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Originally Posted by The Real BigGuy
What is keeping summer help away? Is it the dependence on tips to arm any money combined with the fact that people (in general) who go out to eat up here are poor tippers? 45 yrs ago my wife worked as a waitress at a restaurant on Cape Cod & I worked in a factory. She made 2 times what I did over the summer and 90% of her $ came from tips.
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Actually, things have gone it the opposite direction. 45 years ago the customary tip was 15%, then 25 years ago or so it moved towards 18%, today its 20% and even higher in a restaurant where the staff is more knowledge for food allergies and sophisticated wines lists.
Today we even see people tipping for counter/take-out service.