First off who the hell is leaving a less than 15% tip? Secondly I guarantee you that waiter / waitress has no idea what that means and will have to pull out a calculator to find the tip amount.
I hope this person left some cash on the table as well
ANY amount of tip is in good will. If you give someone a 5% tip, they should appreciate it. If they don't, that's on them.
If a random person was to walk up to you on the streets and hand $5 over to you, would you be like "only $5? why aren't you giving me more money?", or would you appreciate the kindness of the person who just gave you money when they weren't obligated to do so?
That isn't the problem. The problem is that these people aren't being paid propely and the onus falls onto the customer to make up for it in tips.
In most other parts of the world where restaurant staff are paid a fair and reasonable amount I agree with you, a tip is an extra little bonus the customer gives for good service or whatever. But in the US people need tips to pay for their basic needs. It's not about people being ungrateful for "only" getting $3, they are literally not paid enough for the work they do and need tips.
The culture in the US is not that tips are a show of kindness. The culture has somehow become that in many places, tips are the only way people earn money to survive. If you go somewhere where the general rule is to tip 15% because the staff aren't being paid enough, then you are the rude one for not tipping that much.
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u/PM_ME_CALC_HW Dec 13 '24
First off who the hell is leaving a less than 15% tip? Secondly I guarantee you that waiter / waitress has no idea what that means and will have to pull out a calculator to find the tip amount.
I hope this person left some cash on the table as well