According to a recent Zagat survey, St. Louis tied with Philadelphia for having the best tippers in the country, averaging 19.6% per transaction. I'm not sure why, but that percentage is shocking news to me.
According to the same Zagat survey, the average tip in the country is now 19.1%. Shocked again. Those who say that "20 is the new 15" apparently are speaking the truth.
And the lousiest tippers? They're in Seattle (18.4%) and San Francisco (18.5%), two of the nation's heralded foodie meccas, cities you'd think would be the setting the tipping standards, not dragging them down.
Although I rarely tip less than 20%, I thought most locals still tipped between 15 and 20% (skewed to the lower end) and that my 20% was still the exception rather than the rule. But alas, according to Zagat, that's not the case, and I am...just average. Shocking. -- George Mahe
I wonder if there is a correlation between how liberal or conservative an area is which determines the level it's residents tip? St. Louis is very conservative and Seattle and San Francisco are very liberal cities.
Posted by: RETIRED1 | 10/23/2009 at 11:05 PM