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I do the opposite and always leave tips in cash but not just to give a bonus to the server (if they don't declare/share it). It also makes it so that my receip

• cosmie 13y ago
  >It also makes it so that my receipts, credit charge email alerts, and monthly bill all reconcile. Otherwise you can have a transcription error when the server or restaurant owner misreads (or mistypes) the manually written tip line of your receipt. To make sure it reconciles correctly, make sure you fill out the Total line legibly/correctly, not the tip line. That's generally what systems have you input at cash out, and they calculate the tip amount from that difference. The vast majority of mistypes/misreads stem from the Total field being left blank and the manager does the math on the fly, or the customer didn't do the math right when they wrote in the Total (so they end up tipping $4.50 instead of $3.50, or $1.50 instead of $2.50)[1]. [1]Restaurant manager for two years.
  • sehrope 13y ago
    I do that as well. It's a belt and suspenders approach. Also, by leaving cash there's never any math involved either as the pre-tip total is the final total.