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Originally Posted by mots
I know we have had quite a few tipping threads, but i dont see this covered anywhere.
My question is "How do you tip when someone hooks you up"?. Meaning one of your friends works at an establishment (restaurant/bar), and hooks it up.
2 different scenarios.
A) Bartender. You order 4 shots and 4 drinks. Its one of your friends, so they say "$20" and you know they charge $6 per drink and per shot, so you should be paying $48. How much do you give them?
B) Your friends is shift leader lets say at Milestones. You go in for some appies and drinks. You have 4 appetizers, and 2 bottles of wine. She takes care of 2 appies, and 1 bottle of wine (takes them off the bill). So your bill comes out to be $65, instead of $130. Now keep in mind your friend is just managing the place, and whatever you tip will go the waitress/waiter. How much do you tip?
so my question is, how much do you tip and how do you come up with that number?
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In the first case, you want to be generous, but you don't want to labour over it or it'll lose the spirit of the generosity; he didn't comp you so that you'd get out your calculator and give him a fair return. Tip based on roughly what the full cost would have been and then round up generously. A $10-$15 tip is between 20%-25%.
Same is true for the second scenario: tip based on the full amount, and then round up generously if the service is good. I'd probably end up at a $30 tip.