I think this is the real answer to the OP. People started sucking more at math and it was easier to calculate 20% than 15%.
What's the standard tip in Europe? I thought Europeans didn't tip?
i usually give %20 for low-price meals and %10-%15 for high-price meals (20$+).
No arguing about the merits of the tipping system in this thread.
I was born in the 80s and I always understood the standard tip to be 15%. Since it is percentage based, it should not need to be modified for inflation.
Now I understand the standard tip in society is 20%. When did this change happen? The 2000s?
What's the standard tip in Europe? I thought Europeans didn't tip?
20% is not the standard it's what many are doing now for good service since service as a whole has declined.
Standard is 15%. If I feel the server elevated our experience through superior service, offering great advice on what to order, and made us feel welcome without smothering us with attention, I'll tip 20%+.
There is no standard tip in Europe. Forced Tipping is almost exclusively American.
FTFY
I'm not forced since I'm not weak spirited.
I don't tip unless they do something to earn that tip that's above and beyond the duties in their job description which includes customer service --a service that nobody seems to understand anymore.
You are part of a tiny minority then.
Unless you just tip like everyone else is expected to then come with the tough guy attitude on the internet which is more than possible.
Yay another tipping thread.
No arguing about the merits of the tipping system in this thread.
I was born in the 80s and I always understood the standard tip to be 15%. Since it is percentage based, it should not need to be modified for inflation.
Now I understand the standard tip in society is 20%. When did this change happen? The 2000s?
I tip 20% because I think it's usually worth 20%. I add or subtract according to the service and price.
20% because the math is easier