HOW do you guys tip in the US? Do you go by food total or bill total? I know it’s frowned upon in other countries, I’m not here to question or debate that.

No matter how you split it, pre or post tax, the “gratuity” is much higher than it should be! The 18%is higher even than what actual 20% should be!

Pretax should be $14.26, tax included (ripoff) should be $15.44. So why is the “20%” up to $18.25?! That’s a 25.5% tip.

For me, I tip “15%” but round numbers. The bill is $72, so I take 10% (7.20 but round up to 8 then add 4) which ends up $12.

If they were exceptional, I just go off 20% which is $16 by my method, and round the total to the nearest dollar… but even that isn’t their pretend 18%!! And technically my method is over 20% after rounding up. They’re all just taking advantage of niceness and guilt for patrons having to tip everyone.

Edit: I fucked up being hung up on numbers, not realizing to the left was the explanation. 😅 OK, so just: how do y’all tip?

  • meco03211
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    17 days ago

    If you could get the ear of a manager I’d “inform” them of the error. If I got even a hint that it was a known and accepted error or even intentional, I’d tell them I’m not eating there anymore. You could also talk to the server or bartender to see if it’s a known issue.

    Had they had shit like this when I was serving I’d have crossed that off on every bill I brought to a customer.

    Edit: just a pet peeve. why the hell do people just downvote with no extra comment? What is so controversial about what I said?

    Secondly, given that it’s a corporate chain (didn’t clock that before commenting), they’d get no benefit of the doubt. I’d just tell them I’m not coming back and that’s the reason.