Originally Posted by
crabbing
just a few days ago, i encountered a receipt that included "suggested tips" with 15% and 20%. but whatever the numbers were, they weren't 15% or 20%. i could not find any permutation of the total (pre-tax or post-tax, with or without drinks, and randomly excluding an item) that would make a total that matched the suggested 15% tip.
has anyone else encountered this before - where the precalculated "helpful" tip amounts are not the percentages they claim to be?
Could it be that the net amount (suggested) included a 15% tip
on the tip amount?
[If the price were say $50, the tip @15% would be $7.50, so the "suggested" amount would be $50 + $7.50 + $
1.13 (this last number (rounded) is 15% of $7.50)--in the world of tipping anything is possible (even probable
).