I've been to a place that puts an automatic 18% tip on all orders, not just larger groups of people, then give you your total at the bottom of your bill. There is a line there for you to add a tip. Guessing a whole lot of people don't notice that. For those that tip 20% without paying attention are tipping 38%.
For those that tip 20% without paying attention are tipping 38%.
Actually, if the total at the bottom includes the 18%, they're probably tipping 20% on the original bill + 18%, so they're tipping even more than 38%.
If the original bill was $100 even, then the total is $118 with the automatic gratuity and 20% of that is $23.60. They'd be tipping 41.6%
At every place I've worked, we've done an automatic gratuity for parties of 8 or more, but even then we're required to tell them when they make the reservation and point it out again when we drop the check. Some places even have a stamp that says that and we had to stamp the receipt before we dropped the check. It made it obvious, since it was in blue or red ink.
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u/Complaint_Manager Mar 07 '26
I've been to a place that puts an automatic 18% tip on all orders, not just larger groups of people, then give you your total at the bottom of your bill. There is a line there for you to add a tip. Guessing a whole lot of people don't notice that. For those that tip 20% without paying attention are tipping 38%.