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UDPs need not enter (tipping question)
Apr 28, 2021, 8:10 AM
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Definitely regulars at a local restaurant
They hook me up with a free beer from time to time while I wait on my to go food but most of the time I pay
The other night I was hooked up with a beer and then a half pour because not enough time to drink a whole before dood was done. True regular status right there and she made my Sammy a “build your own” rather than the normal thus saving me a couple of bucks
So it also happened to be the time that I got my $10 off from loyalty card
The bill should have been $35-ish two meals and a beer
Deducting the Sammy, the beer and the $10 left me with a bill that was substantially less than what it should have been
Knowing that there is no tip pool and your tip goes straight this server how would you tip?
1. Tip accordingly to bill you received
2. Tip better on the bill received due to the nice service
3. Tip as though you had gotten the true bill
4. Tip as though you are a UDP and leave 10% after talking to a manager
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At the bar, I tip no less that $20
Apr 28, 2021, 8:12 AM
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no matter the tab. Its a small town and they all know I do this. At dinner, if they show a great wine, my wife gets drunk and they have my tequila on hand, I will give $100 easily.
I am a HUGE tipper. I will forego things in life to give some kindness back to someone that is bringing me food and drinks. Its that simple when you think about it.
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My man
Apr 28, 2021, 8:21 AM
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At the 3 places I frequent I do this as well
As I dabble in the service industry myself, I feel good passing my cash tips to others in cash tips
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Lot o points [155798]
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I do this as well, but it's usually an apology for my
Apr 28, 2021, 8:29 AM
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(actually sweet and well-meaning) wife who can't seem to quickly compile the list of everything we need, and as a former worker in every area of restaurant life, has me burying my head in my hands in shame.
waiter...ok, anything else?
wife: "yes, looks like I'm just missing my balsamic vinagrette:
Waiter..no problem....goes to kitchen, comes back...here you go
wife: "I'm sorry, my daughter doesn't have a fork"
waiter: no problem.....goes to kitchen, comes back....here you go
wife: "Can we get some water refills when you have a sec"
me, dying a slow death, mouthing "I'm soooo sorry" to waiter.
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20% on the true bill
Apr 28, 2021, 8:12 AM
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If I have the kids and they are being nuts
Apr 28, 2021, 8:14 AM
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and she takes my card on the table before bringing the bill, I will open up my wallet big time. Get me out of there as fast as possible and I will pay your rent. ha ha!
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I recall once tipping zero
Apr 28, 2021, 8:16 AM
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Well, it was because the waitress quit after taking our order. When we complained to the manager after waiting forever and not seeing our waitress, he brought out the food himself and apologized. Free meal, and since the manager brought the food out and they forgot to even think "Hey, this order sitting ready for 30 minutes may have been a table of the waitress who just walked out the door", I didn't leave a tip, as there was no charge. For anything.
Anyway, my only zero tip that I can recall.
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Tip better than you would have on the
Apr 28, 2021, 8:12 AM
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regular priced bill. Even if only like $1.00.
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$1.00 more than you would have I mean.***
Apr 28, 2021, 8:13 AM
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Oculus Spirit [97703]
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Tip your regular amount.
Apr 28, 2021, 8:13 AM
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Irregardless of the total.
* Can't believe irregardless is actually not flagged by spellcheck. huh
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Just got my tmail update
Apr 28, 2021, 11:47 AM
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Yes, I like Vampire Weekend but I have not heard this.
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Oculus Spirit [78865]
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you tip as if you were paying for everything
Apr 28, 2021, 8:15 AM
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with no deductions AND based on the excellent service
so if sammy and beers were $35, it is at least $7 or you can round it up to $10 if you don't have the change
I would have tipped $10 since you are friendly with the staff (lol)
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When I was in the bar business, I used to tell my customers
Apr 28, 2021, 8:15 AM
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just to double the bill so that the math was easier for them.
Even way back then, helping was what I did.
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Just my humble opinion but -
Apr 28, 2021, 8:16 AM
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you always tip based on bill before any discounts The service wasn't any less than if you had paid full price.
This is only assuming you want to continue getting most favored customer status. Otherwise you might be moved to the give this guy the special sauce category.
I'm not a real % kind of tipper, start there as a guide but I always get better service at the $8-9 meat and 3 type place where they call you hun than the $24.95 snooty patooty places and I don't see why Gunter should get a better tip than Betty just because they have cloth napkins.
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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Tip the normal 8% on the full amount of the order
Apr 28, 2021, 8:19 AM
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When did they start serving beer at Del Taco?
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^^ Likes being a Special Sauce customer ^^***
Apr 28, 2021, 8:22 AM
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Lot o points [155798]
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Different opinion.......
