# Visa questioned my tipping style! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276 "2015-10-02T16:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/1 "2015-10-02T16:48:11Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/2 "2015-10-02T17:00:31Z")
Who did you go home with? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/3 "2015-10-02T17:02:58Z")
> [@Gothic](#): > > Who did you go home with? Heh. Don’t actually remember, but I woke up the next morning in bed beside my gf.😃 ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/4 "2015-10-02T17:05:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/5 "2015-10-02T17:08:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Heh. Don’t actually remember, but I woke up the next morning in bed beside my gf.😃 For that sort of tip, the waitress should have been on your other side. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/6 "2015-10-02T17:09:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/7 "2015-10-02T17:10:35Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/8 "2015-10-02T17:24:13Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > nm I find never minds intriguing. 😉 ETA: except for Ambi’s. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/9 "2015-10-02T18:07:17Z")
That is comforting that they are on top of this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/10 "2015-10-02T19:11:20Z")
Given recent tipping scandals over here, I now always (if possible) tip in cash. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/11 "2015-10-02T19:18:15Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Given recent tipping scandals over here, I now always (if possible) tip in cash. Yeah, I tip cash 99% of the time. I was just equal parts drunk, lazy, and tired. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/12 "2015-10-02T19:20:05Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > For that sort of tip, the waitress should have been on your other side. For $20? It was a classier joint than **that**. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/13 "2015-10-02T19:20:22Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I find never minds intriguing. 😉 Not very interesting. I just found after I posted that **voltaire** had already made the point I was going to make. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276/14 "2015-10-03T03:07:54Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Not very interesting. I just found after I posted that **voltaire** had already made the point I was going to make. And it’s really _the_ point of the thread.