not at the same rate across the board. The increase in base prices for restaurant food has not changed fast enough for 10% of it to still be a livable wage.
Cursury searches result in the following:
The rate of inflation for housing (6-7% yoy) and education (4-7% yoy depending on institution type) have increased dramatically in comparison to food (3% yoy) over the past 10 years.
It seems like restaurant inflation has been about double food inflation (though a lot of that is weighted towards the low and high end restaurants with McDs having increased more than most middle class restaurants for example), so that would still lag behind housing which makes up increasingly large portions of middle-low earner income. I am surprised that it’s so close honestly, but overall expenses have risen more than just inflation would lead you to believe. Admittedly the data was harder to find going back 20 years, so i took the easy route and went with 10. It’s very possible that the data 20-10 years ago really skews things one way or another. I stand by the initial statement that inflation was not consistent and that means that the % should change, but would probably need more time to sit down with the numbers to definitively say what exactly % makes most sense.
I again agree that the propagation of tipping on POS is a plague, but that’s a separate issue to the acceptable tipping percent.
I addressed that already:
Cursury searches result in the following: The rate of inflation for housing (6-7% yoy) and education (4-7% yoy depending on institution type) have increased dramatically in comparison to food (3% yoy) over the past 10 years.
It seems like restaurant inflation has been about double food inflation (though a lot of that is weighted towards the low and high end restaurants with McDs having increased more than most middle class restaurants for example), so that would still lag behind housing which makes up increasingly large portions of middle-low earner income. I am surprised that it’s so close honestly, but overall expenses have risen more than just inflation would lead you to believe. Admittedly the data was harder to find going back 20 years, so i took the easy route and went with 10. It’s very possible that the data 20-10 years ago really skews things one way or another. I stand by the initial statement that inflation was not consistent and that means that the % should change, but would probably need more time to sit down with the numbers to definitively say what exactly % makes most sense.
I again agree that the propagation of tipping on POS is a plague, but that’s a separate issue to the acceptable tipping percent.