My city has removed the minimum wage exemption for tipped employees and raised the minimum wage to $21.30 so I have stopped tipping.

Oh so that’s what we’re gonna do today? We’re gonna fight?

If you add back the fourteen dollar appetizer you got for free, all the math checks out. The receipt says it's all calculated before the discounts, and you were served that food.

I tip 20% of whatever the total is after tax because for the most part I don't eat at expensive places where a few percent is more than a dollar difference to care about what the 'right way' to tip is.

What's the reason most people say they calculate tips before discounts? I mean I come from a wildly different tipping culture, I wouldn't know... But it's not really the waiter's achievement how there's some wednesday appetizer special? And it's probably not like the restaurant is losing money on it, but it's some clever advertisement strategy and they factored it in with the rest of the pricing strategy, so you kind of paid for it anyway, just in a different way? So why add this hypothetical number to what you actually paid?

My rule is this: If I order standing, I don't tip. If I tip, it is 10%.

I'm not your employer. Tip is supposed to be spontaneous to the individual that helped you. Not systemic.

20%, rounded up, plus $2 per messy kid at the table, though I may slip that directly to the busser who comes to clean it

BUT if I receive a discount I tip on the amount before discount AND the tip should be at least as much as the discount was unless it was to recover for server error

20% of total. Rounded to $-.00. Not worth thinking of taxes or specials. It's literally pennies in most bills.

Pretax but will add in discounts so it will be a % of 85, e.g. $13 at 15%, $15 at 18%, $17 at 20%, $19 at 22%.

If I have to pay my tip before I am served anything, usually it's between 50 cents and 10% if at all. More or less I treat it like being nice to a panhandler in the shape of a business. If the establishment earned more through good service, I'll drop some change or a fiver on my way out.

I'd never heard of tipping on anything other than the total (including tax). I always do at least 20% by the rules used on the receipt, unless the service was horrid. I get that tipping shouldn't be necessary, but here in the US where workers are constantly shit on in numerous ways, it feels only fair.

This really depends. When I had little kids and was restaurant training them, I would tip very high because the bill did not at all represent the work of the wait staff.

If my husband and I are indulgent (unusual) the bill is more than the work, we do 20% still because we know they aren't paid enough.

Drinks? $1-$2 each one.

Subtotal $71 plus $13 makes $84...$8.40*2= ~ $17 so $17 tip.

Without service, 0-$2. For service, 18-20% of pretax. I agree that a $50 meal is not harder to serve than a $12 meal, but it is what it is. Couple of dollars per drink at the bar. I freaked out when my husband tried to tip $100 on a 4 drink $500 bar tab.

You tip on the bill value even if you get free stuff. The discount doesn't nullify it's existence in your belly.

I tip the amount before tax... Never heard of tipping after tax amounts as a suggestion/standard.

That's just double dipping. Tip 15% on a number that's already been increased 15%? That's a $3.45 tip instead of a $3 tip on a $20 meal. That's a 17.5% tip.

I have money. I usually just tip 20% of the total. Usually I'll round up. Like I was just at a bar and the total for 2 drinks and some food was $33. I tipped $7.

If it's a place I go to regularly I'll tip more. My regular bar sometimes throws in free stuff, and let me reserve some tables recently, so I usually tip generously there.

I base the the tip on the overall total. I usually tip 40-50%. We don't go out often, so the high percentage isn't as much of a financial burden as it may seem.

Tip? Laughs in Asian

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.

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

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.

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%.

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

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

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

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

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 just do 20 for easy math

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.

I tip on the bill total and if everything was okay I'd leave a $16 tip for this. If the service was really good I'd leave $20.

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 tip $0.

no ifs ands or buts. zero. null. talk to your boss if you need more money, or quit. not my problem.

71.35 + 13.99 = 85.34 x 0.15 (for good service) = 12.80

if paying cash round up or down to the nearest dollar.

Unless the service includes a blowjob it's a big zero.

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

25-30. I start at 25% because it’s easier for me to math in my head. I feel gross calculating how good I thought my service was or how much I think the staff deserve.

But I’m later in my life and doing okay for now. In other times, I’ve just done the math and dealt with feeling gross.

I tip 30% on top of the post-tax if it was good or if I like the people. I have the means, so it's only fair. If the service was terrible or the food was awful I'll do 20%.

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

They're adding extra on top there

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.

Tip depending on the service provided. That is the most important aspect. As I don't know how your service was, I can't provide an answer.

If you could get the ear of a manager I'd "inform" them of the error. If I got even a hint that it was a known and accepted error or even intentional, I'd tell them I'm not eating there anymore. You could also talk to the server or bartender to see if it's a known issue.

Had they had shit like this when I was serving I'd have crossed that off on every bill I brought to a customer.

Edit: just a pet peeve. why the hell do people just downvote with no extra comment? What is so controversial about what I said?

Secondly, given that it's a corporate chain (didn't clock that before commenting), they'd get no benefit of the doubt. I'd just tell them I'm not coming back and that's the reason.

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