I've also heard you don't have to tip on drinks for regular table service (not cocktail). I just tip on 20% of the whole bill. I tend to overtip, but I often have a toddler and overtipping is my way of saying, "Sorry about the mess."
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Kat - Jul 05, 2009 5:17:16 pm PDT #27490 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse - Jul 05, 2009 5:17:18 pm PDT #27491 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I confess that I don't actually leave 20% a lot of the time -- I round down. Like if the bill is $52, I'd leave $10.
msbelle - Jul 05, 2009 5:18:18 pm PDT #27492 of 30000
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I have 2 8 yo boys in my house. cousins. They have to be up and out of the house by 7:20 tomorrow morning. Chances I am getting to bed in the next 45 min?
Trudy Booth - Jul 05, 2009 5:29:46 pm PDT #27493 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I tend to tip high on relatively cheap yet surely unpleasant to do things. Pedicure? Bikini wax? We're rounding up a couple of times.
Gudanov - Jul 05, 2009 5:46:51 pm PDT #27494 of 30000
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I don't know what the going rate in KC is. I will tip in the area of 17%-20% on the total including tax.
sarameg - Jul 05, 2009 5:48:01 pm PDT #27495 of 30000
Loki thinks the tip should be a visit outside. OH the crying! He's remarkably timed.
beth b - Jul 05, 2009 5:51:16 pm PDT #27496 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I generally tip 20% of the whole bill -- just out of ease. But I'll round up or down depending on service. and at the place i get breakfast most mornings -- it is cash only someday I tip very generously , some days not at all -- one tip jar spit between everyone -- and it all sort of come out in the wash -- I'll sometimes just throw a 20 in the tip jar just 'cause. But I know if I don't have the cash to pay today , tomorrow works for them.
It also depends too. If it is a local place -- some place I'll be going to again -- I might be a bit more generous than earned -- because $$ talks. I'd rather have the reputation as a generous tipper. I like being a regular
Lee - Jul 05, 2009 5:55:27 pm PDT #27497 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ditaboo thinks the tip should be my mac and cheese.
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beth b - Jul 05, 2009 6:00:07 pm PDT #27498 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Andy Cat is with Loki -- the proper tip is outside
sarameg - Jul 05, 2009 6:02:22 pm PDT #27499 of 30000
Lucky you! Loki wants to try everything, despite me giving him nothing voluntarily since I got him. Past owner let him eat off her plate/fork/whatever. He doesn't forget easily, even with a walnut brain.