Arkansas Man Tips 20% At Texas Roadhouse. Then He Realizes The Tipping Tablet’s Math Is Way Off

Most people who are accustomed to tipping culture in the United States walk into a restaurant fully prepared to leave gratuity. But one man is taking issue with how Texas Roadhouse calculates its suggested tips on its kiosks.

A TikToker, @whiskeyandviolence, posted a video that received more than 616,000 views. In it, he says the suggested tip—$16.28 for 20% on a $66.66 bill—is incorrect.

“What’s up Texas Roadhouse?” he questioned in the caption.

Exhaustion With Tipping Culture

In the comments section, viewers called the suggested tip a “violation.”

“Yea they doing something janky. But just for a minute, why are you expected to give an additional $16 at the end of your meal?!! Tipping is so ridiculous,” one commenter said.

Another wrote, “The tip [it’s] charging you is actually 25%. This is the third video [I’ve] seen like this. [I’ll] be tipping in cash.”

Tipping screens don’t increase customer tips, per WalletHub. A 2025 survey found that respondents tipped 30% less when given one. Customers who feel duped by the fine print aren’t more likely to tip, either.

Texas Roadhouse Tipping Tablet

The content creator is right in saying that $16.28 is not 20% of his pre-tax bill. It’s actually closer to 25% than 20%. So how did the tipping tablet even come up with that figure?

Before customers get their pitchforks out, there’s actually a reason why the tip seemed to be more than 20%.

In another case, a Texas Roadhouse kiosk suggested a customer leave $21 on a $50 bill. The customer only wanted to leave 22% of $50. However, it’s very likely the customer had discounts applied to her order or paid for the portion of the meal with a gift card.

Speaking about this, Texas Roadhouse confirmed to BroBible that “suggested tip amounts are calculated after tax and before any discounts are applied, which can affect the suggested totals you see on the receipt.”

TikToker @whiskeyandviolence’s 20% suggested tip is somewhat accurate when considering his total after tax. His post-tax meal cost $82.94 altogether, so 20% would be $16.58.

Should You Double-Check The Tipping Tablet Math?

But sometimes, technology can just be faulty. Another Texas Roadhouse customer, who spent $68.61 and swore they didn’t get any discounts, claimed that the kiosk attempted to charge them a 32% instead of a 20% tip.

“I didn’t have any discounts. Sure wish I did with how pricey the food was. The manager wasn’t sure why the amount was wrong, but said he’d bring it up with his boss. I applied a custom tip in the end,” the customer wrote in their Reddit post on the matter.

This is one of the reasons why customers encourage paying and tipping in cash.

“For this reason, I try to always bring cash when I go out to eat,” that poster said.

But paying in cash isn’t always possible, so if you have any questions or concerns about the tipping tablet math, it’s best to politely bring them up with your server.

BroBible reached out to Whiskey and Violence Golf via TikTok direct message and Texas Roadhouse via email for comment.