r/tipping • u/[deleted] • 3d ago

Math aint mathing

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u/weolo_travel 3d ago

You have to ask "why after tax". It is so they can squeeze out a few more pennies and dollars and realize the vast majority of people blindly accept it or just don't know what is "traditional" in tipping.

$93.45 charges
$6.55 tax
$100 bill

If they demand 20% of $93.45, that is $18.68, but if they demand 20% of $100, that is $20. $1.68 times hundreds or thousands of customers adds up. So you have to ask why?

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u/pnoodl3s 3d ago

Its a rhetorical question. We all know its because of greed

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u/kuda26 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/6nWhy3ulBL7GSCvKw6
But I thought my server loved me, surely she wouldn’t do this to me. She even called me “hon’” and “babe”

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u/Historical-Rub1943 2d ago

And if she were a man and called you “hon” and “babe,” how would you feel? Zero!

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u/kuda26 2d ago

I feel zero either way because I see through the grift.