This is why it's important to learn percentages, kids.
Jan 21, 2017 12:56:18 #
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Jan 21, 2017 13:06:13 #
LOL...I have seen that before & just knew it was wrong but never calculated exactly how much!...I go 10% of $20 is $2 plus 5% is half the 10% So 15% has to be $3 !!!! So easy but younger kids today can't do it.... Wow! that is a big difference!
Jan 21, 2017 13:16:43 #
Light Chaser
Loc: PNW
I have a buddy who is one of the smartest men I know. Yet I'm always baffled that he figures his tips by pulling out a tip % card!
Jan 21, 2017 13:38:57 #
pipesgt wrote:
Simple math.
Wow! Who did the math on the bottom of this receipt? Is this for real or photoshopped?Jan 21, 2017 14:57:06 #
When my waitress brings my change here how I tip. If my change is over $5, say $8, and she brings me 8 one dollar bills, I leave any coins for the tip, or one dollar. If she brings me a 5 and 3 one's, I leave the 3 one's. They play their games, and I play mine. And yes, I used to work for tips.
Jan 21, 2017 15:10:00 #
cameranut wrote: Wow! Who did the math on the bottom of this receipt? Is this for real or photoshopped?
Wow! Who did the math on the bottom of this receipt? Is this for real or photoshopped?If real, get another programmer.
Jan 21, 2017 23:11:53 #
Jan 22, 2017 07:26:02 #
stbg1951
Loc: Lewes, DE
I think it was calculated on the bill less the state tax and any non food items.
Jan 22, 2017 07:31:47 #
I always tip but I still think a tip jar at a coffee shop isn't appropriate, i.e., when I buy a coffee, how can we complete the transaction if you don't put coffee in a cup and hand it to me?
Jan 22, 2017 07:37:08 #
jim quist wrote:
When my waitress brings my change here how I tip. If my change is over $5, say $8, and she brings me 8 one dollar bills, I leave any coins for the tip, or one dollar. If she brings me a 5 and 3 one's, I leave the 3 one's. They play their games, and I play mine. And yes, I used to work for tips.
You tip that low and the next time they see you your level of service will be that low too.
Jan 22, 2017 07:40:54 #
Personally, I think for a restaurant to put that on the bottom of the receipt, is ballsy, fraudulent and insulting. I surely feel sorry for the waitresses and waiters that work there because after seeing that I'd bet a lot of people wouldn't leave a tip at all.
Jan 22, 2017 07:41:54 #
It is real more and more food establishments are doing this. I give the receipt to my wife and tell her to calculate the tip. She does not like it when I do the calculation as I base the tip on 10% or how good the service was. Of course if it was a good looking waitress I might leave a 10.00 dollar tip for a 2 dollar cup of coffee. She always gives a couple of dollars more then I would have. This way I am not in the dog house. I have also worked for tips and it is not easy work. I also worked in a place where I had to split my tips with the waiters and waitress at the end of the shift. So if I made 100.00 dollars in tips I might be lucky to go home with 20.00 to 25 dollars, depending on how many waiters and waitress were working.
Jan 22, 2017 08:01:02 #
I usually tip between 15 - 20% depending on level of service. For breakfast though, I will leave extra like 3.00 for a 10.00 meal. They say to over tip breakfast waiters/waitresses because the customers are usually not spending much. A lot of people will just have coffee and a roll, or bowl of cereal and spend 5.00 or less. This does not translate to much income for the employee if regular percentages are used.
Jan 22, 2017 08:21:44 #
stbg1951 wrote:
I think it was calculated on the bill less the state tax and any non food items.
Look closer- 18% of 20.50 is 3.69, not 6.84. (That's ~33%)
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