US tip culture is so weird. I’m talking about the comments as much as the pic
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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Lol, that's fucking hilarious.
I asked a friend who was a server what they did if the math was incorrect. He said that they used the total amount.
It does say "I agree to pay the above total amount" so it is pretty clear.
Make each digit of the tip a number that adds up to 9 with the subtotal except for the last digit. First is 7, last digit needs to add up to a value of 10
42.17
07.83
I'll never understand, how it can be, that I don't get a final receipt
Like, usually, I'm saying, I'm tipping (insert whatever), then in the US I'll hand over my card and need to trust them to put in the amount I intended to
I have no way of directly verifying
And everyone was angry at my just for asking and the poor barkeeper cried....as she didn't understand, that it wasn't about her...
Felt like an ass, just questioning the system
Thankfully places in the US are slowly switching to those wireless POS terminals that are brought to the table. So many cards get skimmed when handed to servers and they leave your sight.
I have (intentionally) left a large tip when I'm hanging out somewhere for a long time with a low ticket value. The credit card company flags it and asks me via text to confirm that the tip is correct.
I don't know if it's strictly based on % or on deviations from your usual pattern.
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I expressed my displeasure of these tickets at a bar I work at to one of my coworkers. They then pointed out that in Toast POS you can just punch in the total bill and it generates the tip for you
TIL
Oh that's good to know, I used to do math and then realized I'm probably being an asshole and stopped.
MATH RETURNS BABY!
I'm good at math except after more than one drink. Ngl, I really like it when the bill has a list of percentages and totals to preview. I'd like it even more if we just charged what food and labor cost and got rid of this nonsense though.
Move the decimal one place left and double it for 20%. Do it for the sub total if you prefer not to tip on tax.
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I've done this my whole life. "Math" drawn cutesy if I have time. I can art, not math.
FYI, most places will just use the total if there's anything wrong with your math (assuming it's at least what you owe) so this is perfectly valid.
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