Visa questioned my tipping style!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So, I got a ride to my favorite bar, and my gf was slated to pick me up on her way home. She wound up having to work late, which was fine with me.

A bunch of my friends were there, and I ended up having many beers bought for me. Eventually it was time to leave and I told the bartender I wanted to pay up. She brought me a check for $10. I knew that wasn’t correct, but she showed me a list of my transactions. Many people, including the manager, had bought me drinks.

I gave her my Visa card, she ran it, and I added a $20 tip. I usually don’t tip 200%, but she had taken great care of me and I had no idea how my friends tipped when they bought me drinks.

The next day I get an email from Visa; “Hey, did you mean to tip this much?”

(Yeah, they’re thinking the server might have altered the tip amount, but it made me laugh.)

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Who did you go home with?

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Heh. Don’t actually remember, but I woke up the next morning in bed beside my gf.:smiley:

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It actually makes good sense that they were suspicious. A 20% tip would have been $2 and could be very easily modified to $20 by adding a zero.

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For that sort of tip, the waitress should have been on your other side.

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I’m always glad when I get those kind of calls, it means they’re watching out. Though it’s usually Amex that pays that kind of attention.

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nm

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I find never minds intriguing. :wink:

ETA: except for Ambi’s.

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That is comforting that they are on top of this stuff.

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Given recent tipping scandals over here, I now always (if possible) tip in cash.

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Yeah, I tip cash 99% of the time. I was just equal parts drunk, lazy, and tired.

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For $20?

It was a classier joint than that.

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Not very interesting. I just found after I posted that voltaire had already made the point I was going to make.

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And it’s really the point of the thread.