Mr Heddi and I, and Mr Heddi's Mom & her husband went out for lunch one day. We were visiting them from out of town. The bill was split, which was fine.
When it came to splitting the bill, it was an odd number, like one check was $25.04 and the other check was 25.05. So just being fucking normal people we put down $25 for the bill, and then $7 for the tip.
Mr. Heddi's step father is like "where's the nickel?"
I'm like, uh, I don't have one
He says "Well, your bill is $25.05"
Yeah, I know. Can you cover the dime for us so we don't have to break a dollar and give the waitress a 6 dollar and 95 cent tip. Seems kind of silly
He says "No. I won't cover it. I didn't eat that nickel worth of food. The two of you did. Why should I cover that?"
I said "BECAUSE NORMAL PEOPLE DON"T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT A NICKEL AND I DON"T WANT THE WAITRESS TO HAVE A POCKET FULL OF HEAVY FUCKING CHANGE TO CARY AROUND ALL DAY"
He says "well that's her problem to deal with."
He left $2 for a tip(a dollar each for he and his wife)
The waitress overheard our conversation and was chuckling in the back. When paid her she came back with change...$5 off for something on OUR bill, not step-dad's. When we were leaving she said "I appreciate you standing up to that guy!". I gave her the "extra" $5 in tip in addition to the $7 we had already left.....$12 on a $20 tab? NOt a bad take home. Add the other $2 and that's $14 on $50. They were still being asses but that $5 discount, which didn't cost her a thing allowed us to give her a proper tip.
I never fail to remind that jerk (and he is a jerk) about the time he stiffed the waitress in North Dakota.
His pat answer is "Well if she can't afford to be a waitress maybe she should find another job" 
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