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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Yeah, that's my view. My friend is a former waitress who tipped 18% on the total last night and when I groused about the largess (although it was at my local), challenged me and told me I had to post here for the truth. Ha!
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Officially, you are only supposed to tip on the subtotal. But seriously, unless you are eating at extremely expensive restaurants (in which case you should have enough money so that the extra couple of dollars shouldn't matter) then what difference does it really make? I'm an ex-waitress too, and I never checked to see if I was being tipped on the total or subtotal. If you are tipping 15-20% on the subtotal, your waiter should be happy. But if you are the kind of person that balks at shelling out that extra quarter by tipping on the total, then you are probably a shitty tipper anyway.
