As an Instacart shopper/driver...no they don't 😂

Haven't been to one of those, but stop shopping there if you aren't a fan. No one is forcing you.

Yessss!

A lot of places have forced 20% tip, even for takeout.

Wong Kar Wai vibes

Starting to feel like all of these charts with city comparisons just have "Richmond, VA" photoshopped into them

I had a dude at Vassen pre-select a 25% tip for me and flip the iPad around hoping I wouldn’t notice. Fuck that shit.

Most of the world that would appeal to americans have fair labor standards and pay living wages. Waiting tables is one of the few jobs in the us that you can pick up easily(yes it is hard work) and make a decent and fair living to support a family. By doing away with tipping you are counting on the same bosses who do not pay fair wages to then raise prices to match the earnings of waitstaff and then be honest and actually give that to waitstaff.

$2 for every $10

True. Call me an asshole but I always base my tip on the subtotal. Especially here now where the restaurant tax is ridiculous

Edit to those downvoting me: 20% of the subtotal is my default. Unless the service is downright bad, I rarely stray from 20%. Seeing lots of people saying 15% is within acceptable range, 15% of the post-tax total and 20% of the subtotal aren’t that different.

Says you! For those interested in history, it’s a well known “Richmond”

I've heard of Richmond, CA but never knew it was actually named after Richmond, VA. Wild.

Matrix in Virginia I think

*swipes for PC wallpaper collection*

I think you’re on to something there.

Edit for the downvoters: why?

Richmond, CA isn’t well known or anything. There’s a lot more than 2 Richmonds in the USA.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond

That’s a shit load of Richmonds.

It’s to the point where if we see those swivel tablet registers at a place that does NOT offer actual table service, we just won’t go in. I depend on tips myself, but it’s just ridiculous how far tipping has gone.

We have several friends whose kids go there and we’ve volunteered there before. Seems like a great sense of community within the PTO etc.

That’s what I do. Round up, 10% and double it. But I’m bad at math, so I just figured this was the easiest way.

Not sure if you’ve picked the exact house out yet but keep in mind there are actually 4 different elementary school zones in church hill.

What restaurant group paid for this

You have to look at it from a real dollars standpoint though. 17% of a check in San Fran is almost always going to be more money than 19.3 % of a Richmond check.

That’s probably why it’s so high. People are basing the tip on the after tip total making their tip as a percentage of sales higher

San Fran is kinda fucked up, 17% average tip in that kind of housing market!? I'm amazed there are people willing to work service industry there as is, but such a shitty tip average makes me wonder even more.

Sorry which Matrix movie is this again?