.

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codazoda 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I also cut my own hair, but sometimes I’m lazy and just hit up the Barber shop.

She charges me $15! I tip +$25 and it’s still a cheap haircut.

My haircut has to be one of the simplest around, but 9 out of 10 stylists will leave me fixing it myself later. Once I paid $50+tip for the same cut at a swanky joint and STILL went home and fixed it. She doesn’t know what she’s worth.

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kstrauser 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My barber earns his fat tip taming my unruly cowlicks. Barista and bartender? Definitely. Cashier at a convenience store? Oh hell no.

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eclipticplane 7 hours ago | parent [-]

My barber earns his fat tip by being my therapist.

	▲	kstrauser 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I get it. That's worth the compensation.

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Larrikin 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Have you taken into account that tips are no longer taxed and adjusted these arbitrary percentages?