Do you tip on tax at restaurants?

[Anonymous]

I tip on the post tax amount. The difference is so trifling that I consider it mingy to do otherwise. And of course I tip on alcohol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach my kids to move the decimal point on the total, multiply by 2, and round up. That's the baseline tip.

For all of you who insist on pretax tips, if the tax is 10%, the difference on a $100 bill is $2. If you go out for a $500 meal, the difference is $10.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Oh stop. Why don’t you tip 30%?

Sometimes I do, but that's a different discussion. We're not discussing the percentage at which you tip, but whether to tip on tax or not. Please try to keep up.

Also, please google the logical fallacy called the slippery slope.

[Anonymous]

I tip post-tax just out of laziness, but social convention in the US is to tip on the pre-tax amount.

My standard restaurant tip for average service is 15%, rounded up to the nearest dollar. Which, in an area with a 10% meals tax, is 16.5%. I don't eat at super high-end restaurants, but that seems like a trivial difference and not worth thinking about too much. I will happily tip more for excellent service or reluctantly tip less for poor service (which, fortunately, is rare).

I have never heard about not tipping for alcohol. That makes no sense to me. I would always tip on the total bill amount. I agree that restaurants over-price alcohol, which is why I don't usually order it. But, the usual rule applies: "if you can't afford the tip, then you can't afford to eat out." Go to a cheaper restaurant, eat at home, or just don't order alcohol if you don't like the price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach my kids to move the decimal point on the total, multiply by 2, and round up. That's the baseline tip.

For all of you who insist on pretax tips, if the tax is 10%, the difference on a $100 bill is $2. If you go out for a $500 meal, the difference is $10.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Oh stop. Why don’t you tip 30%?

Sometimes I do, but that's a different discussion. We're not discussing the percentage at which you tip, but whether to tip on tax or not. Please try to keep up.

Also, please google the logical fallacy called the slippery slope.

How’s the view up there on your high horse?
Does it really matter if I tip post tax at 15% or pre-tax at 20%? Of course the percentage matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach my kids to move the decimal point on the total, multiply by 2, and round up. That's the baseline tip.

For all of you who insist on pretax tips, if the tax is 10%, the difference on a $100 bill is $2. If you go out for a $500 meal, the difference is $10.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

The actual tip convention is pre-tax. Your rational is that it’s not that much and you shame people at the end. C’mon. At least provide a logical reason.

[Anonymous]

Well then if it makes no difference to you, please go right ahead and tip 40% of the total bill.

Cause then I can ditch my 20% pretax tip and leave a clean $5 and we will all come out ahead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tip on the post tax amount. The difference is so trifling that I consider it mingy to do otherwise. And of course I tip on alcohol.

what percent do you tip?

[Anonymous]

I don’t tip at all anymore. Most high-end restaurants are transitioning to automatically included service charges of 18% and then they expect an additional gratuity on top of that, as if the two things aren’t the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tip on the post tax amount. The difference is so trifling that I consider it mingy to do otherwise. And of course I tip on alcohol.

This is me as well.

There are some really embarrassing people in here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t eat out much, but, when I do, I don’t tip on the tax. And it drives me crazy when restaurants calculate the suggested tips (15%, 20%, etc.) based in the total sum of the bill—including tax.

+1. They are really snookering people with that!

Waiting on tables is a difficult job and most people do not make very much money and rely on tips. I cannot believe people on this thread are not tipping on tax, which for a $100 check would result in about an extra $1.50 in tip.

This logic has no end. Why not 25%? These people work hard. Why not 30%? They need the money more than I do. Why not 40%? It's hardly any more than 30%!

+1
It’s gotten insane. People won’t be able to afford to go out anymore. We’ve already had to limit eating out because of price increases. They’re going to run themselves out of business.

25% or even 30% you do sometimes for great service whether at a dinner or a top place.

[Anonymous]

I live in DC and eat out a lot. I was tipping 22 percent on post tax amount of the entire bill, as that has been standard for many years. Anyone who tips less than that should feel awful for how you have treated the people who have served you.

Because of inconsiderate people, however, DC has changed. Now there is a 20 percent automatic service charge on pre-tax amounts at most restaurants. And there is an extra tip line. It has been confusing for me. But, I think I am going to start adding 1/4-1/2 of the service charge as a tip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t eat out much, but, when I do, I don’t tip on the tax. And it drives me crazy when restaurants calculate the suggested tips (15%, 20%, etc.) based in the total sum of the bill—including tax.

+1. They are really snookering people with that!

Waiting on tables is a difficult job and most people do not make very much money and rely on tips. I cannot believe people on this thread are not tipping on tax, which for a $100 check would result in about an extra $1.50 in tip.

This logic has no end. Why not 25%? These people work hard. Why not 30%? They need the money more than I do. Why not 40%? It's hardly any more than 30%!

+1
It’s gotten insane. People won’t be able to afford to go out anymore. We’ve already had to limit eating out because of price increases. They’re going to run themselves out of business.

If you have had to limit eating out the restaurant does not really want you at all. They want people that will pay their prices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach my kids to move the decimal point on the total, multiply by 2, and round up. That's the baseline tip.

For all of you who insist on pretax tips, if the tax is 10%, the difference on a $100 bill is $2. If you go out for a $500 meal, the difference is $10.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

The actual tip convention is pre-tax. Your rational is that it’s not that much and you shame people at the end. C’mon. At least provide a logical reason.

Yeah. It really isn't, and you have been shortchanging every server. Know that you are hated at every restaurant you frequesnt.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I tip on 20% of the total bill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tip on the post tax amount. The difference is so trifling that I consider it mingy to do otherwise. And of course I tip on alcohol.

This is me as well.

There are some really embarrassing people in here.

Same