I usually do 20% because it's easier math

edit: only where a person interacts with me though in a serving manner like a restaurant vs. a counter

as a person that drives uber eats on the side though tips are good, I don't order food myself too expensive eg. a pizza is like $40 wtf, I'll take my flavored frozen cardboard for $5 thanks

The math for 10% is even easier !!

0% beats that.

Sales tax is 8% where I live, it's pretty simple to take that number and double it. And then you're also tipping on the subtotal and not the grand total.

10% is even easier math

I assume because stripe and the other PoS providers somehow get a fraction of a fraction of the tips?

Under the "it's not corporate greed causing inflation" topic, Patreon and other creator platforms have been on an aggressive campaign to push users to raise their prices.

Some are sending weekly email reminders that "they noticed you haven't raised your prices, and in this time of rapid inflation, you should seriously consider adjusting to the expected market rate".

So yes, percentage agreements on transactions net payment providers more from tips.

Ah, I hadn't thought of that! Of course! When paying with a credit card, the credit card gets 3% of the payment, which includes 3% of the tip. A bigger tip means mo' mone' to the credit card company.

Standards increase over time and everyone wants to be at the higher end of a standard, slowly moving what is typical upward.

It is a percentage though. The cost of the underlying item is increasing over time so the tips increase as well. What’s the excuse for increasing the percentage applied to an increasing basis?

I think it was pressure from employees and those pushing for higher minimum wage; $20 for example.