Earning Money

How Much Should You Tip?

BY Ingrid Longauerová TIMENovember 2, 2014 PRINT

How much should you tip when you go out to eat, get a cab, or other things? We’re breaking it down for you!

According to latest studies, waiters and waitresses are earning only $2–$13 dollars by employers. We are paying over twice with tips. But that still isn’t much.

So here is a quick guide for how to properly tip:

When you are sitting at the table, 15–20 percent tip should be fine.

But when it’s a buffet, you can get away with 10 percent. Also if it is carry-out, don’t feel obligated by any tip. Of course, if you have an extremely complicated order or if it required more efforts, 10 percent tip should be fine.

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When it comes to delivery, 10 percent to 15 percent works; $2–$5 dollars is just fine for a pizza.

And for drinking, give your bar tender $1 or $2 tip. For large tabs, 15–20 percent is fine.

The same is true for taxi driver; it is common give 15–20 percent in tips.

Ingrid Longauerová
journalist/graphic designer
Ingrid Longauerová is a long time employee at the Epoch Media Group. She started working with The Epoch Times as a freelance journalist in 2007 before coming to New York and work in the Web Production department. She is currently a senior graphic designer for the Elite Magazine, a premier luxury lifestyle magazine for affluent Chinese in America produced by the EMG.
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