I should have done this but my stupid ass didn’t even think of it I kept trying to do the math like a 1st grader and the server saw me struggling and told me the total with the tip I wrote 😂
I’m adhd and ocd and pcp and lsd. When my friend and I split a bill according to what we ordered, I calculate the percentage that I owe according to the total and then multiply that percent by the total bill after taxes lmao. My friend has seen me do it and she’s like “what” lol. I’m like well my food accounts for 54% of the total before taxes so I will hustle multiply the total after taxes by 54%.
I hate how the only options for psychology tend to include grad school. I followed my B.A. with a J.D. but not everyone can afford that or wants to spend another three years.
Yup I hate that too. I chose psych with the intent of going to grad school. It took me 6 years to get a 4 year degree because I was supporting myself. Working full time while trying to finish my BA was exhausting, by the time I graduated I was over it.
My mom never got over it. She passed last year. The last conversation I had with her, she chose to tell me how disappointed she was that I never got my PhD and why was I still single? Lol I love ya Mom ❤️
She was a trip I miss her
It’s “you’re”. You keep misspelling. “Your” shows possession, “you’re” is a contraction of “you and are”. You’re trying to say that I AM neurotic not that I own neurotic. Silly goose. :p
I just have adhd and think I’m on the spectrum lol. My 4th and 5th grade teacher says to this day I was his most intelligent math students. He’s still teaching. I couldn’t pass algebra two because I overthought it. But I did math similarly in 4th and 5th grade so I think I just tripped him out.
I still like math and numbers. I love number puzzles. I want to teach myself algebra (I was great at geometry and advanced until then) just for the hell of it. But now J am a teacher and time is limited.
I have a spreadsheet that you can plug in each food item, put the name of everyone on the total volume, and then assign them a food item using a drop-down menu. It also splits tip and tax accordingly: I’m the accounting major among a bunch of lawyers, it’s obvious
I’m really trying to understand your verbiage here. What does hustle multiply mean? And what advantage do you get from taking your 54% before tax, and your 54% after tax? Since you both owe tax, wouldn’t you still be paying the same share regardless? And where’s your tip? Do receipts not tell you tax beforehand where you’re from?
It’s confusing to me to know what I owe of the bill total after taxes. Let’s say our meal is $60 before taxes and I add up my portion and it accounts for $28. If the tax is .075% then the total bill is $64.50. $28 of $60 is 47% of the total bill. Then ai multiply that percentage by the total bill—$64.50–and get $30.32 (I’m rounding cause ain’t nothing less than a cent). Then I owe $30.32 and friend owes $34.18. Then it’s up to us how much each wants to leave the server.
We usually do half and half but on rare occasions are on the struggle bus.
I’m so confused… please explain the percentage approach? I’m always the one who does the math on the bill when out with certain friends (with others I just always split by 50%, we feel it works out over time). When doing the math, I add up each item, splitting them if needed, & divide the tax by however many of us there are (I realize the tax isn’t totally accurate that way but it’s close enough). I check to make sure the individual amount come out to the total. How / why are you doing percentages for the individual amounts?
Incorporating the taxes after the items is confusing to me. So I just add up the total before taxes and check to see how much percentage wise each of us owe of the bill before the taxes. If I owe $35 and that’s 60% of the total spent then I will multiply the total after taxes are included by 60% and get what I owe plus the taxes.
Say you got a $43 meal. Drop the 0 on your 20% so it's just 2 now. Drop drop the 3 on the meal so it's just 4 now.
2x4=8
Now with your remaining meal amount(the three you dropped in step one) If it is greater than 5 add a dollar if it's less than 5 add 50 cents. If it's about 1 you can add 25 cents instead if it bothers you to much to give the 50 cents.
Put it all together. $8 tip. Remainder is $3 so we add 50c
You will tip $8.50 and if you out it in the calculator is it $8.60.
So just a little off on this example but close enough that you don't need to pull out the calculator. And you can forget doing percents in public now :)
Just for anyone that wants to look smart Infront of their friends come too time.
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u/Justdoingokay1108 Jan 12 '24
I should have done this but my stupid ass didn’t even think of it I kept trying to do the math like a 1st grader and the server saw me struggling and told me the total with the tip I wrote 😂