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Re: Rounding bill when paying cash. Posted on: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:44:35 -0400

In article ,
"Doug" wrote:

> Just returned from Charleston, SC. Found that all the resturants we ate at
> rounded the bill to the nearest $1 when returning change for a cash payment.
> We asked a wait person and was told that it was common though some round to
> the nearest 25c. Did not find this in DC, how common is it?
> Doug.
> PS There was one with menue prices that came to even $'s when the tax was
> added, cute.....

I am 43 and I have traveled fairly widely in the United States, but I
have never been to the Carolinas. I have never heard of rounding a bill
anywhere I have been on either coast or anywhere in between.