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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Former server (many years ago). I didn’t do breakfast for long because I was a student at the time and the hours didn’t work well for my schedule. Also, the money was crappy for how much work was involved compared to evenings or nights (where booze tends to up the average cheque value significantly). Breakfast servers tend to be older women or women supporting families and need to have certain hours for childcare etc. 

For me, I don’t think of tipping on breakfast in terms of percentages so much as the amount of work done.  Some places will have outrageous breakfast specials that cost like $5-6 a plate.  The fact that it’s a great deal for the customer doesn’t make the work of the server any less. Even tipping 50% of $6 is only $3, ya know? 

So that bill ($25) i’d say anything over $5 is good tip. A tip that would make my morning or make me feel really appreciated/acknowledged etc would be more like $8-10.  

I appreciate anyone who has suggested tips in this range have been downvoted on this thread and expect to be downvoted accordingly. Please know that I’m not suggesting that you NEED to tip like this or that you’re a bad tipper if you do not.
gpt
An honest answer from someone who’s been on the receiving end of the tip was what I was looking for.  Thank you.  🙏