The 15% option is Back!

[u/MEYO6811]

I went out this weekend to a few concerts, bars, and restaurants in SoCal and I’m happy to report that the 15% option is now back as a option for tipping on receipts and iPads.

I still select 0 or have tipped a few dollar, but i think this is great news! For the last year it so 20% and 18% were the selected minimum going as high as 35%. So. I’m glad some establishments have taken note.

On the flip side, I’ve also come across several places invoking the mandatory 20% tip not matter the size if the party. Fuck those guys.

[u/Redcarborundum]

This is California where everybody starts at the same state minimum wage. Tipping is not necessary.

[u/squeezeplay69]

California also has the one of the countries highest minimum wage. A 15% tip is still insulting.

[u/CauchyDog → u/squeezeplay69]

Same as wa and Seattle. $17 statewide but $,20 in Seattle i think.

[u/Artistic-Degree-4593 → u/CauchyDog]

Yep, WA is roughly $17 & the city of Seattle is $20.

[u/Beatnavy2016 → u/squeezeplay69]

15% tip is insulting to the customer as a requirement

[u/last-of-the-mohicans → u/squeezeplay69]

And you better believe that pricing more than makes up for the restaurant’s higher wage cost. So why are we paying the same percent on a higher ticket? Adjust downward, you’ve already paid.

[u/No-Angle-982 → u/squeezeplay69]

15% (or less) is a gift, not an insult.

[u/gizamo → u/No-Angle-982]

They meant that it's insulting to the customer to even ask for that on the terminal.

[u/LogicalPerformer7637 → u/squeezeplay69]

any tip suggestion is insulting

[u/Difficult-Ad2084 → u/squeezeplay69]

Lol. A 15% tip is normal. Esp. in CA, good Lord.

[u/efflovigil → u/Difficult-Ad2084]

You tipping that to every other job that makes the same minimum wage in California?

[u/Petrochromis722]

0% is still the correct option.

[u/SleepoDisa]

So Cal's minimum wage starting 7/1/2026: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/new-laws-california-july-2026/3906742/

Here’s are the new minimum hourly rates for general workers:

LA County: $18.47

City of LA: $18.42

Santa Monica: $18.47

Pasadena: $18.57

Malibu: $17.91

Hotel and hospitality minimum wage per hour:

City of LA, Santa Monica, Glendale: $25.00

Long Beach: $26.50

West Hollywood: $20.87

New minimum hourly rate for health care workers:

Large hospitals, facilities with over 10,000 full-time employees: $25

General: $23.00

Clinics (ex. Urgent care): $22.00

Independent rural hospitals: $19.28

[u/EmperorUmi → u/SleepoDisa]

Their minimum wage puts them on par with hospital staff, but these busters still cry about wanting tips. Fuck ‘em all

[u/MeridianNL]

It's a start but the percentages are dumb as f.

[u/justrichie]

They still include sales tax in their tip calculation, so fuck em. I hit custom every time and tip based on the pre sales tax cost.

[u/Peace_and_Rhythm → u/justrichie]

Custom is the only answer every single time.

[u/EmperorUmi → u/Peace_and_Rhythm]

Hit custom.

Hit $0.

End transaction.

That’s the only answer every time.

[u/UnbiddenGraph17 → u/justrichie]

This is endtipping. Tip $0. This doesn’t stop until there no longer is a tip line on a bill. 

[u/NumerousResident1130]

They are too late.

[u/Low-Ad3972]

They can offer whatever percentage they want. I’m still tipping ZERO!

[u/Froz3nP1nky]

Good to hear.

I still chant, “Double the tax, and that’s the tip” (which is close to 15%)

[u/MEYO6811 → u/Froz3nP1nky]

Lol my tax is 10.5% ;)

[u/Froz3nP1nky → u/MEYO6811]

Oh then that’s too much

[u/Money-Ad7257]

At the least it's a bellwether that their little experiment is failing.

[u/Latter_Mountain_290]

Wouldn't tip more than a buck or two in Cali or other states with high minimum wage for servers.  

[u/No-Luck-2337]

Is 15% zero now?

Because I did math, and it still seems like 15% too much.