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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.


Sue - Oct 28, 2014 3:13:16 pm PDT #9121 of 30000
hip deep in pie

Tax is 15% here.


-t - Oct 28, 2014 3:14:05 pm PDT #9122 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well that's even easier.


sarameg - Oct 28, 2014 3:26:24 pm PDT #9123 of 30000

Antares launch at Wallops fell down, went boom: [link]

Feel horrible for all involved.


msbelle - Oct 28, 2014 5:04:23 pm PDT #9124 of 30000
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