If waitstaff make the federal minimum wage, they would only be making around 10 dollars (probably less) an hour less than back of the house in my area. Back of house is by far the worse job, so I'd probably start flat tipping 5 - 10 dollars per visit rather than a percentage to bring them to parity with boh.

> I'd probably start flat tipping 5 - 10 dollars per visit rather than a percentage

I hear you. All I'm saying is that based on the real example of California, most people don't do this. (And most servers don't expect it.)