Apr 28, 2021, 8:20 AM
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The "20% on the normal bill" isn't a bad way to go, but I usually look at it like I'm playing with house money when they give me free stuff. (not talking about the coupon, I do just ignore their presence and tip 20% on actual bill---just talking about freebies)
So I go 20% on the actual, pre-coupon bill, plus 50% of what the free stuff is worth
Don't charge my family for drinks that would have been $2.50 each? You saved me $10, so $5 back to you. Don't charge me for $8 worth of beer? $4 (round up to $5) I'm giving back.
You would have spent that much and more (tip on top) if a normal server had charged you, so I have no trouble thanking them like that.
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Drinks are usually 20-30% of my bill, I would GLADLY tip
Apr 28, 2021, 8:24 AM
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more for free Sprite for the kids and Tea for the wife. That ends up being pricey AF these days.
I get water everywhere unless I am drankin.
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Lot o points [155798]
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We gripe a lot in here about college tuition.
Apr 28, 2021, 8:36 AM
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The cost of soft drinks/tea/coffee at restaurants may actually be the only other thing that inflated at the same rate over the last decade or two.
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Heisman Winner [105525]
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Wife gets a cottam 50/50 tea every time we go somewhere
Apr 28, 2021, 8:39 AM
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and that adds up, so I add it to her bill that she owes me. Currently we are up to
$56,473.69
I think she is going to start making payments soon.
Nah, we have joint bank accounts, so what is mine is hers and what is hers is hers and I just drive everyone everywhere.
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Learning that Obed uses coupons at restaurants
Apr 28, 2021, 8:26 AM
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would be like if we learned that FBCoach was a regular at Ruth's Chris.
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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Last time I recall a coupon being used at a restaurant
Apr 28, 2021, 8:27 AM
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was in my youth, and it was my chiseler dad offering it up.
I believe it was a Ryan's or Olive Garden, probably a Ryan's
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Lot o points [155798]
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"Yeah, you charged us for sprinkles at the soft-serve
Apr 28, 2021, 8:30 AM
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ice cream bar. I want that $0.30 taken off....I specifically gave you guys a coupon for two free ice cream toppings."
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You can get 25% off your first entree
Apr 28, 2021, 8:33 AM
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by presenting your AARP card to your server at Pirate Jimmy's Fish Haus. Offer valid between 4:30-5:30 Monday through Thursday only.
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Does Pirate Jimmy's Fish Haus also serve schnitzel?***
Apr 28, 2021, 8:47 AM
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Try the shrimpwurst with sauerkraut.***
Apr 28, 2021, 8:58 AM
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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We'd go to Sizzler, and he and my mom would get steak
Apr 28, 2021, 8:46 AM
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and my brother and I would have to get chicken or a hamburger, or whatever, because the steak was too expensive.
It was a real treat if we could get a coke instead of water.
Dessert was at home.
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You poor souls. My Dad let me get Hamburger Steak at
Apr 28, 2021, 8:48 AM
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Ryan's Steakhouse and I think there was a Fountain Drink machine. Hamburger Steak + Steak Fries and tons of ketchup with a suicide soda from the machine is HIGH CLASS as hell
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Lot o points [155798]
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You guys sound like real Pewrs. My folks were high class.
Apr 28, 2021, 8:52 AM
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At Ryan's they'd get the Hawaiian chicken with the fancy pineapple ring right there on top to accent the teriyaki glaze. Some parents are just more worldly than others I guess.
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I've never understood mixing sweet/fruit flavors with chicke
Apr 28, 2021, 8:54 AM
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Like I said man, world travelers.
Apr 28, 2021, 8:55 AM
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They loved those zany, authentic Oriental flavors.
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Bruh, I've been to Pennsylvania***
Apr 28, 2021, 8:58 AM
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#3, there is no other acceptable path***
Apr 28, 2021, 8:28 AM
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Tip on what the bill should have been. Good tipping........
Apr 28, 2021, 8:31 AM
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if you're a regular will comeback to you in so many ways.
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Re: UDPs need not enter (tipping question)
Apr 28, 2021, 8:36 AM
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#2. Always tip according to what the bill would have been. But probably more than that if they hook you up with a free drink often.
My favorite bartender at a place I go to regularly for HH on Thursdays will float a free drink or two to me. I always make sure I overtip her.
I can be a heavy-handed tipper for good bar staff, but I look at it this way. They're taking extra care of me. That extra money won't break me. And they probably have to deal with my BS in some way or form.
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Lot o points [163012]
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Always tip on what the bill would have been
Apr 28, 2021, 8:37 AM
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but I never even remember using any kind of discount card - sounds UDPish to me.
If I get any free stuff, due to having to wait, etc., I tip based on the true bill and may add some more if deserved.
