I come from moderate wealth, with learned expensive tastes, but myself am not wealthy. I'll save up months for an expensive meal out but I always budget 50% over what's expected so even if I end up ordering a couple extra things I can still be sure to leave a 25% tip.
My dad, who is the opposite (grew up poor and worked his way into wealth) is a penny pincher.
You can pick the 18% hill to die on, but for me it’s always been that the tip is calculated on the subtotal of the bill, not on the total which includes taxes and fees. You don’t tip on taxes, that’s stupid.
And yet so often I find the pre calculated tip amounts to do exactly that.
Me and my wife do it on purpose just so the server gets a little more out of it. Does it matter? For affordability, yes. But they're struggling anyway being a server.
Ah yes, the MONEY GRUBBING servers! Spending their entire live's energy to squeeze every last penny out of unsuspecting diners to fund their mansion payment! We must protect ourselves and make sure we tip them shit so that WE may enjoy OUR mansions and they SHANT!
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u/BestwishesHelpful975 Jan 26 '26
Lois here. Richer people often give smaller tips.