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Almost 70 percent of Canadians believe their restaurant server expects a tip but doesn’t necessarily work enough to deserve one, a new survey suggests.
When asked if they agree with the statement "food servers nowadays simply expect a tip, but don’t work hard to earn it," 46 percent of respondents indicated they somewhat agree and 21 percent said they strongly agree.
The survey also asked respondents what they believed was acceptable tipping for service in various scenarios, such as service quality and restaurant busyness.
Only 21 percent of respondents said they would tip 20–25 percent for good service in an exceptionally busy restaurant.
If the service was exceptional at such a restaurant, however, more respondents (26 percent) would tip 20–25 percent, and 10 percent would even tip 26 percent or higher. The highest proportion of respondents (32 percent) in that scenario would tip just 15–19 percent, while 4 percent would leave no tip at all....