@COMystery wrote:
If the meal was that bad, which it sounds like it was, who'd want to do it again? I'd hope ACL will pay the tip and be done with it.
That's right, some fine dining insist on not going over 18%, but if you do, you pay the balance of the tip. I never bring a calculator, just figure out what's right.@LisaSTL wrote:
From what I've read, some MSCs limit tips to 15-18% period, going over is not allowed. I could have sworn it was some nonsense about not wanting the shopper to be memorable. Yeah, it's not memorable to have to pull out a calculator to figure 18%, LOL.
@ShopSouthTexas wrote:
Do you all tip before tax or after? If $35 is the total bill, $7 is more than 20% since I was always under the belief that you don't tip on tax. I see it done both ways with the receipts that provide the tip calculations at the bottom.
@eodermatt wrote:
@Tarantado -- Have you done that with A Closer Look? Did they reschedule? That seems a bit sketchy.
An ACL editor once pointed out that I didn't tip enough. I really wanted to give the answer you just stated. In that case, I was ordering at the counter where it was also being rung up. I am supposed to know in three seconds what the tip is (18% in this case?) I ballparked it. This is a place where it you order at the counter and someone brings the meal to the table. In my area, tax is about 9% so I usually double that and add a buck. That usually works as a tip at the lower-end QSR places. But when all you get is a credit-card bill with no breakdown, that is tough to figure fast. (I had to ask for a separate receipt that broke down my order to prove I had ordered, beverages, apps, entrees etc.)@LisaSTL wrote:
From what I've read, some MSCs limit tips to 15-18% period, going over is not allowed. I could have sworn it was some nonsense about not wanting the shopper to be memorable. Yeah, it's not memorable to have to pull out a calculator to figure 18%, LOL.