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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Comments (306)
Burner2K0 0
Greedy customers should all get raped by Pedobear!!
cheese1756 0
They have good things like lemon pound cake, sandwiches, and drinks to. Its not all coffee
greatnt249 0
"Be happy you goty a tip, $5 is 10% so that is a good value" In America, 15% is generally considered the accepted minimum, given that waiters/waitresses already make below minimum wage as it is.
joonsson 21
Who cares what other people say is the minimum. A tip is a reward for great service. If the service was average you will get a small tip from me and if it's good you'll get 10% or so. Sure, tipping customs are different here but I'm not going to change my ways when I travel just because you can't get your boss to pay you an acceptable salary. It won't change for you guys until people stop tipping that much.
peach_fml 0
Beware of complementers!! Anytime someone complements you a bunch, odds are you aren't getting a good tip. I think in their warped little brains they think that complement is your tip. But that doesn't pay the rent!
jonnymohio 2
Be grateful you got anything. You sound ungrateful. Would you be angrier if they'd left you nothing? I always tip 20% BTW.
NoneOfTheAbove 0
Wow I got a bra once from an old couple in a tip. consider yourself lucky.
trinatruffle 0
ha that sux, i hate coffee, :) yeah baaadddd luck there
TDKnight79 0
not fml worthy
NoneOfTheAbove 0
Ewww by the way
Dorri 0
"chillax... you can't expect a wonderful tip from everybody. They probably were a bit tight on money (we're in a recession or haven't you heard) but still wanted to leave you something." If they're so tight on money then why are they buying a $50 meal? All these people talking about being grateful have obviously never been a waitress. It's hard work and their income has a lot to do with tips (their salaries are usually minimum wage; sometimes less). A $5 giftcard for a $50 meal is a shitty tip.