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Tipping Friends
At restaurants - what is the accepted etiquette/percentage for tipping someone who you have an outside friendship with?
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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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I don't know why anyone is saying anything below 15% because if you tip anyone that, friend or not, he or she is going to talk trash when putting it in the computer.
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usually 10-20% normal don't break the bank because she's your friend but do give a tip
striperella
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This might sound kinda mean, but I think you should use about the same tipping guidelines for friends that you do for everyone else, you know? I mean, if you go nuts and dump tons of cash on the table they might think you feel sorry for them or think they're poor. I always figure up 25% and then round down to the nearest dollar, whether it's a friend or not.
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Accepted etiquette is 10-15% of what the meal cost, but that would be on a restaurant. It depends on where you're eating, what you can afford, and how often you eat there. If your meal cost under $50, then I'd recommend leaving a $5 tip, because seriously -$2 looks a little pathetic lying there in the middle of the table, doesn't it?
I don't see any reason that you would want to tip your friend above average rate, unless you don't think they get enough pocket money, and you feel a bit sorry for them. Some people would take offense to being over-tipped actually, it could make them feel inadequate, or like you thought they were having money trouble.
-K
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Whenever I did that, my friend gave me the tip money back..haha.
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10-15% is normal depending on the restaurant and their service. but if you know the person, add a few dollars maybe.
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15% is the accepted percent for tipping. If the service is really bad, I tip lower, and for really lousy service, I won't leave anything. On the same coin, if I get great service and feel they went above and beyond the call of duty, I'll tip up to 25%.
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15% is the normal amount to tip. You really don't have to give much more than that.
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i wouldnt tip my friends any more than i would tip a normal waitress so i would tip the normal which would be about 15% of the bill -Amanda
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im not the best at this but i think its 15% of the bill
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You tip the same amount as you would tip any waiter/waitress. That is around 15% of the bill. It can be more or less depending on how goo of a server they were. Nevertheless, you tip the same as you would tip anyone else. I hope I helped!
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Well, don't let your friends mooch off of you. They DO have a job and if they do their job well, then I'd tip them well. The most commonly accepted tip percentage is 15% of your total meal price; though if they do a really good job, you can up that some (perhaps 20%-25%?). Though, if the job is done poorly, tip only the average amount. Don't make a big fuss about it, you don't want to seem as if you were showing favoritism.
-FunnyCide
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Dont give them anything special just because there your friends.Just give them whatever you would normally give a waiter.Couple bucks should be fine.
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