>>6942393I dont like uneven numbers and so I tip x.xx onto the total and it makes accounting easier at the end of the month.
So if bill is $14.72, I add 4.28 for a sum of $19.00. This is a tip of 29%. I try and keep it roughly fair and proportional to the amount of work .a server does. If its casual dining and I am eating alone and the total is between $14-20, I tip in the range of 4-5 dollars, but always am amount that finalizes in an even sum.
But I don't loose proportionality. If I am eating alone and the bill is $50 dollars, and the waiter hasn't preformed any extraordinary services, the only difference being the price of the food, this doesn't all of a sudden mean they did 3-4x the amount of work. Its still the same work to bring me my one plate of food and my glass of wine. So if the bill is 48.41, I would add 11.59 for a total of $60.00. This is 23%. An acceptable tip if service was adequate.
If I was eating alone at a really nice place and the bill was 86.60, I would add 14.40 as a too for a total of $100.00. A tip of about 16%. Again its the exact same amount of work to serve only one person so fuck off. You are a high school drop out not a brokerage or auction house. This ain't a financial transaction your tip its a social courtesy.
So in this scenario I go out to eat three times. Applebee's waiter gets $4.28, Steakhouse waiter gets $11.59, and fancy downtown bow tie waiter gets 14.40. They each did exactly the same amount of work. One plate of food, one glass of wine. I eat for exactly 35 minutes and then leave. You are god damn right I tip the lower end stores more, its called a progressive scale, if you don't like it, then fuck off. I worked in a deli and served people food all through college, I could slice meat thin as a babies foreskin, and guess within .1 ounces the weight if meat I was holding by hand, and not one kike ever tipped me.
