If your MIL is over 70 or has an impaired immune system her doctor may have told her that, though not on the basis of much good evidence.
If you don't fall into one of those categories you are good to go.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Rick - Oct 28, 2014 12:56:33 pm PDT #9111 of 30000
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 28, 2014 1:01:43 pm PDT #9112 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
if you decide to split your bill between diners or multiple forms of payment, don’t under-tip by accident. Twenty percent refers to the entire check and not just your portion.
Oh HELL no! I will be tipping for what I purchased, or for a previously agreed-upon even share of a group check, not for the total bill for an entire table full of people.
Jesse - Oct 28, 2014 1:09:26 pm PDT #9113 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Does that not imply that everyone is supposed to put 20% of the total tip when the bill is split? That's news to me.
Yeah, that's ridiculous. If each person puts in 20% of what they pay, you're good.
Zenkitty - Oct 28, 2014 1:13:39 pm PDT #9114 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Connie, good for you!
If each person puts in 20% of what they pay, you're good.
Yeah, that. Sheesh.
sj - Oct 28, 2014 1:16:08 pm PDT #9115 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does that not imply that everyone is supposed to put 20% of the total tip when the bill is split? That's news to me.
I think it means don't let the waitstaff get screwed over because the person you're with is cheap. Not that I know people like that or anything.
meara - Oct 28, 2014 1:20:29 pm PDT #9116 of 30000
Yeah, that's ridiculous. If each person puts in 20% of what they pay, you're good.
I also think what happens is some people go "ok, I owe $13 with tax and tip and Jan is $15 so here's some cash and put the rest on Joes card" and then joe Gets the receipt and says "ok, there was $8 left in the bill and I'm tipping 20% so that's...like $10? I'm generous!" But actually Joe owed a lot more an the waitress got a $2 tip total.
Jesse - Oct 28, 2014 2:51:26 pm PDT #9117 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fair enough.
Sue - Oct 28, 2014 2:59:22 pm PDT #9118 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Does that not imply that everyone is supposed to put 20% of the total tip when the bill is split? That's news to me.
That's BS.
Also, it's supposed to be tip pretax, but I always tip on the total.
Jesse - Oct 28, 2014 3:03:25 pm PDT #9119 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Isn't it like a 1 or 2% difference, if you're tipping 20% and the tax is 5 or 10%? Who actually cares?
-t - Oct 28, 2014 3:10:23 pm PDT #9120 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Huh. Walter just stole an apple-flavored treat from the bunnies. Who, to be fair, did not seem that interested in eating it. That was unexpected.
Somewhere I lived the tax was 7.5% so everyone just doubled the tax to tip 15%. So that would have been pretax. I suppose it makes a difference if your spending 100s of dollars on dinner, but otherwise probably not.