To those who live in or who have visited the United States.

Growing up in the 90’s, the “minimum acceptable” tip was 10%, average was 15%, and a good tip was 20%. These days, I just round to the nearest dollar and tip 20%, but I’ve heard these days it’s not unusual to tip up to 40%!

What do you usually do?

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    15 should be standard. Menu prices are raising, why should tip raise roo?

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        1 month ago

        …yes. do you miss the fact that menu prices going up means the tip is going up even at the same percentage?

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          1 month ago

          Sounded like you were saying decrease tip % on account of price %. What you wrote is ambiguous I see. Could also be interpreted as “I tip 15% now and the tip percent should not increase.”

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            1 month ago

            Yes… I tip 15% now and tip percentage shouldn’t increase. That doesn’t mean I tipped 20% in the past