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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Do people actually consciously make a judgement about quality of service when they tip??! I always just mindlessly add 15-20%. So the whole "tipping incentivizes quality of service" argument has always seemed unrealistic to me. https://x.com/tracewoodgrains/status/1826601506885320775
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Leo
@lsn
Tbf On the spectrum of ‘willingness and ability to give money away’, you are top 0.1% on both respects
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Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
For sure add based on quality of service
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
kinda hard when most of the time they make us tip before we are serviced lol
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Corbin Page
@corbin.eth
I tip within the range of 15-25% by quality of service. It's a useful feedback mechanism even if I'm just one data point and it's not widely adopted by everyone. You're doing your part to align incentives with the outcomes you hope to get. Kind of like voting.
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Vladyslav Dalechyn
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In Ukraine we always tip at least 10%-15% as it's literally money that waiters get paid with. Salaries are quite small and only tips make the job bearable. Most of us understand this and always tip.
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Natalia
@nameline
Absolutely, most of the time the quality of service does go into my calculation
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horsefacts
@horsefacts.eth
Depends if it's a one shot or iterated game. Seems tipping has evolved from an iterated game to a broad social norm.
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Mac Budkowski ᵏ
@macbudkowski
Most of my European friends make a conscious judgment, me included. But in the US (I guess Canada, too?), tipping seems like a social norm. I never felt embarrassed for not tipping in Europe, but in the US, I feel always uneasy when I pick 0%.
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@ashmoney.eth
I always tip a base amount regardless of quality of service, and i tip more for great service
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Gwynne Michele
@thecurioushermit
Because of the way the U.S. tipping system works, my default is 20% regardless of service. Because that's the bulk of their wages. Also, it gets me GREAT service at places where I'm a regular.
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@tinyrainboot
yeah, because tips are supposed to be out of gratitude, not obligation
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Paul Millerd
@pmillerd
I tip 20% no matter what. I consider it priced in.
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Kieran Daniels 🎩
@kdaniels.eth
15-20% is generally insulting to a waiter. I’m not saying this from a position where I’m trying to convince you to change or agree :) but 20% tells them they did a bad job. That’s just the culture.
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@w
i rarely go down for bad service but i do occasionally give a big boost for excellence, but it’s possible i would do that without tipping in place already
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On one hand - post-rationalisation of being able to make things seem cheaper on the menu + the “good” feeling attached to paying staff directly (which in reality just drives their wages and hence menu item prices down) On the other hand - service culture in america is incompatible to that of europe (a fair comparison due to shared cultural roots allowing the greatest ability of eliminating that as a factor in the comparison)
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@depatchedmode
Most of my friends work in the service industry. I tip 15-20% depending on the situation. Ironically, the people I've met who micromanage or fully withhold tips are the people who take up 90% of service staff's time — usually over things that are nitpicky displays of power.
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@markmywords.eth
Mr Pink, although exaggerated for comedic/dramatic affect, is on the right track. You have to make a judgement call. All service is not the same and shouldn't be valued as such. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4sTSIYzDIk
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@gilles
My tipping (if + how much) is totally an expression of how pleased I felt with the service
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it's the abstinence not the amount that motivates. i.e. it's the fact that if they're rude or make you wait you wouldn't tip at all. speed is also a big factor here. it takes significantly longer to get a drink in a busy bar/club in europe because the bartender isn't compensated based on number of drinks sold. where as in US, if anyone is tipping the same flat amount, the bartender is still incentivized to have higher turn over. in high end restaurants you do get better tip for better service though.
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