Credit Card Prank II

I just finished reading Credit Card Pranks II at Zug.com I got a kick out of most of his antics but the best was this one:

EXPERIMENT 4.

Another recent development in credit card receipts is the helpful “tip reminder.” This is a calculation on the bottom of the receipt of how much you should tip, with figures given for 10%, 15%, and 20%. Call me old-fashioned, but this seems a little presumptuous. For instance, what if my server sucks? This was the case in Bickford’s, a local franchise of family-style restaurants, where they mixed up our orders, kept us waiting, and didn’t apologize.

I decided to use the “tip calculator” to reduce the total bill by the amount I felt I should be credited (10%). Then I signed the bill with my reasoning, and snapped a photo of the copy before I left.

When I got my credit card statement a month later, I found they had charged me the original amount of the bill. Oh well. At least I didn’t have to leave a tip.