Originally Posted by
sky303
My employer's check printouts include 15 18 and 20 percent suggested amounts. I like when places do it so it gives me a baseline to make my calculations easier. I used to start at 20 percent, but since working the in the restaurant industry, particularly as a server who makes federal tipped minimum wage (2.13/hour), I have been tipping starting at 25 percent. Occasionally I've left 50-70 percent in cases where there has been great service, and rarely up to 100 percent.
Your money, your choice, but this feels like puffing up the practice in case other people will adopt it.
One annoyance about the suggested amounts is there's no consistency about whether they do pre-tax or post-tax. Of course, there's no particular consistency about whether people want to use the pre-tax or post-tax amount, and on small bills, the difference is rarely enough to matter, but as prices go up, the likelihood that it will make a difference does as well.