Comments on: Tipping for Dummies http://edtankersley.com/2009/06/30/tipping-for-dummies/ Go Outside and Play Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:14:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ed http://edtankersley.com/2009/06/30/tipping-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Ed Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:39:22 +0000 http://edtankersley.com/?p=35#comment-25 What makes you think you're the Josh in this post, eh? Okay, you are. But I hope I didn't imply that you were a bad tipper; that was not my intention. Only that people spend way too much time trying to calculate a tip precisely, when it's much easier and more generous to simply round everything up. Let's go out for another Guinness soon and test my theory. PS, I get your "tipping" joke. I wonder if anyone else will? What makes you think you’re the Josh in this post, eh? Okay, you are. But I hope I didn’t imply that you were a bad tipper; that was not my intention. Only that people spend way too much time trying to calculate a tip precisely, when it’s much easier and more generous to simply round everything up. Let’s go out for another Guinness soon and test my theory.

PS, I get your “tipping” joke. I wonder if anyone else will?

]]> By: Josh http://edtankersley.com/2009/06/30/tipping-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Josh Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:11:14 +0000 http://edtankersley.com/?p=35#comment-24 Hey Ed, If I remember correctly, it wasn't about tip being the proper percentage, but making my check total a round number like $21.00 or $22.50. I actually strive to be a pretty good tipper, to be honest, but if I round down to 18% instead of rounding up to 22%, does that make me a bad tipper? Probably not. As a matter of fact, I'm a pretty good tipper on most occasions, except for the times when I can't fit "If you have dried candle wax on your carpet, use a hot iron and a paper bag to remove it," on that little line on the receipt. Hey Ed,

If I remember correctly, it wasn’t about tip being the proper percentage, but making my check total a round number like $21.00 or $22.50. I actually strive to be a pretty good tipper, to be honest, but if I round down to 18% instead of rounding up to 22%, does that make me a bad tipper? Probably not.

As a matter of fact, I’m a pretty good tipper on most occasions, except for the times when I can’t fit “If you have dried candle wax on your carpet, use a hot iron and a paper bag to remove it,” on that little line on the receipt.

]]> By: Ed http://edtankersley.com/2009/06/30/tipping-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Ed Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:10:09 +0000 http://edtankersley.com/?p=35#comment-20 Actually, dear, your method is the same as mine, except you wrote it as a sentence instead of numbered steps. The only thing I do differently is round up the total first, so you have a simple even number to double. Actually, dear, your method is the same as mine, except you wrote it as a sentence instead of numbered steps. The only thing I do differently is round up the total first, so you have a simple even number to double.

]]> By: Cathrine http://edtankersley.com/2009/06/30/tipping-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Cathrine Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:04:55 +0000 http://edtankersley.com/?p=35#comment-18 My method is quicker. Double the total of the dollar amount which your brain do fairly quickly. $18.62 equals $1.80 times two which quickly calculates to $3.60. Round up to $4.00 and you're golden. My method is quicker. Double the total of the dollar amount which your brain do fairly quickly. $18.62 equals $1.80 times two which quickly calculates to $3.60. Round up to $4.00 and you’re golden.

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