Originally Posted by
mojo6911
It doesn't seem like the group was that big. Maybe 4-5 people? I don't find the 22% tip as offensive as going to a restaurant where a bottle of water costs $10.
When using other people's money, anything over about 18% is getting questionable.
But the real issue here is the booze on the union's dime, which is against policy, and the fact that they obviously attempted to obscure the true nature of what they were expensing.
Union folks often work hard, and maybe part of their reward should be lavish dinners washed down with gallons of booze. But if so, that should be formally spelled out in the rules so everyone knows what the score is.