Cash/Checks vs. Cards at Restaurants

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by kawishiwi

You should go out & eat at restaurant using a credit card tonight! They have the whole tip thing figured out!
I carry a cash buffer for the gas dock tip & the occasional food stand. Though even food trucks and such usually take cards now.
Cash for independent service providers is one of few good reasons for cash as TiltonBB mentions. Fishing guides LOVE cash.
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Cash is just so...last century.

It is not that I can't do the math, but I have never tipped in a restaurant with a credit card. It's the same with many services where a gratuity is appropriate. When you tip using a credit card the employee is taxed on that income so depending upon their income bracket they may only get 75% of the tip.

Almost everyone prefers cash as a method of payment. That means your waiter, landscaper, boat maintenance company, car mechanic, coffee shop, ice cream stand, bartender. Everyone.