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On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:58:19 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:25:07 -0700, 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?

>
> why wouldn't you? at a bar, i usually tip a dollar a drink (usually beer).
>

At the bar, a tip isn't a percentage of the price... it's $1 per drink
if it's a $3 beer or a $10 cocktail.

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