Originally Posted by
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Interesting. I'd never considered this, and decided to pose it to family members who are servers.
None cared whether a customer tipped to make the total a round number, or tipped a round number. However, one *did* say that, in the case of someone who tips to make the total a round number, if the tip was low (say 10% or less), she - when entering the total check into the POS system - will subtract a penny, to make the total $XX.99, versus $XX.00.
My boss at my previous employer caught the local pizza parlor doing the opposite. He'd tip $5. They'd round it up to $6 or $7. Not nice. Caught as soon as he did his expense reports. That place lost a lot of business as a result. Town of 800, my company employed 600.