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I tip well (usually 20%), and will bust out my calculator to find out 15% to the penny if the server was a few of these: never at my table, no refills on soda, saw other servers more than my own, wasn't pleasant, no effort to fix errors, etc... I think I have only tipped less than that twice, and it was blatant "I don't care about my table" from the server.

As far as the rounding to make the dollar amount even, meh, I didn't care. I did it when I would go to restaurants and didn't care when people did it to me. Money's all good at the end of the night when it's totaled up.

Tipping out? Our hostesses and bus boys were paid minimum and we had to tip out. It was calculated when we'd clock out and print our money summary and stated what dollar amount went where. (Granted, no way to fudge your food/drink $ totals since it was printed right there.) The only problem was there was ONE good busboy who really worked the tables and was worth tipping out (even more than what we needed to) while the other spent most of his time in the back smoking. The hostesses would so often double and triple seat that we were either in the weeds or had no one. Plus, there was a foam box that was passed around to tip food runners, and people were so fed up with giving the required amount to people who didn't do their job properly, that people would often only put in a couple of dollars or would dash out the door before paying in. One girl and her brother were NORTORIOUS for skipping out when it was anyone else, but if one of them food ran? Oh you better believe the other was hunting down people left and right and looking to see how much you tipped their sibling.