Originally Posted by
jologolf
For me, I go to the same Starbucks every weekday. It's always the same drink, Grande Pike. First few weeks I repeated my order daily. No tip.
After a few weeks they started putting my drink up as i was ready to pay. Every time my drink is ready before i ask for it = 77 cent tip.
I am going to assume that a grande brewed coffee where you live costs $2.23 after tax since a 77 cent tip only makes sense if you are rounding up to the next dollar. Now when you order a brewed coffee at starbucks the drink is delivered at the register right after you pay. So what you are tipping 35% for is for saving the 5 seconds that it takes them to turn around and pour you a cup of coffee. First of all that is a huge tip and second it is not really that much extra of a service. Now if you were ordering a latte or something from the espresso bar and they got that started when you walked in so that you were ahead of the line I could see justification, but for a brewed coffee you are way over tipping.