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30% is a lot. I generally tip 20%, except bartenders who get a minimum of $10.00 unless it's a one and done. I like bartenders and when traveling they're typically the most useful, accessible, and informed people I interact with. But hey, I like cocktail hour.

if OP is US, I think the idea is 20% tip plus ~10% tax.

I do tip bartenders more but because I’m standing or sitting there and taking up space where if I’m picking up a sandwich or a cup of coffee i leave

18% low 20% usual 22% exceptional I'd like to see more restaurants create an all inclusive pricing so that servers get a wage they can raise a family on. Pretty much EVERY other country does it that way.

I would prefer that too

I’ve been a server in my youth…always tip at least 20%

Yep me too. I usually tip 20%, 25% if it’s a friend.

Do remember: Waiters make $2.13 an hour. That number hasn’t changed since the 1990s. $50 meal, 30% tip is $15. Hour at the table, wage is $17.13 hour. Two hours at the table is $9.83 hour. Something to think about. Tipping should disappear. Pay workers a living wage.

As a hairdresser, I often see 20%. Mainly because our hair cuts are $25, so a $5 tip is often the norm. Also, it depends on how the client *feels* afterwards. Did you vent some frustrations and lose more than just some split ends?

One time, I went to JCPenny's, and was charged for a "guy's cut", in spite of having long hair, so I PAID for a "woman's cut", they counted it as a "large tip", embarrassed me and the hairdresser by *calling her over* to point out I tipped "the bill". No, I paid what it should have been WITH tip. 😒

I fucking hate chain salons. They treat the stylists like dirt and work them until burn-out. They pay as little as possible to the people who actually do the work, and most franchise owners I've worked for have been businessmen who know NOTHING about cosmetology at all. They suck.

See also chain spas/massage therapy studios. my wife worked for one early in her career (pre-MSW) and it was a terrible experience

Yup. Sometimes, there is a random franchise that doesn't treat their stylists like crap, but its rare. Most places are a stop-gap for stylists who don't have a book, but need to work.

Same.

Yep. I kinda cringe when I see it A nice steak place in Gaithersburg used an iPad to check out last year ofc... I was homeless, it was a splurge for toughing out a week with no food And on a $80 tab the options were all "Do I have this much money - wait that's almost $120"