Today, I was working as a waitress at this pub. It was dead. After 4 hours I had only made 5$ in tips. A friendly couple came in and complimented EVERYTHING down to the freshness of the lemons in their tea. The bill came to $50. They left me a $5 gift card to Starbucks. I don't drink coffee. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while I was working at Starbucks, a customer spilled her drink all over the counter. After I cleaned up her spill and remade the drink (for free), she exclaimed, "Thanks! I should really tip you!" Then she turned around, walked directly past the tip jar, and left the store. FML
Today, after starting my new career as a server, two women were kind enough to leave a $5 tip… while still owing $6.84 on their bill. FML
Today, I was complimented by my guests about the great of service I was giving them. They then left me a $2 tip on a $50 tab. FML
Today, at work, I served a group of three teens. Their tab was $75 and they tipped me nothing. They wrote a thank you on a piece of receipt paper, put it in a glass of water and used a coaster to turn the glass of water upside down on the table, spilling water everywhere. They also stole my pen. FML
Today, I'm a waitress. A customer came in and acted very kindly and even mentioned how I was such a help to her. She also mentioned leaving a nice tip. The tip? A fake $20. Thanks. FML
Today, I went into work to waitress on a table of 40 guests. They were my only table for the day and the bill came to over 700 dollars. After they left the busser was cleaning the table and threw out the credit card receipt which had my tip on it. FML
Today, I was waitressing for a huge family. Their bill was $750. Excited about the tip, I was shocked to see only $0.50. As they were leaving, I threw the two whole quarters at their heads. Guess who also got fired today. FML
Today, I was the only carhop at work for the last 2 hours. In that time, I waited on about 50 cars. I make server pay so I depend on tips, but none of them tipped me even a penny. I averaged under $3 an hour tonight. FML
Today, while I was working as a waitress, I had to wait on a table of 13 people. I was struggling through it and when they finally left I went by the table to pick up my tip. Instead of a money I got a napkin saying, "Here's your tip, don't be a waitress." FML
Today, a customer tried to pay for a $1.55 cup of coffee with a gift card, but he came up a dollar short. He let another customer through while he fumbled in his pocket for money. I later noticed a dollar had disappeared from my tip jar. FML
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Top comments
Kitola 2
Well, there's tea and pastries there, too, yanno. I always get a Chai when I go there. No reason to be completely thankless.
imkendra 0
Ooh, burn! I was tipped with toothbrushes once. Hey cool, number 1 =D
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Tubasaurus 0
They are not obligated to tip you a single dime.
dg72592_fml 0
and everyone saying its not mandatory, yeah its not mandatory its just POLITE. it's not mandatory to say "please" and "thank you" either, people just do it to be friendly and courteous. what a concept.
kcasey 0
Geez at least they tipped you. Ever heard of being thankful?
purpleiscool 0
Kudos to #93. Yeah, I don't see oncologists getting tipped for finding that cancer before it was too late. A lot of places don't even allow tips or anything.
teehee520 0
Well aren't you grateful.... Re-tip it or something.
ohhhhshizzz 0
#82: Do you live in America? You would realize that tipping is to compensate for the fact that waitors/waitressess don't get minimun wage. They have to pay the cooks & bus boys and barely come out on top themselves. And those of you who are saying, you chose the profession. Uh, not necessarily. This is a recession, and a job IS a ******* job. If the older couple couldn't afford to tip but could pay $50 at a pub, then they could drag their asses to McDonalds.
justmeagirl 0
When a waitress was really awful at a popular (but uncrowded) restaurant, my friend and I wrote on the Tip line: Tip: "Never Shake a Baby". lol.
NoMercy_fml 0
How can a pub be dead? Last time I checked a building was an inanimate object.
lifesucks769 0
Wow. I can not believe everyone here saying the OP is being ungrateful. Tipping is the norm in America, and you should always tip at least 15% unless the service is just terrible. I am a teenager and we have a rep of being terrible tippers, and I rarely tip less that 20%.
CourtneeMalakian 0
hey dont be an ungreatful bitch be happy you got ANYTHING at all and starbucks serves more than coffee they have excellent hot cocoa and hot and cold tea