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A comment on You Want 20% for Handing Me a Muffin? The Awkward Etiquette of iPad Tipping. Parent comment

Re:You Want 20% for Handing Me a Muffin? The Awkward Etiquet... by cardiffspaceman on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:28PM (#18242832)
> They have deceptively changed the tip rate from 20% to 21.6%.

It's simply a bug. I got a suggested tip amount on a bar bill, the other day and it was clearly derived from the total of all the food and beverage, before taxes. It was all there in writing, and the figures were easy for me to check in my head.

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Re:You Want 20% for Handing Me a Muffin? The Awkward Etiquet... by Balgair on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:57PM (#18243123)
Oh, with drinks it's even harder to calculate in the US. The 'typical' tip, regardless of (a reasonable) price is $1 flat. For a $3 domestic, that's a ~33% tip. For a $7 microbrew that's ~14% tip. Even with $10 martinis, $1 is 'typical'. Trying to factor that all in to the tip on the bill makes for a heck of a problem, especially after a few drinks!
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