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When you go out to be in the United States, it's common to tip around twenty percent for great service.
When you go out to be in the United States, it's common to tip around twenty percent for great service.
What this means is, for every hundred dollars of food that we order
we tip twenty.
But is that fair? And how much work does it take to earn a $20 tip?
In an expensive restaurant, a server might not have to do much to deliver a
$100 worth of food.
But in a diner, a server will have to do a lot more to earn the exact same amount.
But in a diner, a server will have to do a lot more to earn the exact same amount.
When we calculate the tip as a percent,
we're not really paying servers based on how hard they work
but how expensive the menu is.
Does that make sense?
If the fancy restaurant suddenly doubled the price of everything on its menu,
would the waiter deserve twice the tip?
If the diner offered at 2-for-1 special,
would the waitress only deserve half?
Maybe we should leave $1 for every item the server delivers.
Or maybe we should do what they do in other countries: not tip at all and just
pay servers a higher hourly wage.
Under the current system,
how much waiters and waitresses earn has almost nothing to do with how hard they work.
how much waiters and waitresses earn has almost nothing to do with how hard they work.
So when you go out to eat,
what do you think is the best way to tip?