Why would I be talking about dollars if I were a German dining in a restaurant in France? I did say that the restaurant was in America (and that it was a chain in Hawaii as well as a few on the mainland)
I'm not following the norm by not tipping 'the going rate'? But the 'going rate' ISN'T 15-20% outside the US. And the 'going rate' for buffets/limited service within the US also ISN'T 15-20%.
Question: Does anyone else think that I was wrong and tipped
too low in my example? It was a kaiten sushi restaurant (I already listed the 'service' but will list it again: seat oneself at an open table, the 'server' brings tea/water, one selects items from the conveyor belt, and IF one wishes something specific asks the server. Payment is at the front counter after the 'server' tallies the amount of empty plates)
Total was about $8.60 USD. Did I undertip by paying $10.00? That is by my calculation 16.3%, more than what the 'going rate' appears to be for buffets in America (Sylvia, feel free to tell us again!
) I did what I stated earlier; rounded up to the next dollar, and added $1.
If anything, I learned from this thread that I may have been 'wrong' to tip
as much as I did, but since the total bill was so low, I'm not overly worried about it.
Besides the issue of tipping for 'self service' or 'take out', there is also the issue of tipping on very low totals ie the percentage may be fair, but not the amount.