They'll either usually ask upfront or will expect you to tell them upfront if the bill will be on separate checks.
Didn't find one place that accepred yet.
The counter service tip to me is the worst. You took my order and that was it. I don't know why I should tip you.
In Canada it's the norm (at least French Canada) to have individual bills. If you shared dishes, you might have 1/3 pizza, 1/2 garlic fingers depending what you had in your group. Payment is either at the table if the hostess has a portable machine or on your way out at the main counter. You then select the tip amount or percentage on the machine and it calculates automatically, then you enter your card and pin if the amount is over $250 or just tap if less.
I do 15% for non chain restaurants, if not 0%. I usually tip 20% for at the table.
I think that back in the 80's the issues that you bring up with progress regarding transactions were considered cutting-edge, and systems that were implemented at that time became stagnate to growth for some reason.
I suppose this may be to prevent dine-and-dash? Having a CC on file (or physical CC in hand) is a bit of extra security, but it's pretty damn extra, these days.
This might be due to complications with servers juggling tables and bills. Keeping it simple prevents loss of revenue, and depending on the server, garners a larger tip that won't be taxed and/or won't be shared with other servers or host/hostess.
In the future someone may just have to...I don't know...tap their watch on a screen to pay for something. Maybe in like a hundred years.
I usually pay my bill with CC and tip with cash, it keeps it between you and the server (and the cook, hopefully)
My sleepy little Pacific Northwest town is stuck in the 80s-90s era, sometimes I hate it, but most of the time I love it. Goonies never say die. Last year we finally got a Wendy's and it was huge news.
But why, they tapped a tablet as you told them something, and handed you a cup.
we are too advance for these Americans
Some mom an pop restaurants really struggled during the pandemic and it's my way to show support.
Several resturants like Olive Garden and Red Robin let you pay at the table using a tablet thingy.
Every single resturant lets you do this. Thats literally how work lunches work.
Maybe it's an Hawaii thing but no restaurant allowed food splitting so far.
Because they arent forcing a rate on you. you can either tip 10%,15%, 20% or whatever you want. its just a helpful guide so you dont have to do math like you wanted.
Yup.
Pretty much why I stopped tipping at restaurants. But it ended up being irrelevant anyway as I haven't gone out to eat at a restaurant since early 2019 much to the delight of restaurant workers everywhere.
And how technology prevents that? You can put a grand in tips if you want electronically. If anything it'll remove the pervs, 50% tip, 100% of my tip.
more restaurants are starting to use these. I'm a bit bummed people are souring on this aspect of American restaurants it's kind of something that's unique to our culture. You get those stories about those big tips once in awhile and how they change lives, or brightened their day.
And for servers to pretend they make zero money.
There's some truth to what you're saying, I think. But I don't think that's the incentive of the employers. And if you think of it in terms of retail or any other job that requires customer service where tips don't factor into the equation, a good wage makes a difference for most folks and their level of customer service.
I'm sorry could you rephrase that second point about "retail or any other job"? I'm a bit tired lol didn't quite get what you mean
I just mean that any job that requires customer interactions that is either salary or hourly and tips are not an option, their pay usually is a big component of the quality of the customer service.
Oh yeah true that.. in Australia the minimum wage is, i dunno last time i was looking for jobs there in like 2015 or something it was maybe $16 an hour.. it might be around $20 or something now... It's a healthy minimum wage.. problem is most businesses probably struggle to sell the thousands of dollars of stock required to cover those wages for multiple employees, so everything costs too much... So even higher wages don't really lessen anybody's stress lol unless they're determined to not be materialistic... Everyone's still a wanker lol you haven't had coffee until it's been served to you by a 6ft3 blonde who is pissed at you for having the impertinence to order it
more restaurants are starting to use these. I'm a bit bummed people are souring on this aspect of American restaurants it's kind of something that's unique to our culture. You get those stories about those big tips once in awhile and how they change lives, or brightened their day.
more restaurants are starting to use these. I'm a bit bummed people are souring on this aspect of American restaurants it's kind of something that's unique to our culture. You get those stories about those big tips once in awhile and how they change lives, or brightened their day.
I've never seen one of those.
Canada is the same as USA. Taxi, hotel luggage guy, waiters, convenience store tip jar etc.... Exact same.
more restaurants are starting to use these. I'm a bit bummed people are souring on this aspect of American restaurants it's kind of something that's unique to our culture. You get those stories about those big tips once in awhile and how they change lives, or brightened their day.
