Originally Posted by
Cha-cha-cha
Actually, the way it works is, if a 22% tip is automatically added to the bill, there's now a new total, so you ought to add a 22% tip to that. But now there's another new total, so you have to add a 22% tip to that, meaning of course that you will have to add a 22% tip to the new total thus created, which then you will have to add a 22% tip to ... Eventually, you will have asymptotically given the bell hop everything you have.
Actually, I've always been of the impression that you tip on the base value of the service, not on the extras such as tax, service charge, etc. Now, that said, I'm also not stingy when I tip (18%-20% is about normal for me) as long as the service is not lacking. Based on this, you do not keep adding fractions on top of fractions ad infinitum to get to a final value.
I'm also with everyone else here: 22% is more than enough for a tip, considering (A) I have no choice in the matter and (B) the amount of effort to earn this tip is less than if I was sitting down in the restaurant.