This Server Is Calling Out Bad Tippers On TikTok While Also Explaining What Kind Of A Tip You Should Actually Leave
In the U.S., giving tips at places like hair salons, restaurants, and bars is a customary practice. In the past, it was common for people to choose whatever amount they wanted to tip, depending on the level of service.
But tipping culture has changed, and currently, there are actually set expectations for what customers should be paying service workers.
Twenty percent is considered the minimum appropriate tip to give, even if the service is terrible.
TikTok creator and server Ben Raanan (@blazikenben) has come under fire for calling out bad tippers and saying that customers’ tips must meet certain standards.
“For your information, ten dollars is not cute like it used to be. It’s not the 1950s; it’s not the 2000s anymore. Inflation means that ten dollars is not worth that much anymore,” said Ben.
He then went on to dictate in which situations it was appropriate to leave a ten-dollar bill. If your bill was fifty dollars, a ten-dollar tip is acceptable since that would be twenty percent.
However, a ten-dollar tip for a bill of two hundred dollars is insulting for restaurant servers, as that would be only five percent.
Then, Ben declared that if someone were to leave him a five, or even ten percent tip, he would confront the customer about it.
He also added that servers should not have to endure such treatment, and they should start putting patrons on the spot in the face of a bad tip.
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Finally, Ben concluded his video by explaining how to determine a suitable amount to tip your server based on your bill.
“If you don’t know how to calculate tip, take the bill, move it one decimal point. That’s ten percent, double it, that’s twenty percent, that’s how you should tip,” he concluded.
His video rubbed many TikTok users the wrong way because, for many Americans, tipping is no longer a question of etiquette; it is now a matter of affordability, and servers aren’t the only ones struggling with finances.
“You should be mad at your employer for not paying you correctly, not the customers,” commented one user.
“I get paid 15.95 an hour, and you expect me to leave 10 dollars as a tip explain, please,” wrote another.
“Apparently, us minimum wage workers aren’t allowed to eat out anymore because if we can’t afford to tip more than 10, we can’t have fun once in a while,” stated a third.
What do you think about tipping culture in the United States?
You can watch the original video on TikTok here.
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