Although math skills are impressive, this isn't the SAT. Whatever bonehead started the 15%-flat-rate-no-matter-what rumor needs a serious Silence of the Lambs muzzle, because that idiot has started a trend to which no diner/drinker should wholly adhere. Why?
There's nothing more frustrating than working extra hard for a tip and getting next to nothing. There had to have been too many occasions when I almost grew an extra 5-feet, turned green, and almost ripped someone's face off. I'd love to let the Hulk out, but I'd also love to have a job the next day.
There are a lot of things that go into tipping other than bill total. First, if you have put in a longer shift or close to what the bartender is putting in (and I'm not judging), you might want to consider the tushie time you have put in.
If your rear has been parked in the same spot so long that you are almost fused with the bar stool, you need to tip according to time. You're taking up a spot other people coming through would've occupied and tipped. Just use the 15% as a guide and not absolute.
I have heard the rule of not leaving coins on the bar for a bartender. I will say, I'm okay with it, as long as you are leaving bills along with it. If you leave your dimes and pennies only, you better come prepared with a helmet because I've seen and heard about bartenders whipping the change back at the patron. You will see the girliest of girls turn into Randy Johnson throwing straight nickle heaters back.
I also want to leave you with a little bit of advice, in case some of you think you're James Bond. Don't ever not tip a bartender when it is busy because you don't think we notice. A BARTENDER ALWAYS KNOWS, and we are always willing to help you out with a coin concussion to keep you reminded.
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