/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Okay when the FUCK did 20% become the standard tipping percentage for waitservice?

I have tipped 12-15% religiously for as long as I can remember.

When you're at a cheap diner and the waitress is only getting 10-15 tables a night and needs to feed her children, yeah, I understand 20%.

But when the hell did this trend come along where the waitstaff at a busy urban restaurant, who can cover up to 5 tables an hour at $75+ per table, get the attitude that they deserve 20% on every bill?

I draw the line when the waitstaff assumes they should be making more than the cooks.

Most cooks make anywhere between $12-18/hr in my experience. These are the guys actually putting out a product, the guys sweating their butts off making something that draws you, the customer, into their establishment. Why does the waitress assume entitlement to a fifth of every dollar I spend on the cook's hard work? It's sickening and it really makes my blood boil. I had to bite my tongue when the girl at dinner with us tonight said my $10 tip on the $80 bill wasn't satisfactory. She put another $10 down and explained to me why they deserve more.

(...they don't)