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Many establishments accept Visa and Mastercard only. No American Express because they charge more. Costco for example.They may be taking off that 4% simply because that's what the business is paying the bank/credit card company for the letting the customer use the card.
15% is my lower limit. If the service is lousy, I still leave 15%.I can remember when 15% was considered the standard.
There was a very popular drive-in restaurant in my hometown that charged waiters to work there and required them to buy their own uniforms, complete with logo...from the owner.Not sure if that is still the case, but at one point women were paying the owner to work at some bars in places like Florida during the season because the tips were so good. They were basically renting their station.
My tips are inversely proportional to the cost of the meal. I used to have soup and oyster crackers for lunch on a regular basis. The cost was $3.95 +7% tax = $4.23 total. I'd leave a $10.00 on the counter.Sometimes I will tip 50% to 100%
at Wafflehouse.