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Originally Posted by albertGQ
You should be able to make 15% on average. Yes, you'll have some cheap tables but you'll also have generous ones. Do it all balances out.
I work with a server who constantly complains because at the end of his shift he always makes only 10%. He doesn't know why but he's the worse server at our restaurant. He's the common denominator. He's the reason he only gets 10%. Not because of people being cheap.
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You're making a lot of assumptions. At certain restaurants the average will be 15%. At other restaurants which have a different clientele it is certainly possible that the average might be closer to 10% because on average you get a lot more cheap tippers at that type of restaurant.
The demographic of the average restaurant goer affects the tip. Higher end restaurants in more affluent areas are likely to have higher average tips. Restaurants in less affluent areas, family restaurants, etc are likely to have lower.
Don't assume everyone restaurant experiences the same level of tipping it is very clientele dependant. You server oil and gas people downtown? You'll probably average a decent tip with business lunches potentially tipping the least. You serve at a family restaurant in Forest Lawn? You'll run into some families, old ppl, etc who think they're being generous with 8%.
Don't assume everyone restaurant has the same clientele with the same tipping standards, that would be naive.