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By Anonymous - 22/01/2010 02:49 - United States

Today, I was at my work. To urge people to be generous, I paid my friends to put 15 bucks in the tip jar while saying how great I was. He did this about ten times throughout the day. Turns out, us employees don't get to keep the tips. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/11/2012 07:23 - United States

Today, while at work, a customer gave me a $20 tip. I explained to him we aren't allowed to accept tips, but he insisted. When I called the manager to report it, he pocketed my tip. FML

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Sounds illegal

By Anonymous - 03/10/2019 00:01

Today, I got a lot of tips at work, but little did I know our boss takes it out of our paychecks. FML

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What?

By Patrick - 29/10/2020 03:08 - Trinidad and Tobago - Couva

Today, my coworker got a raise by making our boss give me a pay cut for doing his job while he was slacking off. As we were heading home for the day, he found $100. FML

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By aw-wtf - 11/08/2009 17:57 - United States

Today, at work, a man bought a lot of really expensive stuff. He paid the large bill with cash, and the manager helped me count the money. When we were done, he handed me a $100 bill to thank me for all the help. We can't accept tips. The manager was next to me. I had to say no. FML

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By danny - 10/10/2018 12:00

Today, while working at a chain restaurant, I forgot to charge someone a few dollars for extra toppings on the side. My stingy boss took the time to take that money out of my paycheck. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/11/2013 07:18 - United States - Grand Prairie

Today, I was accused of stealing when I dropped a $20 bill in front of my boss. His logic: I'm too poor to have a $20 bill and there's no way it was a tip, since our customers are "so stingy". It was a tip and it was going to get me through the rest of the month. He won't give it back. FML

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Tipping point

By BagBoy - 13/11/2013 06:42 - United States

Today, I was taking out a customer's groceries when he offered me a $5 tip. I told him I couldn't accept, since it's against store policy, but thanked him anyway. He called me an asshole just as my boss was walking to his car, who then yelled at me for it. FML

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By brhorton02 - 06/04/2009 14:42 - United States

Today, I was waitering at the restaurant that I work at when I collected a credit card bill that was worth $120 and a big zero on the tip line. Angered, I turned to a co-worker and said "I knew this asshole wasn't going to tip me." The guy was standing right behind me with $30 in his hand. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/10/2012 01:57 - United States - Rancho Santa Margarita

Today, a customer handed me a 100 dollar bill. He then told me that it was my tip for doing a good job. He snatched it away just as I touched it, laughed, and said, "Just kidding." He then took his money and left the store. FML

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By ismerf19 - 22/12/2010 00:05

Today, I was working in a restaurant. On the receipt under "tip" someone actually took the time to write out "$0.00." FML

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realggirl 0

Friday 22 January 2010 9:15

Absurd! Why don't you guys get to keep the tips?

Namenlos_fml 20

Friday 22 January 2010 9:16

You don't keep tips?!?! FYL. That's bullshit. Sure, you probably have done a little research before your little "investment", but still.... that's complete bullshit.

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fmlpostthing 0

Saturday 23 January 2010 5:45

YDI for using incorrectly using "us" when it should have been "we". BAM! Grammar pwned.

bethosu77 0

Saturday 23 January 2010 9:25

it's funny how people say increase food price so they don't have to worry about tips! think about it, then you would get SHITTY ASS service because what do they care? their still making money wether you're happy or not! Now you wouldn't be pleased with that now would you??

bethosu77 0

Saturday 23 January 2010 9:27

and btw I agree, bad service bad tip! buy if we bust our ass to make u happy and make sure all your needs are met and you don't leave a good tip then that's shit! clearaky is a perfect example that even if you're the best server ever it doesn't matter! some people just don't care!

CannibalGuy 0

Saturday 23 January 2010 18:31

Actually even in the US restaurants bars etc. often have policies whereby the establishment keeps tips or gratuity payments and only pay employees a flat rate or percentage of tips received.

Dalarsco 0

Monday 25 January 2010 2:35

Even in places where servers get minimum wage they are expected to tip out to the kitchen staff, busboys, hostess, etc. a certain percentage of the bill. It's based on the bill to stop sneaky servers from pretending they got no tip and giving nothing to everyone else. So if you leave no tip then they are paying to serve you. So give them at least a small tip unless they are utterly terrible. That being said, the op was dumb. The best way to ensure good tips in a tip jar scenario is to empty them frequently, but leave a little bit of change including a dollar or two. This shows that it is a tip jar, and that at least someone has given a sizable tip (since somewhere like Starbucks where there is a tip jar by the till a dollar would be 20-25% if someone got a single drink), but not many people have. This combines pity and ego-boosting to maximize someone's likelyhood of tipping.

lockedinaroom 7

Tuesday 26 January 2010 21:37

Well, after reading the comments, I know I should never, ever, be a waitress. It should be an employer's job to pay the staff, not the customers. Raise the menu prices, I don't care. But I sure as hell ain't going to work someplace where I can't be guaranteed at least minimum wage. How is this legal? A waiter should be able to make min. wage AND tips.

dawnia_tbone07 0

Tuesday 26 January 2010 23:39

You are guaranteed minimum wage as a server. At the end of every night, you have to claim your tips. At the end of the pay period, the management takes your tips plus your $2.13 an hour wage and determines whether or not you made minimum. If not, they have to reimburse you. The draw to being a waitress is always having money instead of living paycheck to paycheck. I usually make between $50-$75 a night, depending on all the circumstances. BUT, people who don't tip still screw us over. If I sell $500 worth of food in a night (50 customers or more at minimum) I am expected to make anywhere between $75-$100 a night. If I don't make that amount, I could get in trouble with my bosses. It's a great job when you consider how much I have after every shift, but no matter how much you're making in a night, is definitely sucks to wait on a table hand and foot and get jilted because they couldn't stand to leave $1-$2 a person.

xcalx85 0

Friday 29 January 2010 3:36

The employer can't keep the tips. In restaurants and bars, the wage per hour is like $2.17. Reason being, the employee make plenty of money off of their tips. If their hourly wage and tips don't equal up to minimum wage per hour, then the employer has to compensate to make it up to minimum wage

Talory 2

Thursday 18 February 2010 19:51

Was this your first day on the job, or the first day that you had out a tip jar? It sounds as if you were surprised that you didn't receive any tip-jar money, but if you'd gotten it before then why was this day any different?

laideehawk 6

Sunday 9 May 2010 20:24

i'm sorry your boss is such a tightass. I am curious, however, why you weren't aware you could not keep your tips. That would be a dealbreaker for me if a prospective employer told me I couldn't keep my tips.

senseofreason 0

Tuesday 27 July 2010 8:36

well I can't believe you didn't know this already... was it your first day on the job with this policy??? you should have already known you weren't going to keep the tips.