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."
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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
Coding and Sleeping
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.
I think I found the one human food she really craves.
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.