An extra $20 for forty minutes would be awesome, I'll admit... but it's not something I'd ever expect. An extra five is good, an extra ten would rock. An extra twenty means you just made my night, and I want to give you a hug.
Just saying, though, that depending on the time of day, sitting at a table for a significant amount of time past what's "normal" means you're either a) preventing that table from being sat again, or b) keeping your server there past when they'd be able to leave.
And forty minutes isn't that big of a deal... five or ten extra would've done just fine, but please don't tell your friend that...the world needs more awesome tippers 
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