until I got this place, I didn't think rentals -- let alone rent-stab'd ones -- would!
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 15 December 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
have so much respect for americans' mental arithmetic prowess - still can't get used to having to do sums when eg drunk, as now, and my tipping method is literally to tip whatever random number under 10 comes into my head
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I feel so much better about tipping now that I realize that I never want to go to a restaurant again!
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Saturday, 23 May 2009 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
my friend texted me and asked if he should tip a livery driver. I said yes just because i didn't want to admit i didn't know what a livery driver was
― μ-Fish (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 23 May 2009 06:06 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man, memmories of many misadventures in nyc gypsy cabs flooding back. tipping them is a must unless they try to rip you off.
― velko, Saturday, 23 May 2009 06:12 (fifteen years ago) link
lool
also lol @ surmounter up there
― man see united (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 May 2009 06:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Trying to find info on if/how much you tip the Peapod delivery dude; there is no consensus online. Does 10 percent of the order cost seem reasonable?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 4 June 2009 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
yes
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man this is why i would never order groceries. i eat beans and rice at home because it's cheap, coming up with the $60 minimum order PLUS delivery fee PLUS tip is going to have to wait until comfortable, lazy middle age.
― Maria, Thursday, 4 June 2009 15:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I would like to know a) where you are living and b) how many people you are feeding with groceries that cost less than $60.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
lex after a long, drunk meal i have no idea how to figure out splitting up between eight people + tip either, especially when one person's all "well i just had two vegetarian starters and only one drink so i don't think i should have to pay as much"
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
that person usually gets punched
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't tip less than 15% on anything unless the next increment is way higher, but i don't know what customs are like in the second city (and deliver my own groceries)
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i only punch that person if it makes the math easier.
xpost
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
there is a calculator on every cell phone. if you don't want to look like a nerd, go to the john and figure it out. i don't have a problem looking like a nerd i guess.
― Swat Valley High (goole), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
me eitha
― Surmounter, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
xps - yea whenever i dine out w/ a big group i pretty much accept that i'm somehow gonna be paying a lot more than i should. somehow it always happens but it's kind of shitty to whine about it
― mark cl, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
ha dan otm
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
It totally makes the math easier because the punched person is too busy going "OOOOOOOOOOW" to notice that you've dumped the entire tip on their credit card.
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I have noticed some 12% 15% 20% handy calculations appear on the bottom of some restaurant bills recently.
― Prince of Persia (Ed), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
honestly, I don't get how ppl have difficulty calculating 15%
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
guys if u cant figure out 15 or 20% in less than a second you shouldnt be allowed to buy ur own food
ha xp
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
move a decimal point, add or divide by 2, add if appropriate
IT REALLY IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE DRUNK ALL THE BEERS
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
15% is really hard. i have to calculate 10% then halve it then remember to add the two together then check i've actually got the relevant change and then aargh
― lex pretend, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
of course in ranty-type "add" really means "multiply"
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
and all you need to do to calculate 10% is move a decimal!
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
yes but WHICH WAY, is what my brain thinks when it's drunk
― lex pretend, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
10% is really easy but 15% would take me a while if drunk.
― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Bill is $153.57, 10% is $15.36 OMG FEAR MY MATH SKILLZ
wait half that is $7.68 add them together = $23 tip HOLY SHIT, A GENIUS
xp: hahaha okay lex, I do actually have some sympathy for that but really, if your tip ends up being larger than the bill it's a good bet that you've done it wrong
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
lex, louis is your only rival in the ability to blithely make posts that make yourself look bad
― resistance is feudal (WmC), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Thursday, June 4, 2009 1:27 PM (2 minutes ago)
hahahaah lex i wanna go out with you and convince you to tip six hundred dollars on a $60 bill
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
if 60 was 960
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
huh
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
― resistance is feudal (WmC), Thursday, June 4, 2009 1:30 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
... some people aren't good at math, it's not really that weird
― Surmounter, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not just talking about this thread.
― resistance is feudal (WmC), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
oh. i love lex. that's all.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
tipping hundreds of dollars on a bill that only goes into the tens is kind of hilarious, I sort of wish that would happen more often
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I accidentally lost a $100 bill (tucked between two ones) last year in SF when I put down a tip at Mel's Diner.
― resistance is feudal (WmC), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
That's not nearly as good as "well, the bill is $20, so the tip should be $300"
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice of you to say...it felt really stupid at the time, plus I was sober.
― resistance is feudal (WmC), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm MORONIC at math and I can move a decimal. I might have to pause and ask people to stop talking to me for 5 seconds, but it's perfectly do-able.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i just about always tip 20%, makes the math easier. plus i tend not to spend more than $20-$50 at a restaurant anyways so it's not like it's all that much more money
― mark cl, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Yow, Hi Dere eats out at some ritzy places.
ANother thing is that my eating habits are pretty routine. If I drink and eat $27.45 worth of beer and pizza at a particular restaurant, it's probably going to be close to that number when I eat there again. So just remember what you paid last time.
― ···◊··· (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
(I do often eat at places that are too expensive, but I also tend to go out in groups of 4-5 so it sometimes balances out.)
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait I thought that it was universally accepted that 20% on restaurant meals is the current standard? Lots of ppl are still doing 15%? Really?
― quincie, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
oh god I just waded into a tipping thread--wtf is wrong with me?
― quincie, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
15% vs 20% is one of the regular fights I have with my wife
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i always do 20
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
unless the waiter vomits in my lap
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
You have to pay extra for vomit.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link