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Tipping Etiquette Question

Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:49 pm
Posted by Skenes
Member since Mar 2025
400 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:49 pm
I went to lunch with a friend. When the bill came, we received separate checks. Then he asked for the alcohol to be on a separate check from the food. I thought he would write off the meal as a business expense. However, he ended up tipping for the food but not for the alcohol. I asked him why, and he said that the waitress didn't pour the drink or bring us our drinks, so why would he tip on that?
I joked, " Well, she didn't cook the food either." He kind of ignored that comment.


Fair or foul?


Posted by BilbeauTBaggins
probably stuck in traffic
Member since May 2021
7639 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:49 pm to
your friend is trashy
Posted by Gorilla Ball
Az
Member since Feb 2006
12766 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:49 pm to
That’s odd
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
35543 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:49 pm to
Fail. Waitress has to tip out the bartender.
Posted by L Boogie
Texas
Member since Jul 2009
5211 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:50 pm to
Servers generally have to tip out the bar.

Your friend is an a-hole who has clearly never worked in a restaurant.
This post was edited on 6/26/25 at 12:51 pm
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
39438 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:51 pm to
Friend is trashy. I may calculate my tip differently for alcohol depending on what it is, but I'll still tip for the service.
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13495 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:51 pm to
I like it.
Posted by TIGERSby10
Central Lafourche
Member since Nov 2005
7651 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:52 pm to
It's a who cares for me. He tipped for the food, unless you drank $40 worth of alcohol, then who cares about that tip.
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
1326 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:52 pm to
quote:

Your friend is an a-hole who has clearly never worked in a restaurant.


Is working in a restaurant some badge of honor here?
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31194 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:53 pm to
Your friend sounds trashy. Also I hate tipping in the US
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
49807 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:53 pm to
That is dumb


If he wanted to be a cheap arse he could have just looked at the bill and tipped on the food; but he's too stupid and only knows the "double the tax for the tip" rule of thumb
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
38781 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:53 pm to
Your friend is an idiot
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
35794 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:53 pm to
One of the more trashy things I’ve ever heard.

Including drinking at lunch on a weekday. Get a job
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
38781 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 12:55 pm to
quote:


Friend is trashy. I may calculate my tip differently for alcohol depending on what it is, but I'll still tip for the service.
This they went out to lunch I doubt they had more than a couple beers. Congrats on saving like 3 bucks on your tip
Posted by Homey the Clown
Member since Feb 2009
6015 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 1:02 pm to
quote:

unless you drank $40 worth of alcohol

That aint much booze, brother!
Posted by wm72
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2010
8995 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 1:02 pm to
Waitress tips out the bartender so he really just shorted the waitress.

Tasteless and reveals ignorance of how an adult dines in a restaurant.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
11806 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 1:03 pm to
Your friend is cheap and trashy.
Posted by cubsfan5150
NWA
Member since Nov 2007
17727 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 1:05 pm to
Eh... that's a lot of trouble to go through, but no big deal, honestly
Posted by Artificial Ignorance
Member since Feb 2025
1424 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 1:05 pm to
Generosity is a virtue.

Dude sounds like is far from it.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
17193 posts
Posted on 6/26/25 at 1:08 pm to
I go by Vincent Antonellis advice.

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