Originally Posted by
TMOliver
We recently were "hosted" by a young couple of modest income at an Olive Garden. I noticed that the host's credit card slip had tip calculations, 15%, 18% and 20%, printed at the bottom, prompting my swift emotional response....".... you and the horse you rode into town, cowboy!"
At the very least these amounts are reasonable. In taxis with electronic credit card readers, I always see ridiculous presets of 20%, 30%, and 40%.
A friend in Chicago once told me he chose 20% and the driver asked, "That's it?"