Not to be a ****, but I never understood the need for a tip calculator. It really isn't that hard to figure out 10-20% of the bill in your head. Or at least get a rough estimate and just round up to the next dollar. That's what I do.
Last night at Applebee's bill was $48.xx. I left $54 even on the table. Waiteress got $5.xx. I don't feel like tipping to the absolute penny is necessary.
EDIT: Don't know why j e rk is censored.
EDIT2: My post may start an off-topic discussion. For that I apologize in advanced, but it had to be said.
I have to agree. 20% is easy to figure. If your service is great tip more or terrible tip less. Do you have a $20 tab, that's 2 bucks. No idea why anyone needs a tip calc. Just saying......
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I was in the restaurant business and let me just say that if you had a $48 bill and you only tipped $6, you need a tip calculator to figure out your tip for you. Exact change doesn't matter but $48 is at least a $9 tip unless the service was bad, in that case it probably would have been less but as a rule of thumb if you don't have the ability to tip 20% you shouldn't be eating out. FYI, I was not a server in the restaurant business.
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Yeah, another good way to do it is to just double the taxes which are itemized on your receipt. If you're in a place where it's say 8% or better, all you need to do is X2 to leave a respectable tip...top it off with a few bux if the service was good, or pinch a few pennies if you don't think it was worth 16+%.
The tax rate where I live is 6% so if I triple the tax then I'm leaving an 18% tip. I will usually round up or down to an even amount.
I can't really do this when I travel if I don't know the tax rate so I just take the pretax amount and add between 15-20% depending on meal and/or type of restaurant.
Yeah, another good way to do it is to just double the taxes which are itemized on your receipt. If you're in a place where it's say 8% or better, all you need to do is X2 to leave a respectable tip...top it off with a few bux if the service was good, or pinch a few pennies if you don't think it was worth 16+%.
Cinchy.
Exactly - "double the tax" is the quickest tip calculator I've ever used. No download necessary.