ext_29810 ([identity profile] leback.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] firecat 2008-08-25 08:53 am (UTC)

I've been out with people who do the sort of thing your friend's husband did. I find it a bit irritating when it's delivered in that fashion. (I don't have a similar problem with someone's counting up the pot and saying "There's plenty here, if anyone wanted change back" -- I've been in groups where most people will initially throw in several dollars extra, just to make sure we don't come up short -- but it's a rare circumstance in which "too high" seems like an appropriate sentiment.) And certainly, I can imagine someone's breaking out the calculator precisely *because* they're too stingy to want to round anything off. Meanwhile, though, [profile] akosut often uses one just because arithmetic is not his friend even when simplified. (He also points out that he sometimes comes up with ultra-precise numbers simply because a lot of restaurants that we go to have credit card machines that compute suggested tips based on common percentages and print them on the slip.)

Anyway, I appreciate the clarification regarding the meaning of "weird" -- I don't mind being considered odd, certainly, as long as the other person isn't also thinking less of me for it. :-)

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