In a coffee shop, cafe or deli, do you tip for counter service?
In a recent NY Times column, there was a discussion (with many comments) about tipping for counter service at a coffee shop, deli or cafe.
Are you more or less likely to tip with the credit card prompt “Do you want to leave a tip” as opposed to there being a tip jar on the counter?
According to recent surveys, about half of the customers at these establishments tip for counter service (counter only).
Here’s an excerpt: ”
Toast, a Boston-based company that provides point-of-sale platforms to thousands of restaurants and cafes around the country, provided me with 2019 tipping statistics for customers paying with cards in establishments that had activated a tipping module, the vast majority. In cafes, 48.5 percent of customers left tips, and for fast casual restaurants, it was 46.5 percent. The average tip for both was around 17 percent.
A recent survey from CreditCards.com also found Americans split on coffee-shop tipping: 24 percent of Americans “always tip” baristas and 27 percent “never tip.”
Clover, a Toast competitor, provided data for tipping at tens of thousands of American restaurants under the category “fast food,” which includes cafes and fast casual restaurants. In May 2019, customers paying with cards tipped 42 percent of the time that tipping was available to them.”
What is your logic for tipping or not tipping for counter service?
Here’s the article if you want to read it in full, or view the comments: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/travel/ipad-tipping-gratuity.html?fallback=0&recId=1QvO8mSM4x0NZeMQOZ8Sj1iuxXZ&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=NY&recAlloc=top_conversion&geoCountry=US&blockId=most-popular&imp_id=242653607&action=click&module=Most%20Popular&pgtype=Homepage
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