re: #208 danarchy

IMO it depends. If he sat down and was actually served it is atrocious. If someone delivered it to him it is atrocious. If he ordered 3 sandwiches and a drink went to the restaurant to pick it up himself and left, it is fine.

It’s customary in the US to tip for sitdown service. 20% is considered an acceptable tip (2x what he put down).

Considering that restaurant workers are paid less than minimum wage with the expectation that tips make up the difference, this is atrocious but entirely predictable.

There’s a reason that tipping isn’t done in places like France. They get paid living wages to point that you could make a career of being a waiter. Here, restaurant staff aren’t valued, and while some restaurants have tried to institute no-tipping and incorporate the tips into the actual cost of service, they’ve met mixed results.