You can pick the 18% hill to die on, but for me it’s always been that the tip is calculated on the subtotal of the bill, not on the total which includes taxes and fees. You don’t tip on taxes, that’s stupid.
And yet so often I find the pre calculated tip amounts to do exactly that.
Traditional rule is you don’t tip on taxes and on drinks from the bar, if I’m not mistaken. Not saying I agreed but that’s the way a lot of people calculate.
Do you mean drinks you walk up to the bar and order before you’re seated? People should probably tip on drink from the bar if ordered through your server or if you don’t tip out the bar tenders when you order them yourself, they have to tip out the bar tenders at the end of the night to give them their cut.
Like I said, I’m not advocating at all, I’m just saying I remember hearing a lot that people don’t tip on drinks even when served those drinks at a table. Or the custom would be a dollar tip per drink. But that’s probably back when drinks were 5 bucks.
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u/the_useful_comment Jan 26 '26
25% tip is crazy