I took the quiz and now I am even more confused than before.
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When we first started doing home grocery delivery from Walmart the webpage checkout had
$3 $7 $15 & Enter Amt. and the $7 was always pre-selected. Now, a year-ISH later, the checkout shows what the actual money tip of your bill would be at 10% 15% 20% & lets you select (or enter amt.)
Lyft does the same thing but uses whole dollar amts. We don’t use Uber but I imagine they’re the same.
Shoe culture is strange. I never wear shoes at home, but I never take them off in others’ homes. From about May-October I rarely wear socks with shoes–I think I’d feel weird walking around other homes barefoot.
As an aside: Why is our president holding the PM’s youngest son hostage?
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I think he’s saying “Feed me poutine again and the kid gets it.”
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For the “Caption this Photo” competition win 
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Biden says “No, you can’t have him back. I’m not risking a third Trudeau running Canada”.
Or “No, you can’t have him back. His heart will keep me going through my second term.”
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Wow . . . you’re on fire this morning (or afternoon as it may be).
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H’mm just did a delivery order & they (Walmart) have gone back to the whole dollar amt & it defaults to the $7 tip again. I guess showing percentages is too confuzzing.
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I’m sharing this thread with @buttertart because she will love it! 
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Please say hello from me. We’ve lost touch in recent times.
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Recently saw my first 30% suggested tip - on one hand, it was at a coffee shop in downtown Bellevue and an extra dollar or 2 isn’t going to break those customers, on the other hand WA state minimum wage is already $15.74/hr so seems like a bit much to ask for 30% of sales for putting a scone in a bag. I guess they can ask 
Also was suggested to tip ‘the crew’ when checking out at a non-restaurant website in another state (a chocolate processor/exporter, so food-related but retail products). The suggestions started at 5%, harmless enough but does everyone have their hand out? Their product was relatively low priced, they could absolutely charge more if they want to pay their people better.
God, now I feel like some old fogey 
Personally, I don’t have a tip jar in my chocolate shop, occasionally people really want to give me extra $$; if it makes them feel good, I let them.
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Che Fico, a trendy Italian restaurant in San Francisco charges a 10% “dine in” charge, that is not part of a service charge so you tip on top of it. They also make a point to let you know you are limited to 1.5 hours (or 2 hours if you have more than two people). I understand that restaurant margins are slim, but a large part of going out to eat for me is for the hospitality and this just feels inhospitable.
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The “dine in” charge doesn’t seem unreasonable to me as other parts of the world (not US) sometimes charge for the table. However, once you pay for the table it seems very inhospitable to limit your time there.
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next up - nearly empty restos will be charging for reservations.
Yes, probably as soon as next week.
Around here, we often give a credit card number and a sort of deposit, that is forfeited if you don’t cancel in time. At this point I am surprised that more restaurants don’t ask for it, since without it I imagine people can be careless when making and not keeping reservations.
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The time limit isn’t unusual, they’re just being transparent about it - way back in the day I had to answer the phone/take reservations while I prepped desserts, we allowed 90 minutes for 2-4 tops, 2 hours for larger parties.
So the 10% allows them to pay staff a ‘living wage’, but not enough of a living wage that they still really appreciate tips? Seems like they’re trying to have it both ways …
Many thoughts.
Why does a 2-top get 1.5h vs 2 for everyone else? Do 2 people have less to talk about? (If large groups got another half hour that makes sense, because service actually takes longer.)
10% also to “provide the best local products” - so are takeout orders using different products?
It would seem less nonsensical to raise the menu prices and give a discount on takeout (or not).
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I think it can be taken as both negative and positive. Negative because it seems like another cost. Positive because he is charging take-out less. Now that I think about it. When I was young, I did think about why people eating-in vs people eating-out pay the same. Afterall, eating-out does not take up space, and no cleaning after the customers too.
