CmdrThor
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2018
Um, no. You need to tip on the total of the bill, tax included. This is ESPECIALLY true for alcohol! They share the tip with the bartender, so tipping $1/drink is exceedingly cheap (that's even cheap if you are sitting at the bar, and is really only acceptable if you ordered a domestic draft or bottled beer). Standard tips when seated at a bar are $2/beer or straight liquor pour, $3/mixed drink. If you run up a tab higher than $50, you tip 20%.
People who only tip on the subtotal are seen as cheap by servers. True story. If you can't afford to tip 20% on the total check, stay home or get fast food.
When tips are automatically included for parties of 6 or more or when you use TIW why do they base it off of the subtotal then?
When I am allowed to set my own tip I am more likely to just do 18-20% of the full total, but when tip is included for me I am unlikely to add anything unless service was really great.