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On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 16:29:02 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:31:32 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On the other end of the spectrum, I totally understand why one
> >> would not feel like tipping by percentage when they order an
> >> expensive bottle of wine. Like, how is it someone earned that
> >> much more to serve a $100 bottle than a bottle of (whatever's
> >> cheap)?

> >
> > Which brings up another tipping topic: do you count the price of
> > alcohol into your tip calculations?

>
> Absolutely.
>

So you'd tip $15-20 on that $100 bottle of wine? I've never ordered
such expensive wine, but I'm not inclined to do a full tip on it. If
I just ordered a glass of wine, I wouldn't bother breaking it out -
but the tip on an extra $100 is enough to get my attention.

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