Yep, me too. I've even made up the difference for people not in my party.
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I avoid those people. I'm embarrassed to be with them, and don't want to be associated with their cheapness...I've been a waiter, I know how it works. Some people are ALWAYS looking for an excuse to tip poorly, blaming the waitperson for stuff outside their control, like kitchen snafus. And yes, folks who tip poorly (by my experience) tend to be cheapskates in other ways...
But what to do if one of those people is your mother-in-law?
If they are a bad tipper, they probably aren't in my party. I hold tipping in very high esteem. I do have family members that are embarrassing tippers. I usually pull the "oops, let me hit the bathroom real quick" and drop $20-$40 back on the table.
I can't abide poor tippers.
Did the same with my dad. His tipping improved dramatically to everyone when his granddaughter became a waitress, and he learned how poorly waitresses were paid and treated. Same with my brother in law when his daughter became a waitress. His standard tip before that was one quarter . . . not 25%, just one shiny quarter.
yes, opportunity wasted (along with the occupants of the car), you could have bought the beer and sat in the back seat.
Amazing thing about people (not exclusively young folk): they choose the one place to smoke weed where they are most likely to get in trouble...not easy to cover up that smell, you can smell it just driving behind other cars.
"Everything's legal in New Jersey!"
— Alexander Hamilton