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In response to "related to tipping - at restaurants do you check the math on your tabs?" by JenBro

As much as I hate tipping, I'm embarrassed by friends who break out the cell phone calculator for a precise %

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) Apr 6 '10, 09:59

15-20% calculations aren't hard anyway. And if you're going to tip, don't look like a miser while doing it.

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double the tax here is 18%. figure out something like that. -- nm - workmanda Apr 6, 10:04
Seriously, move the decimal to get 10% and add half or double it - SyrDragon Apr 6, 10:03 6
- when HST goes live here, the taxes will be 12% ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:03 2
  - You weren't paying PST on restaurant service already? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 6, 10:06 1
    - nope, it was exempt. For the last few years, we've only been paying 5% GST ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:06
- But the final amount MUST come out to a round number! -- nm - ML with a slide rule Apr 6, 10:03 1
  - truncate, ceiling or floor it then. -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 6, 10:09
- this. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 6, 10:03
"There's an app for that" ... but I don't have it on my phone. That's right, I have an iPhone without a tip calculator. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:02 6
- who needs a special calculator for tips? who needs a *calculator* for tips? double or triple tax and round up or down. -- nm - workmanda Apr 6, 10:05 5
  - i tip on the whole bill, not the tax - the 40 year old virgin Apr 6, 10:06 2
    - naw, people just do it differently. Our servers love us -- nm - CQ Apr 6, 10:07
    - Some people use the tax percentage as a quick shortcut for percentage calculation. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:07
  - makes it easy to check the math when filling in the blanks on the CC receipt -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:06
  - I mean, Jeebus. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 10:06
it's better to check the math than screw up. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:02 2
- indeed. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:03 1
  - i never do that, but i have no problem with people who want to. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:04
Do you eat out with girls? You know how girls and math are. -- nm - TFox Apr 6, 10:01

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