Quote Originally Posted by 21forme View Post
And then there are the under 30s. Go to a store where your bill comes up $10.83. Give the kid 11.08 and he says, "you gave me too much." Say, "It's ok. Put 11.08 into the total." Change comes up as 25 cents and get a look in amazement. "How did you do that?"
The gambit I like, is to know the cost of everyone’s meals, add them up, calculate tax, calculate tip, put cash on the table, add change to even out the amount (so server doesn’t get a pile of change in tip), tell server I’d like 5, 10 or 20 dollars change and that she deserves a nice tip for good service, before I get the bill.