I bet you all saw how to do checksum tips several months ago (I'm linking to Punny because Punny is awesome. Go read it). Something about this has always bothered me. It's not the math; I fucking love math. Whenever I walk into someone's kitchen I always count the tiles along the edges and multiply them together; I can recite a whole lot of powers of 2 in one breath; one time I got a math question wrong on a test and my teacher was so dismayed, he made everyone else answer it wrong too. Et cetera, et cetera. The point being, I love math.
However, I am also a creature of habit, and I always tip the same way: the lowest multiple of $5 that is at least 15% of the bill; 20% if the service was memorable (and I wouldn't forget a memorable service). Yes, that means I tip $5 on $20 worth of food. No checksum required. I'm not about to sit around, paranoid, clutching my bank statement in my hand, wondering if some idiot waiter decided to give themselves a cash bonus. Life's too short to think about everyone stealing from you. When it's obvious somebody's ripping you off, don't rely on some arcane formula where it's not required; this is one of the fundamental aspects of programming, to take the simplest, most elegant solution, and kick the asses of everyone who breaks your shit. Or, you know. Buys themselves a pack of smokes on your dime.
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