pennyaline wrote:
>
> "Melba's Jammin'" wrote:
> > You've never seen that before? It is VERY common for an 18% gratuity to
> > be added to the check for any group larger than 8 (I think) around here.
>
> Nope. Never seen it before.

I think that large groups of people have a different dynamic than
your usual smaller group of friends. Seems like you always have
the cheapskate, the I only had the whatever and don't even consider
the tip, blah blah blah.

And, if the tip isn't figured in, plenty of people will think it was
taken care of (uh, by whom?) and just pay for their meal to the penny.

Better just to say, here's the tip.

nancy