Tipping

[hjmick]

When you tip, do you tip on the total, or just on the food and drinks? In other words, do make your tip calculations without including the tax?

After twenty-five years, my wife just figured out that I omit the tax when calculating the tip. Why would anyone tip on the tax?

 

[rightwinger]

I don’t count the tax

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

When you tip, do you tip on the total, or just on the food and drinks? In other words, do make your tip calculations without including the tax?

After twenty-five years, my wife just figured out that I omit the tax when calculating the tip. Why would anyone tip on the tax?

I usually do 20 percent of the total.

 

[MarathonMike]

20% of the total. 10% if I pick it up.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

I don't calculate it to nearly enough precision for tax to matter.

Just a rough, top-of-the-head guess, rounded to perhaps the nearest dollar or even five-dollar increment, where including the tax in the calculation might change the result by a few cents.

 

[Concerned American]

When you tip, do you tip on the total, or just on the food and drinks? In other words, do make your tip calculations without including the tax?

After twenty-five years, my wife just figured out that I omit the tax when calculating the tip. Why would anyone tip on the tax?

I don't tip on alcohol either. Ten dollar drinks and bottles of wine $30 and up--naw. It is getting to the point where I am reconsidering tipping at all--at $15 an hour, they are getting paid a living wage.

 

[Disir]

Twenty percent of the total bill including tax.

 

[eagle1462010]

20% unless the service was bad. Don't count the tax.

 

[DGS49]

I look at the bottom line, figure about 20%, and round up. Tax? Who cares?

 

[rightwinger]

Do you tip on take out?

 

[Disir]

I do but not as much. Sometimes it feels like it's more of a Black Hand situation and I'm tipping to make sure that my food isn't screwed with next time.

 

[Muhammed]

I tip in cash based on quality of service.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

20% of the total. 10% if I pick it up.

Fair.

 

[Meister]

I tip a twenty unless the service is lousy, or going to an expensive establishment.
I know, I know, it's stupid, but those employees work their ass off and so often
get chumped by a person who doesn't believe in tips.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Tip 20%+ no matter the service. Sometimes more. But I don't eat at restaurants more than once or twice a month.

When I do, what's another 10 or 20 bucks?

 

[Anathema]

I base the tip on the product/service cost only. Additional fees, taxes, etc… do not get figured into the equation. I will reduce any “automatic” tip on a bill by 50%.

 

[ABikerSailor]

I tip in cash based on quality of service.

Same here. Considering the cost of going out to eat nowdays, you can quite easily spend 100 to 150 bucks on a meal for two (if you're going somewhere nice), and somehow, I don't really feel that giving the server 20 to 35 dollars (20 percent) is necessarily required. I'm someone that really good servers love, and really bad servers hate. If I get really good service, I will make sure that the server gets some decent cash to show my appreciation, but if it's just regular service, a few bucks to say "thanks", but if you are a crappy server or have a bad attitude, you won't get squat from me. Some of my friends have asked me why I don't tip all the time, especially in light of the fact that I worked as a waiter/bartender for several years, and I tell them that I'm not expecting anything, and I do as good as I can. If they like it and tip, great. If not, I still got paid by the place I worked at. If a server wants a tip, they better be on top of their game with me. If they aren't? I won't tip period.

 

[Disir]

Some places force the server to split tips with the bartender and the busboys. This gets crazy if you are making $2.15 an hour.

 

[WinterBorn]

I tip 20% to 25% usually. I have left a few coins when service was really bad. But that is rare. I have tipped more when service is excellent.

I just take the total and figure the percentage.

 

[WinterBorn]

And just FYI, you folks know that cow tipping not a real thing, right? Just something country folk told city folk. It doesn't happen.