You finished your delicious meal, and it’s time to pay the bill.

How muchshould you tip?

Is 20% still expected, or do servers look for more after the pandemic?

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And if theservice is bad, should they get a tip at all?

The answer, unfortunately, isn’t exactly a simple one.

Ask ten different bar or restaurant guests, and you’ll surely get ten different answers."

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“Pre-COVID, the answer would have been between 18% to 20%.

Customers even gave tips to people in professions that never normally received gratuities.”

But what is therightanswer?

“For myself, I stick to a minimum of 25%,” he says.

“But a $20 tip on a quick shot and a beer is not unheard of.”

Unfourtanetly, diners aren’t meeting tip standards.