Here's a tip: Find a new line of work. Now, there are a lot of cheapasses out there who just don't care, and that sucks, but they're not wrong for not tipping you. A tip is a gratuity, it's not mandatory, and it's not a guest's fault that you have a shitty job. In Europe, tipping isn't even an issue - they don't do it. Most people go into serving as a career, and they are paid well for it. I'm just a lowly citizen, and I don't know why the government does what it does, but to me, lowering a server's wages and saying that guests should tip them instead seems pretty effing stupid. I can't personally think of any other job where a person is paid lower than minimum wage and has to live based off tips, unless they are in an internship of some sort. I'm not saying that it was your fault they didn't leave a tip; if they had a bad experience, a lot of people don't know who to blame. You don't blame the hostess or server because your burger was well done but you asked for medium. They don't cut into your food to check it for you, and unless they wrote it down wrong or are a dick about taking it back, you shouldn't take it out on them. On the other hand, if I ask for no onions and you can clearly see them loaded up on the stick with the lettuce and tomato, it's totally the server's fault for not saying hey, this order was no onions. So, in conclusion, we really don't have the whole story with this post, but assuming you did your job properly and they were just asshats, fyl, and it sucks that you had some jerks seated in your section. Hopefully your hard work and cheery attitude will benefit you in the future. If you were a crappy server, then suck it up and do better next time.

The college kids in my town do the same thing at my frozen yogurt place...cheapskates. 0_o ♥

agree with number 1

Put a 1 in front of the first 0. Voila! $10 tip!

They could be just some bunch of real life trolls or cheapskates.

What's so bad about that? I do it all the time, though I usually leave a bit on the table. Maybe the dish guy grabs it, but I used to do dishes, and they deserve a burble coin too!

I'll put 0 if if I don't want them to have a tip or leave it in cash. Also I'll put the duplicate receipt in a cup or something.

sometimes people do that so you can't write in your own tip. don't take it too personally op :)

The thing of writing 0.00 as tip, I do this very often. Not because I'm a jerk, but simply because I give the tip in cash, either directly to the person or leaving it on the table. So of course, I have to write 0.00 in the credit card paper. (You're not supposed to leave it blank.) Sometimes, restaurant managers take some of the tip money that's supposed to be shared from the employees. It depends on the places, but generally I prefer to give the tip in cash so that the waiter/waitress can actually have a better chance to keep it or part of it, especially if they have a nasty manager. From the way you wrote the FML, it sounds like you work in the restaurant but aren't the actual waiter/waitress. Cashier or someone working with the accounting maybe? It might be that you saw the paper written 0.00 but the person left the tip in cash like I do. ...or it might be that service was really terrible. There's not many other ways for a customer to express their disapproval in a subtle way without having to call managers or make a fuss.

Ouch! The economy is in pretty bad shape! Or maybe you just don't provide very good service?