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At restaurants - what is the accepted etiquette/percentage for tipping someone who you have an outside friendship with? (link)
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I wouldn't give anything special (extra), but I would tip the general 15-20% of the bill. It is important to remember that in the US, waiters and waitresses do not make minimum wage. They are paid a portion of minimum wage and are expected to make up the difference in tips. Your friend, like other waitpersons, may also have to divide tips between buspeople (the people who clean the table), dishwashers, the host/hostess or line cooks. Service is sometimes bad in restaurants (though they depend on tips) because management pushes waiters/waitresses to speed up table turnover so the restaurant makes more money. Only in really posh restaurants are waitperson paid a semi-living wage, but they count on tips as well.
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Whenever I babysit, the parents always ask me "How much do you pay per hour?". The truth is, I don't have a rate, and they always overpay me, which I don't mind :D, but I think it's impolite to take more than 15 dollars an hour. How can I politly set a reasonable babysitting rate that isn't too much or too little? (link)
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You can consider your skills and experience and also what they are asking you to do. For example, if you have only been babysitting (ever) for 3 months, you might say you charge $7/hr for one child, plus an extra $1.50/hr for each additional child. If they expect you to feed/give baths/clean anything/stay very late, you might make the rate slightly higher or include an extra couple dollars. I think $6-9 dollars is a pretty standard rate range.
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