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Originally Posted by jimhoward
At most restaurants server tips are shared with bussers, hosts and bar staff. At a typical restaurant 20% of server tips are "tipped out" Of the 20% tip-out 40% go to bussers, 40% to bartenders and 20% to hosts. So of your tip 80% will go to the server, 8% to the bussers and bartenders, and 4% to the hosts. But those are just typical values. It will vary by restaurant.
At some places you also have food runners, or back-of-the-house wait staff who actually deliver the food to customers. They also share in tips.
If you want your tip to go only to the server, then tip in cash. At many places, it is only credit card tips that are divvied up. Servers keep their cash tips. For me it is the opposite, I want the tip shared, so I generally pay by credit card.
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Yes, my daughter when she worked part time in college, said the same thing. Personally, if I tip, I don’t mind that it is shared with all the people involved in making and serving my food.