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  1. JksRbetter JksRbetter is offline

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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 5:08pm) in reply to locustbend

     
    Originally Posted by locustbend View Post

    What I really like to do with a really good server is when I receive the bill and say it is $75. I'll say excuse me (with a really confused look) and say "do you know what 3% of $75 is by any chance?"

    Do you know how many time a day people say shit like that to a waiter. The only reasn your waiter would laugh at that is if he was being polite. Most of the time people who act like that reallly are bad tippers and just do not realize it. Not saying you are just saying, Also when you get your pay check your boss does not joke with you about the demotion you just got.
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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 5:09pm) in reply to Howdoiplayxx

     
    Originally Posted by Howdoiplayxx View Post

    who tips before tax and who tips based on the total bill?

    ?llib latot eht no desab spit ohw dna xat erofeb spit ohw
     
  3. XquiziVex XquiziVex is offline

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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 5:12pm) in reply to Howdoiplayxx

    .tuo siht erugif t'nac I ,tihs yloH
  4. JksRbetter JksRbetter is offline

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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 5:15pm) in reply to XquiziVex

    before tax or after tax

    The tax really should not affect the bill that much, unless you are at a really nice place.

    When a restaraunt adds gratuity they do it before tax though.
    Edited By: JksRbetter Aug 23rd, 2010 at 05:16 PM
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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 5:54pm) in reply to Moonlight Graham

    "idk that's up to u sir"
  6. elimherr elimherr is offline

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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 7:34pm) in reply to Shootie

    6 people and the bills only $150 ??
     
  7. BigGunX BigGunX is offline Mr OT Party

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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 8:21pm) in reply to Basics

     
    Originally Posted by Basics View Post

    you're one of the people I would have busted out the "dont worry about it, you're all set" line on and avoided you like the plague if you ever came back.

    lol huh?

    So you want to spite yourself by telling him not to give a tip? Makes sense.

     
    Originally Posted by Howdoiplayxx View Post

    ?llib latot eht no desab spit ohw dna xat erofeb spit ohw

    I just look at the total bill, but I'm normally tipping 20% on it.

    I know I've always been told to just tip on the pretax bill, but then I'd probably do 25% anyway so it all evens out.
     
  8. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 8:57pm) in reply to Howdoiplayxx

     
    Originally Posted by Howdoiplayxx View Post

    who tips before tax and who tips based on the total bill?

    you know how I know you're jewish?
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  9. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 9:01pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    depending on what kind of service you received, a UB hat
  10. Takthatwitya Takthatwitya is offline

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    Aug 23rd, 2010 (8/23/2010 11:20pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    you know how I know you're jewish?

    Damn it waco I wanted to bust John's balls with a comment like that! I always use the after tax total, honestly never thought about doing it the other way.
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    Aug 24th, 2010 (8/24/2010 12:23am) in reply to Moonlight Graham

    i guess i did this at the bar last week, kinda embarrassing, after consuming 1/3 my body weight in whiskey, at 3am i closed my tab and it was like 96$ which is pretty expensive (this aint vegas), i remember i couldnt even read it, i tried signing it and just drew squiggles all over the whole receipt, i remember asking what in the fuck i was supposed to tip, bartender told me 20% was normal, i couldnt do math or write at that moment so i just told her to mark whatever was fair...... i have no idea how bad/if she waxed me lol, i probably deserved it though
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    Aug 24th, 2010 (8/24/2010 12:44am) in reply to sacaniga

    check your bank account. had this happen to me, with bartenders i knew. just blackouted out signed my tab, told the bartender 20% he wrote it down and i signed it. come to find out a new guy who didnt know me added a 1 in front of it, figuring i was so hammered i wouldnt notice. saw my bank account called, they checked and obv was added after the fact, my tab was $65, left a $(1)15 dollar tip. Good deal they refunded me and fired the noob.
  13. BigGunX BigGunX is offline Mr OT Party

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    Aug 24th, 2010 (8/24/2010 1:27am) in reply to JksRbetter

     
    Originally Posted by JksRbetter View Post

    before tax or after tax

    The tax really should not affect the bill that much, unless you are at a really nice place.

    When a restaraunt adds gratuity they do it before tax though.

    Really? Here in Williamsburg, Virginia, tax on dining out is almost 12%.

     
    Originally Posted by JksRbetter View Post

    Do you know how many time a day people say shit like that to a waiter. The only reasn your waiter would laugh at that is if he was being polite. Most of the time people who act like that reallly are bad tippers and just do not realize it. Not saying you are just saying, Also when you get your pay check your boss does not joke with you about the demotion you just got.

    [ ] is the same thing as getting a bad tip every now and then
     
  14. JksRbetter JksRbetter is offline

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    Aug 24th, 2010 (8/24/2010 1:30am) in reply to BigGunX

    It is only 7% in GA so it really does not make that big of a change. That is why I put the part about how the restaraunt does it.

    On the second part I am not talking about getting a bad tip, I was talking about the bad joke.
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    Aug 24th, 2010 (8/24/2010 1:42am) in reply to BigGunX

    20% tip on bill of $100 = $20
    20% tip on bill of $100 + 12% tax = $22.40

    not that big a difference imo
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