The Tip From Hell
I was at the local Monaco Pictures watching a movie. Afterwards, I asked my lady friend if she would like to get a drink at their bar.
“Sure.” she said.
We proceeded to have a few drinks and some rather bland quesadillas.
As closing time approached for the bar, the waitress handed us our bill.
My lady friend covered her eyes, “Don’t worry, I won’t look at the total.”
“It’s okay.” I smiled. “I actually want you to help me decide on a tip amount.”
She grabbed the receipt from my hand and suggested an amount.
“Too low…” I replied.
She sighed, and I explained, “My roommate’s a waiter. He’ll never let me hear the end of it.”
“Why don’t you make it an even $45?” she suggested.
I did the math in my head and covered my mouth trying to contain my shock and laughter.
After we got up to leave the restaurant, I approached our waitress, “Try not to take your tip too personal. It just worked out that way.”
The waitress smiled as we both walked out of the theater.
The amount? A solid and crisp $6.66.
Without wanting to re-live the beginning of Reservoir Dogs, tipping servers just encourages their continued underpayment by their employers.
Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 2:08 am
I would like to agree with Andrew, but then it’s more like Catch-22: it’s impossible to get everyone stop tipping, so the servers will be continually underpaid, plus mad at those who don’t tip.
I’d like to know where/when did the tipping tradition start? Why nobody would consider tipping a web designer, for instance, for the work well done?
Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 12:15 am
That is strange. However, statistically, that number is in the common range for tips, since meals often cost about that amount.
Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Paintball Guns: While that is true statistically, many people would notice the amount and modify their tip, so that amount is probably tipped less frequently because of human intervention.
Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Really interesting tip=) I often meet such tips in my life.
Posted on November 26th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Heh, 666. I rode with a bus numbered like this in our country.
Posted on November 30th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Well you could have paid $44.99 instead.
Would have made for a nice puzzle for the waiter to work out…
Posted on December 6th, 2008 at 7:50 am
being a bar tender/waiter myself. thank you for tipping. but as for the “666″ issue. i never read to much into it. I have been a “victim” of the same thing. well i wouldnt really call it victim but you get my drift. it may be the mark of the beast but its simply numbers to me.
Posted on December 13th, 2008 at 12:26 am
That’s too funny - why not change it 1 cent? I guess anything to please the lady friend…reminds me of China’s interest rate cut a few months ago - yep, 6.66%
Posted on December 16th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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Posted on December 21st, 2008 at 8:39 am
I suppose that if the tip were some other random number, we would never think twice. But when the tip is 666, it’s noticed. One strange aspect of statistics is that although numbers may occur the same amount of time, certain numbers get noticed by humans more often.
Posted on January 1st, 2009 at 10:54 am