[Jeff Higgins]

I refuse to tip anyone before I get served and can evaluate the quality of service.

I refuse to tip anywhere that I have to do most of the work.

Here is a cute little trick I've noticed and have since begun to look for when dining out at restaurants that are the kind where we would normally expect to tip. I've only seen this when dining as a group when we split the bill, like when out on a group ride or drive.

The first receipt comes with the automatic gratuity already included. It's expressed as a line item along with the food and beverages. Most people don't even notice, which is what the establishment is probably counting on. Then we give the waiter our credit card, he takes it and rings it up, and the receipt we get the second time does not show the line items, including not showing the tip we just paid. Yet it still has a line above the signature line where we can add a tip. Bastards.