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 $1.55 cup of coffee with a gift card, but he came up a dollar short. He let another customer through while he fumbled in his pocket for money. I later noticed a dollar had disappeared from my tip jar. FML
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Top comments
Kitola 2
Well, there's tea and pastries there, too, yanno. I always get a Chai when I go there. No reason to be completely thankless.
imkendra 0
Ooh, burn! I was tipped with toothbrushes once. Hey cool, number 1 =D
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Comments (306)
WhyworldWhy 0
there's a lot of good stuff other then coffe at starbucks choose something
mangobells 0
I don't tip people, maybe Aus is different to America but I already paid my bill why should I pay any more?
AlexXII 0
Waitresses? Tea? In a pub? Wtf kind of pub is this!? Also you were given 10% which is the usual rate. Suck it up.
bsaucedo 0
i wish everyone knew how to tip . here's a little class for u ignorant people . 10% = shitty tip 15% = normal tip 18% = good tip 20% = excellent tip it's not easy being a sever, assholes .
agb2001 2
For the USA, that is. In the UK, 10% is standard, because waitresses have the same minimum wage as anywhere else. But, OP, at least they gave you something. I mean, sure, 10$ would've been much nicer for you, but 5$ to spend on muffins is better than 0$, right?
ile2010 0
If I get average service, you'll get a minimum 10% tip, though it's often 15%. If I get exceptional service, you'll get up to 30%, depending how exceptional the service was. If it's a buffet, you'll get nothing (bringing me one drink does not earn you a tip). If it's one of those places that adds a "10% service charge", I will never give more than 10%. They've made the tip mandatory and that's insulting to me. Oh well, I actually save money by paying 10%, as I usually leave 15%.. If you give me exceptionally crappy service, I will leave you a 2 cent tip (way more insulting than no tip at all) and make sure to tell you to "keep the change".
lizzilla8297 2
starbucks has other good stuff, like cookies and hot chocolate.
samson111 0
you can get banana or lemon bread
dont_stop_believ 0
they sell smoothies cookies muffins....niot just coffee
stopreadingmynam 0
then get a frappichino, geez....
clarky_95 0
how is this an fml