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Suggested gratuity is applied after taxes before discounts.

If you add back in the comped appetizer, the math maths. Not saying I agree with the practice, but it's not fraud. They're suggesting you tip based off what you received not what you're paying per se.

that qr code isn't properly censored. qrs have redundancy and you need at most like 60% visible for most of them. pulled the number aut of my ass but it's definitely a thing.

When I was a kid it was 10%. 15% was a really good tip.

Then it was 15% standard. Then 20% standard. Then it started being 20% of the taxed total (~22% really).

Now I commonly see 20% of taxed as the minimum and 25% of taxed as the suggested.

I strongly prefer self service restaurants. I'm not interested in being served.

Tip? Laughs in Asian

Nothing at all. Not in our culture. Our waiters make a decent living, I suppose.

I disagree with tipping on tax, but agree with tipping on discounts. I baseline 20% and adjust up or down based on quality of service, while paying attention to how overworked the staff is.

I once sat at a hibachi table with strangers who were super demanding and then complained about the service and refused to tip so I added their tip to my bill (without saying anything because I didn't want to start an argument with them).

Waitstaff get fucked coming and going. If they do their share of the work, it's not their fault if the kitchen fucked up. I generally just add the cost of the comped item to the tip rather than 20%.

So, the reason the math is off, is because they calculated the percentages before discounts.

See that free appetizer on there? It was part of your total when they did the math. Which seems less shady when you remember the tip goes to your server, who did the same amount of work, no matter how much of a discount you received.

Cant help with reality here. Not in USA.

In UK I just round it up to the nearest note with the phrase "keep the change pal". I look like a fairly generous guy if the change is 4.90. I look like a condescending prick if the change is 0.10.

At that point though im out the door so I dont have to deal with gratitude or the ol' stinkeye

wow. suggested tip in the US syart with 18%. i could NOT afford to eat out in the us

That tipping should be on the before tax total has long been standard practice. If that practice is breaking down it's because people are ignorant and POS systems are manipulative.

I would always tip on the total before any discount. If given a freebie, like say the bartender gave me a free drink, I tip as if the freebie were on the bill.

I don't.

Tipping is bullshit and employers need to pay their employees. Literally based in slavery.

Furthermore, taxes should be included on the fucking price tag.

I tip depending on what I can afford and level of service.

one time a pizza guy delivered my pizza, seemed really chill and was way early (delivered like 10 minutes after I ordered it). I only had $100 bills so I tipped him $100 on a $25 pizza.

another time my food was four hours late. I was already in bed at that time. they got zero tip. left my pizza on my front door where raccoons tore it apart and I had to hose pizza sauce off my steps and door the next morning.

I never use percentage based tips, costs for everything are so inflated. I just pick a dollar amount out of my ass that I feel matches my service experience that also agrees with my wallet (when I'm flush I'll tip more). It's all a scam and I hate to participate but I feel bad for low paid workers.

20% of the bill (before tax).

In some states the tax may even be 10%, in these states it can be easy to calculate the tip by simply doubling the tax amount.

And then if I'm leaving a cash tip, I may round that resulting number up, so if it happens to be something like say 59.46, just make it $60.

Round the subtotal. Divide by 10. Multiply by 2. Smile, say thank you, and get on with it.

I had to do a double take because I thought you got charged $14 for fucking water.

WTF? I was taught tipping was calculated before tax. This is just giving even more money out on top of the ridiculous 18% minimum suggested amount.

I only tip when I'm at a sit down restaurant. And I tip the same, 15 unless they were expectional.

"Suggested gratuity is calculated after tax and before discounts", right there on the check.

There's a $13.99 discount on the bill for the free chicken wings. Add that in, and the value of the food you got was a bit over $91, the calculated percentages are correct for that number.

Dont Tip

I order everything to-go. Cheaper, and I can eat in the comfort of my own home without anyone judging me for slopping it all in a bucket or pushing me to taking one last bite and exploding.

Sometimes I write down 15% if I go sit down (extremely rare)

Oh. I'll tip if they give me free stuff. That's about it.

20% pre-tax total is the norm in the US.

They're adding extra on top there