Finding 10% is the first thing to do. That can easily be done by moving the decimal one place or column to the left, i.e. $50.00 would be $5.000 or $5.00 -- if you want to tip 15% add half the 10% amount ($2.50) to the 10% which would be $7.50; to tip 20%, double the 10% amount, that would be, $10.00.
To make it easy, ignore the pennies/cents on the bill, look at the dollars only. That will help clarify the amount you are working with. Also, rounding up or down the dollar amount to an even amount readily divisible to you will help you reach a quick resolution.
If a bill is $28.40, round down or eliminate the cents amount, just figure the $28. , 10% would be $2.80, half more (15%)would be $2.80 + $1.40, or $4.20.
Or, you could round up or down on the dollar amount: A bill of $28.40 could be figured at $30.00, i.e. $3.00 + $1.50=15% ($4.50), or $3.00 + $3.00=20% ($6.00). A bill of 23.40 could be figured at $23.00.
When you get to the final calculation, you can decide to give more or less, depending on the quality of service, or other things you consider when tipping someone.
If you don't work with figures in your head all the time, this method is the simplest (to me) that I know of. If you want absolute accuracy, carry a small pocket calculator with you.
2007-01-28 01:28:45
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answered by TexasStar 4
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It's really very simple. Good service means a %20 tip. If you were really impressed go up from there. Standard, decent service...about %17. A %15 tip is for service you didn't think was too good. %15 is NOT an appropriate tip for decent service. Under %15 is for outright bad service. I would NEVER go below %12...NEVER....for any reason.
These rules change a little with the price of a meal. Example....you go to a diner that has a $2.99 soecial on ham and eggs. A %20 tip would be 60 cents. That is NOT a fair tip. I;d still leave at LEAST a dollar...and whatever change I got with my bill.
Tips for drinks....a good general rule is $1 for beer, wine, simple mixed drinks. $2 for martiniis, things like Mojitos, long island Ice Teas, etc.
If a restaurant has a $1 beer night....make sure you;re still leaving a dollar tip. It isn;t fair to have someone get you 20 beers..which came to 20 dollars...and leave $4 as a tip.
As far as figuring it out.......it's easy for me...I just know percentages...always have...but I'll teach you a little trick......
Take the price of the bill (we'll use 55 dollars as an example). Double it is your mind. This is $110. Add a decimal point. $11. That's a %20 tip on $55. If you didn;t like the service and want to leave %15....double it (110) take that number (55) and go in the middle.....in this case $82.50. So a %15 tip on 55 is 8.25 cents.
Anything you hear from people saying %10-%15 tips are from either children who don't know what they're talking about or extremely cheap people who don't know what they are talking about. The restaurant business FUNCTIONS on the idea of averaging about %18 tips......servers have to pay the bus boys, bartenders, and sometimes hosts..and those tip outs are established on what is assumed to be about %18 tip averages.
People who leave me under %17 are going to be VERY low priority if they return. I might even actively discourage them from coming back.
2007-01-28 03:59:44
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answered by Anonymous
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I'm from the old school of tipping -- if the service sucked, I leave one penny. It speaks volumes. On those few occasions were the dining experience was very bad, such as a truly rude server or bad food, I ask to speak with the manager. The restaurant owes the paying customers a pleasant experience -- it is not a case of someone walking through the door being there solely to give the restaurant money for some sort of unwanted loitering. It's amazing how many places have that mindset -- like they're doing the customer a huge favor by allowing them to be there.
2016-04-10 08:36:38
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answered by Anonymous
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double the first number of your total. if your total is $72.. leave 14.. 7 plus 7. if the second number is over 5, leave an extra dollar for good measure.. so if your total is 78 leave 15. if your total is above 100, double the first two numbers, if your total is 123, leave $24. and again if the last number is over 5 leave add another dollar. so if your total is 157, leave $31...
54 = $10 5+5
66 = 13 6+6+1
130 = 26 13+13
148 = 28 14+14+1
2007-01-28 06:14:39
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answered by baileyann 2
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The standard tip is 15%. If service was great 20%. An easy wasy to calculate in your mind is: Say the bill is $55.89. Round the .89 cents up to $1.00. So you have $56.00. Move the decimal place over to the left by one (this is 10%) and you have 5.60 or 10%, now take 5.60 and divide by 2, this equals 2,80. Then add the $2.80 to the 5.60 and you get $8.40 or
the 15%. If you want to tip 20% just multiply the $5.60 x 2 = to get $11.20.
2007-01-28 01:32:46
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answered by Anonymous
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I round off to the nearest dollar up and multiply by 2 (20%) if it's good service. So, 19.56 would become 20.00 and so they get 4 dollars. If the service isn't very good, I leave 10-15%. Depending on how bad it is but I have never left nothing. They depend on something for part of their wages. Most waitresses and waiters are underpaid because of tips earned. I heard the national average is 18%.
2007-01-28 07:26:16
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answered by I believe 2
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10% of the total price of your restaurant bill. If it is $100., then 10% of that is &10.00. Should be easy to figure out with any amount. Just move the decimal point to the left 1 point.
2007-01-28 05:12:44
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answered by Anonymous
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Generally 5-10 percent of the bill.
That is what I do.
If I am not happy with either the food or the service, I actually leave NO TIP.
Done that couple of times.
2007-01-28 00:56:41
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answered by d_sco 2
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Around 10% of the total bill
2007-01-28 06:02:50
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answered by trini 2
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20% is what you need to tip the waiter or waitress. If they do a wonderful job going out of their way for you, & smile a lot, then I would give them an extra $1.00
2007-01-28 01:25:41
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answered by YAWN 6
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