Timeline for How can I find restaurants in the USA where tipping is not expected?
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| Jun 6, 2019 at 14:46 | comment | added | Kyralessa | In many US states, restaurants are authorized to pay a wage of something like $2.13/hour on the expectation that tips will make up the rest. They're required to bump that up to minimum wage if the tips fall short. Granted, in theory tipping is supposed to be an indication of good or bad service. But before you pay no tip or an extremely low tip, keep in mind that somebody is living off those wages. At your job, do you make less money if you're having a bad day and not as relentlessly cheery as usual? | |
| May 18, 2018 at 19:28 | comment | added | Sparksbet | @Kevin If service got so bad that I wouldn't leave even a small tip, I would probably complain to the manager and try to get the meal comped. I can hardly imagine a sit-down meal with service so poor that I wouldn't tip at all. | |
| May 17, 2018 at 21:05 | comment | added | ggiaquin16 | While every answer provided the same, "you can't" this is the only one that actually addresses the American culture with it that it is considered rude not to. Just like many other countries have their customs that we have to learn/be aware of, this is one in the US. | |
| May 16, 2018 at 19:19 | comment | added | BradC | This is my own personal strategy, but I'm much more likely to complain to management and/or ask for a reduction of the bill rather than stiff the waiter. Sure, it can be the waiter's fault, but slow food or mistaken orders are just as often the fault of the kitchen, or because the waiter is covering too many tables (management issue). | |
| May 16, 2018 at 18:55 | comment | added | Kevin | @stannius That's a pretty bad math fail | |
| May 16, 2018 at 18:53 | comment | added | stannius | @Kevin I know someone who accidentally left a one penny tip. Just a math fail. I advised her to never go to that restaurant again. | |
| May 16, 2018 at 18:44 | comment | added | Kevin | Leaving no tip is acceptable in cases of extremely bad service. Although, I would leave a penny or a nickel instead of no tip, just to make sure they knew it was intentional | |
| May 15, 2018 at 17:29 | comment | added | Doktor J | Sadly, it's also not illegal to write crap like this on it either: washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/21/… | |
| May 15, 2018 at 6:23 | history | edited | reirab | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 14, 2018 at 21:48 | history | answered | BradC | CC BY-SA 4.0 |