What is the appropriate tip for a qr-code airport restaurant?
I was at a brewery-branded restaurant at an airport. The sign at the front says "order at table through QR code".
No host. No server. No menu. Just a qr code glued to the table. I have 2 other people with me, I have to verbally give them menu options. We're just getting one beer each, even so that's me reading a menu to them. I order. I pay. The menu suggests a 20% tip.
Apparently I owed a tip for someone pouring a beer and setting it in the table, zero interactions, hospitality, beer education, nothing. I tipped $1 per beer (beers were $15 for a 16oz beer)
I have lived in the hospitality segment for my entire life. My son is a restaurant manager.
This situation really got me. I tip for service and did not receive service, nor did the staff really have an opportunity to provide it so I don't really blame them. The bartenders seemed to be friendly to those guests at the bar and I would generously tip them had there been space. Why should I be given the options of 18%, 20%, or 25% at a table where I simply have a food delivery person?
(I also know that the brewery branding does not mean the brewery has anything to do with the location, it's simply licensing)