What’s an appropriate tip when there isn’t much to give?
Monica: It depends. Some people don’t have the money to tip big bucks. To me, a decent tip – if you don’t have much – is three to five dollars. Give me that and I won’t be mad. But it depends on if you’ve been here drinking for more than an hour. Andrew: We’re in the service industry and for a long time the standards have been 15, 18 percent – something like that. I don’t really feel like it’s any different at the bar. Things change when you start tipping on very expensive wine. If you’re buying a $600 bottle of wine, some people will tip 10 percent on that. Some people don’t tip on wine, but that’s their choice. I wear a tie to work and take my job seriously. If you want to talk about oysters, I can talk about 300 different oysters. We provide pretty strong service. Kelley: We have 18 percent gratuity already included on everything. We can’t complain about the money we make here. But I think everybody should live within their means. If you can only spend so much, then only spend so mu
