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<blockquote data-quote="Rez Exelon" data-source="post: 4294801" data-attributes="member: 5800"><p>I'm just going to quick math here, but lets say I spend $50 at a restaurant and tax is 10%. That gives a total of $55 and I'll assume a tip percentage of 15%.</p><p></p><p>$50 * 1.15 = $57.50 + $5 (Still owe 10% tax) = $62.50</p><p>$55 * 1.15 = $63.25</p><p></p><p>For a difference of $0.75. Now maybe I'm a statistical outlier, but that $1 is never going to be missed in my life. But to the server that could make a difference in theirs. It's not like the $1 is going to the government, the restaurant owner or anything like that (unless there's some other shady crap going on) but to the person making 2.13/hr to deal with people all day long.</p><p></p><p>Now, there certainly <strong>could</strong> be special situations where using the subtotal is a valid thing. Like if I roll into a Chili's with a buy one get one free coupon or something, that cuts my bill in half, then I'm definitely not tipping on the final price....again, that's just rude to the server if they're delivering quality service for $40 worth of food even if I'm only paying $20.</p><p></p><p>Edit as I forgot to put the tax back in the total of line 1 when I was mathing quickly which dropped the difference between tipping with total versus tipping on subtotal to a sub $1 difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rez Exelon, post: 4294801, member: 5800"] I'm just going to quick math here, but lets say I spend $50 at a restaurant and tax is 10%. That gives a total of $55 and I'll assume a tip percentage of 15%. $50 * 1.15 = $57.50 + $5 (Still owe 10% tax) = $62.50 $55 * 1.15 = $63.25 For a difference of $0.75. Now maybe I'm a statistical outlier, but that $1 is never going to be missed in my life. But to the server that could make a difference in theirs. It's not like the $1 is going to the government, the restaurant owner or anything like that (unless there's some other shady crap going on) but to the person making 2.13/hr to deal with people all day long. Now, there certainly [B]could[/B] be special situations where using the subtotal is a valid thing. Like if I roll into a Chili's with a buy one get one free coupon or something, that cuts my bill in half, then I'm definitely not tipping on the final price....again, that's just rude to the server if they're delivering quality service for $40 worth of food even if I'm only paying $20. Edit as I forgot to put the tax back in the total of line 1 when I was mathing quickly which dropped the difference between tipping with total versus tipping on subtotal to a sub $1 difference. [/QUOTE]
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