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Poll: Is paying exact in cash a low class thing to do at a regular restaurant

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What the hell difference does it make. If I'm paying by credit card I always round the tip but if I'm given change back I usually just throw it in.

I don't see that this matters in the slightest. Certainly not in the bigger scheme of things.
 
I leave the change but nothing else...wel maybe if its like 10.03 thats like .97 cents then I usally take the quarters and go. 🙂

Most places I go out to the waiters and waitress are asses so I dont ever tip nothing but low end dirt change thats under .50 cents.
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
What the hell difference does it make. If I'm paying by credit card I always round the tip but if I'm given change back I usually just throw it in.

I don't see that this matters in the slightest. Certainly not in the bigger scheme of things.
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the question is not if ti matters or not, the question is if paying exact change when paying with cash makes you look like someone who is uncultured.
 
Originally posted by: Wag
Who cares? Cash is better than credit any day.
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I used to wait tables and cash is the same as credit to me when I am getting tips. The same amount goes into my pocket. Its not like the restaurant pockets my tips if they pay with credit cards.
 
It honestly depends on the establishment. My friends and I paid with exact change at the Cheesecake Factory about 5 hours ago, but if we were at some classy upscale place, then there is no way in hell that we would've sat there counting change. It's somewhat uncultured/impolite. If the place isn't a chain or a diner, then it's best to leave whole bills.
 
I hate change. Whenever I can use it, I do. Or else it just gets taken out of my pockets at home and stays there forever.

I have like $75 in change laying around my room in various jars, drawers, etc.
 
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: gotsmack
I was at a restaurant today for dinner with my friend. The dishes run from $11 - $20 and people can dress casually inside.

the bill came to $39.08. I had 8 cents and put that towards the bill but my friend says that is a low class thing to do, he says the proper thing to do is round up to the nearest dollar and then add in the tip. I disagree. I think you pay exact or close to it if you have the change and then add in tip.


So is paying exact change (if you have it) and then adding in the tip a low class thing to do.
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Your friend is a moron. The only thing insulting you can do is leave a tip on one cent with the tails end up. That's to show your displeasure with the serice. Never have done it, but that's what is done.

AS for change? Hek no. Your friend is a 'tard. The last thing a waiter/waitress wants is spare change. I'd rather have whole dollars, wouldn't you?
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yeah it's way less insulting to them if you leave a single penny heads-up.
 
Most restaurants have the servers "cash out" at the end of the night, rather than give the money each time a table pays. I would not say that leaving change is low class, but it is unecessary. It does not help the server since they will carry your cash and all the other tables' cash and pay it in one lump sum to the restaurant at the end of the night. When I waited tables in college I knew people had good intentions in leaving the extra change, but then I was stuck carrying around a bunch of loose change.

On the other hand, some bartenders have a seperate tip jar because they have registers at the bar, so it can be helpful to give them the total with change plus your tip.
 
Your friend is a idiot. Why would you want to make your server figure out that their tip was $x.92, instead of having a nice clear break between bill and tip? Anything you can do, no matter how small, to make their job easier is an investment towards the next time you eat there. I have worked food service before, and you would be amazed at the memories that some of these people have. 🙂
 
Not low class, just unnecessary, unless he left those eight pennies because he's one of those guys who then calculates the tip to the exact percentage and not one penny more, which, IMHOANO, does lack class.

Cash or CC, just shoot for 20%, always err on the upside rounded to the whole dollar, and be done with it.
 
nope. what matters is the amount of tip.. not much else really. if u tip 30% in quarters i think it would be amusing, but not horrible lol🙂
 
I almost always pay with CC and i almost always round to the nearest dollar for the tip, and i don't know why.

Ex: Bill is 44.54.. i would probably tip $8.44 to make it an even $53. And i don't know why this matters.
 
Originally posted by: Insomnium
It honestly depends on the establishment. My friends and I paid with exact change at the Cheesecake Factory about 5 hours ago, but if we were at some classy upscale place, then there is no way in hell that we would've sat there counting change. It's somewhat uncultured/impolite. If the place isn't a chain or a diner, then it's best to leave whole bills.
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Not really. I've seen people pay cash at upscale restaurants in New York. My friends and I have also paid cash when eating together and having a rather large bill. As for exact change, its definitely not low class, but probably a bit annoying to the waitstaff. That being said, if I carried around change, I'd probably give exact change if I paid with cash. I always almost pay with my cashback credit card or rewards card though.
 
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