It's just the way it is. If you don't want to tip what is acceptable, don't go out to eat. Or expect any place you go and don't tip appropriately to treat you accordingly.
These standards are not there to subsidize poor tipping. If I were to ask you to do that I would say tip 25%-30% of the bill. 10% is not an acceptable tip for good service when dining out. It tells the sever they didn't do a good job or that you are cheap. Any server making an average of 10% is either working at the wrong place with cheap ass clientèle, or not a good server in the slightest.
I can tell you right now your example of the $200 vs $100 is not accurate. If it's a slow day, that does suck, but you know you'll make it up later in the week ect, that is one of the positives in the industry. Also, you and you boss will know you still did a good job if your tip percentage is high. Higher tips mean more customers satisfied meaning better shifts and sections for the server.
If someone made $100 making 10% tips, they have done twice the amount of work someone who made $100 making 20% tips. Could it be the 10% server sucks? Sure...or it could have been a bunch of people who A: don't understand what it is to work in the food service industry, or B: just a bunch of ass holes all day.
You are full aware of what servers make an hour. That is eaten up in taxes or insurance if the establishment provides those benefits. They live off of the tips. It's nowhere near the same as tossing a bellhop a couple dollars for taking care of you bags. Plus the bellhop doesn't have to deal with you for 30min -2hrs and gets a higher hourly rate.
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These standards are not there to subsidize poor tipping. If I were to ask you to do that I would say tip 25%-30% of the bill. 10% is not an acceptable tip for good service when dining out. It tells the sever they didn't do a good job or that you are cheap. Any server making an average of 10% is either working at the wrong place with cheap ass clientèle, or not a good server in the slightest.
I can tell you right now your example of the $200 vs $100 is not accurate. If it's a slow day, that does suck, but you know you'll make it up later in the week ect, that is one of the positives in the industry. Also, you and you boss will know you still did a good job if your tip percentage is high. Higher tips mean more customers satisfied meaning better shifts and sections for the server.
If someone made $100 making 10% tips, they have done twice the amount of work someone who made $100 making 20% tips. Could it be the 10% server sucks? Sure...or it could have been a bunch of people who A: don't understand what it is to work in the food service industry, or B: just a bunch of ass holes all day.
You are full aware of what servers make an hour. That is eaten up in taxes or insurance if the establishment provides those benefits. They live off of the tips. It's nowhere near the same as tossing a bellhop a couple dollars for taking care of you bags. Plus the bellhop doesn't have to deal with you for 30min -2hrs and gets a higher hourly rate.