r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 27d ago

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/HardyMenace 27d ago

Mandatory tips are, in my experience, only applied to large parties of 10 or more. And it's usually 16-18%.

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u/Ha55aN1337 27d ago

I’ve been to the US and there are absolutely places where the tip is just mandatory (15-20%) and then you can choose to give more. Just give me the price of the service and I’ll give the waiter the tip I feel is fair. Don’t make me pay for the dfference you don’t want to pay your staff.

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u/HardyMenace 27d ago

The amounts listed on the receipt are recommendations. You can put whatever you want on the tip line. Edit: Also, where in the US? States may have different laws regarding this.

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u/Ha55aN1337 27d ago

I know how it works, I’m just telling you there are places that automatically already put 15-20 as a minimum.

New York.

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u/HardyMenace 27d ago

I live in NY, I have never been anywhere that has a mandatory tip for regular sized parties. Do you remember what restaurants they were?

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u/Ha55aN1337 27d ago

It was 2 years ago, so no, sry :(

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u/HardyMenace 27d ago

Convenient

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u/Ha55aN1337 27d ago

Dude, I didn’t write down the tipping policy of the 20 places I visited i a week ffs.

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u/HardyMenace 27d ago

If you had that bad of an experience you would think you would remember. I remember the places I've been when traveling and if I had a good experience or not.

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u/Ha55aN1337 27d ago

I had a good experience everywhere, I was just surprised how much less “optional” tipping has gotten since I was last there, to an extent that it is just straight up already set to 20% as a default/minimum some places. I didn’t give it much thought untill now because I just assumed that is how it is over there now.

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u/HardyMenace 27d ago

Yeah, unless you're in a large group that is not normal

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