"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> I went to lunch with a friend and this guy. He paid, so who am I to
> say, he was trying to impress my friend. He left a quarter for the
> tip for three people. I hid money under my plate to make up for it.

I find that many of my women friends are lousy tippers and sometimes I
wonder if it's because many of them are not used to being the ones to pay
the restaurant bill. I've been known to pretend to have forgotten something
in order to return to the table and leave more money.

When I think about lousy tipping I recall an occasion about 28 years ago
when we had a fun night at the Mess. Only the women were allowed to buy
from the bar. One woman went up and ordered 8 cocktails, cocktails having
been a recent 'exotic' addition to a bar where the most exotic had been
'dark run and Pepsi' instead of 'dark rum and Coke'. After he mixed and
blended the bartender handed her a tray with drinks that came to X dollars
and 95 cents. She left the nickel as a tip. He promptly flipped it into
one of the drinks.

Gabby