Must-read for those 25 or older

[KillerGremlin]

Not being able to calculate tip is a pet peeve of mine. I have become "the tip guy" amongst several of my friends who are either too lazy or too dumb to figure out tip. Put your fucking tip calculator away though, you look like a jackass when you whip your phone out to do 2nd grade math.

The article is true though...if you can multiply by 1 you can figure out the tip.

1 x 1 = 1
1 x 2 = 2
1 x 8===D = 8===D
etc.

$47.36 x (10%) or .1 = 4.736
multiply by 2 for a 20% tip, or divide by 2 (or multiply by 1/2) and add that for 15%.

and for simplicity sake, if the waiter was good I would just round $4.736 up to $5. If the waiter wasn't good round down to $4.50 or $4.

[BreakABone]

Yeah, I hate going out and waiting for everyone to divide up the check and calculate tip.

I generally keep a mental tab of my bill, and I can generally do 15% in my head, but my friend also showed me the NY trick since tax is about 8.65%, just like double it and you get the tip.

[Typhoid]

I hate people who actually calculate a tip.
Just round it off to a fair, even number, make it easy on yourself - and generous to them. Because keep in mind, the "hospitality industry" (bartenders, waitresses, and the like) get paid all in tips, which is why they get paid near-minimum wage.