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I tip in cash only and anywhere from 20%-30%
Apr 28, 2021, 8:40 AM
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on what the bill was supposed to be if I got a discount. If the bill is low, I might tip a higher percentage.
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Also...
Apr 28, 2021, 8:41 AM
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I think I finally encountered a Lounge term I don't recognize. W T F is a UDP?
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Lot o points [155798]
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wait....you serious Clark?
Apr 28, 2021, 8:42 AM
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We been droppin this one for at least 5-7 years.
Upper Deck Poors
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You serious? This whole time I thot it was
Apr 28, 2021, 8:43 AM
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Uave Datthews Pand!
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Ahhh
Apr 28, 2021, 9:58 AM
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Yeah, I've seen people just say the Poors when referring to Upper Deck. Don't recall the acronym.
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Lot o points [163012]
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Now that you know that
Apr 28, 2021, 8:43 AM
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figure out was LDR are. 
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Large Donged R-words????***
Apr 28, 2021, 8:44 AM
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Re: Large Donged R-words????***
Apr 28, 2021, 12:21 PM
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mackey
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Dude
Apr 28, 2021, 8:43 AM
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Uave Datthews Pand, duh!!
Uave is pronounced like Uiagalelei
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Depends on who's serving me, if its McStepsister then I give
Apr 28, 2021, 8:41 AM
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more than just the tip.
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yeah you do
Apr 28, 2021, 8:58 AM
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I forget, which is the one that got the D
Apr 28, 2021, 9:13 AM
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EEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZ NUTS?
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not really sure
Apr 28, 2021, 9:25 AM
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hoping it was white top
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Where is this place?
Apr 28, 2021, 8:55 AM
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FLC, sit at bar and hope for the blonde
Apr 28, 2021, 9:00 AM
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Locals knows my Hazy and their talent pool has drastically increased
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I’m not sure mine was percentage based
Apr 28, 2021, 8:56 AM
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I basically tipped it to the cost of the original bill with a tip
The reason I ask is that I hate being put on the spot to quickly identify the math needed to see the original bill, then add on freebies and then receive the loyalty card adjusted bill and tip accordingly
It all comes back around
The other place I frequent knows I want a hazy little thing and it’s on the bar as soon as I sit
They get the array of tips on the good side
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So you order togo food for the family, go there immediately
Apr 28, 2021, 8:59 AM
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and sit and have a beer while they cook it?
Man, we do not live close enough to anything that would do that. If I order food, by the time I get there the food is ready and I am back out the door. 20 minutes at a bar with a cold beer and no children sounds like heaven*.
*We have been kid-free twice in the last 13-14 months. The only time I am not around the kids is when they are at school.
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6 minute ride on a bad day
Apr 28, 2021, 9:03 AM
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FIL taught me this move long ago
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My jealousy knows no bounds!***
Apr 28, 2021, 9:14 AM
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It’s actually a win all around
Apr 28, 2021, 9:17 AM
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We do the kid night routine
I leave and have a beer or 2.5 in this case
Wife gets to unwind
Then she gets fed
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Wait, what time do your kids go to bed?***
Apr 28, 2021, 9:59 AM
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4:45***
Apr 28, 2021, 10:03 AM
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My dad did this a good bit once I was old
Apr 28, 2021, 9:19 AM
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enough to stay home alone. I always wondered how I could so easily talk him into pizza sometimes even twice a week. Later realized he'd go, have a beer or 2 while it cooked then head on back.
Looking back it was pretty nice because it bought 11-18 year old me some down time too.
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what she look like how bout them teds***
Apr 28, 2021, 8:58 AM
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Teds are lacking
Apr 28, 2021, 9:13 AM
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The rest aight
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I used to go to the Southern B&G a lot
Apr 28, 2021, 8:59 AM
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and overtipped the ish out of them. All the time. Like 3 days a week. $100 tab? $50 tip.
Then one day Hans was playing and it was packed, and Steve (bartender, now fired) saw me back in the pack, looked me dead in the eyes, and FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER after serving everyone else in the bar, finally gets me a beer.
Over tipping stopped that day.
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Always tip on the pre-discount bill, and this should go
Apr 28, 2021, 9:00 AM
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without saying, but MOST ESPECIALLY when your discounts are (in part) due to the kindness of your server. I think you already knew this.
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It’s what I did
Apr 28, 2021, 9:15 AM
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I was curious as to if others would do the same
And since this thread is full of LDRs it sounds like everyone does the same, great job Clemson gents
It’s not the first and won’t be the last
A couple of occasions where she just says, I feel like taking a shot, want one?
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pigs?***
Apr 28, 2021, 9:30 AM
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I believe in over tipping especially to good bartenders and
Apr 28, 2021, 10:03 AM
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wait staff. Always comes back to you in some form.
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