Over the last two days I have had three restaurant meals for which the bill, with tax, ended up being a round number. In none of the cases was the pre-tax bill a round number, and for all the tax was five percent. Question: is this the natural result of this tax rate, or is someone messing with me? I’d do the math myself, but I’m on vacation.
They’re messing with you. More specifically, it’s easier to calculate a tip if the bill is an even number of dollars.