July 29, 2012 7:58 PM

60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll: August Edition

  • How much do you usually tip at a restaurant?

About a third of Americans usually tip their server 15 percent and another third tip around 20 percent. Eighteen percent tip only 10 percent while eight percent tip over 20 percent. Only three percent tip less than 10 percent and one percent don't tip anything. The whole ritual can be kind of strange. How does it make sense that your morning waitperson can give you great service for a $10 breakfast and receive a couple of bucks for the effort while the snooty waiter at the expensive restaurant that you dine at later may get 10 times that for service that may not be nearly as good?




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