Today, I was taking a table's order. After I finished, the guy told me, "Just FYI, I'm not a tipper." Trying to lighten up the situation, I replied, "It's amazing how many people forget I handle their food." He complained to the manager that I'd threatened him. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, at work, I got to wait on one of those tables where everyone had very complex orders, and some of them sent their food back. When the time finally came for me to bring them their check and receive my well-earned tip, I returned only to discover that they'd dined and dashed. FML
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
Today, while at my job, a couple became angry with me because I charged them for an extra ranch they'd ordered, as I'm supposed to. When I explained how it says in the menu how any additional sauces are an extra charge, she said nastily, "That's okay, we'll just take it out of your tip". FML
Today, I told a customer to “Enjoy your food” as I handed him his receipt instead of his meal. He replied, “You too.” We both froze in silence for a few seconds before he slowly took the bag and walked away in shame. FML
Today, at work, a customer asked for my number. When I declined, he made a huge scene, shouting and scaring other customers. He tipped me seven cents. FML
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
Today, I overheard a waitress calling me a cheapskate because I left a $2 tip on a $9 tab. When I told her she was ungrateful, rude, and unprofessional, she burst into tears and told the manager I’d threatened her. I was then banned from the restaurant, all while the little twat smirked. FML
Today, at the restaurant I work at, my own mom refused to give a tip and complained to my boss. FML
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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TheOnlyMizLiv 22
I hope you got the chance to spit in it anyway.
CruelGuy 19
And that's when you charge his bill extra
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lesliehalverson 5
I would definitely be freaked out by that comment... sometimes waiters forget who actually made the decision to come to the restaurant and help pay for the jobs. YDI
Queenie2014 11
The guy wasn't going to tip so how is he helping pay for the jobs? He's stealing service.
mangelon86 15
Besides all the things I would do to his food, I would bring his bill to the table with the food and he'd never see me again. Need a refill? **** you. Dessert? I guess you didn't notice what I did to your entree.
skittyskatbrat 19
Don't mess with the food, but yeah. He paid for food and a drink, he got them, end of story. He wants anything extra, like a refill or a check-back to see if it's okay, then he can pay for it...or wait until that magical time that the waitstaff isn't busy taking care of other tables and doing side work and has time to waste to bring extra stuff. And if he can find that magical time, he ought to start collecting unicorns, too.
tracyswingkid 8
"You're not a tipper? I am not a server. Good luck getting that order."
burristhethird 16
You kind of did, actually.
fly_panda 4
I had a table tell me that before the meal once. I said 'that's ok' and gave them great service anyway. Ended up with a 40% tip.
PoisonOrchid 21
I've had the same experience. You always catch more with honey than with vinegar.
ryanator008 23
This whole thing with the tips has gotten WAY out of hand. A tip should always be something extra for those ones who really go the extra mile. These days people will view you as filth if you don't give everyone an expensave tip. Everyone shoul just get paid normally, and none of this shit has to happen.
Queenie2014 11
That would be nice IF everyone did get paid normally. Tips are a servers wages so I can see why they would be pissed if they didn't get tipped. It's pretty much working without pay
Queenie2014 11
Regardless, thar guy deserves to have his food spit in or messed with. If you're not going to tip, don't eat out. Servers are tired of getting robbed. How would you like if you went to work everyday and your boss just decided not to pay you?
Kukironosuke 16
The customers are not their boss, their boss is their boss, the boss should be paying them
skittyskatbrat 19
#191, SHOULD be doesn't mean the boss IS. Restaurants found out a way to make the customers pay and get rid of an expense that they should have handled. So they did. If I ever found a restaurant where tips really were "extra" and a "reward" and the servers got a decent base wage, I'd be there every time I wanted to eat out!
Kukironosuke 16
The same way customers SHOULD be paying tips but that's not necessarily the reality, is it? If customers want to rebel against the practice of having customers pay the staff, then that's their right, and when the staff get angry for not being paid they should NOT turn that anger at the customers, they should turn their anger towards their employers. And none of you should be defending the employers, or raging about customers who don't pay, it's your obligation to realize who is at fault, and it is definitely not the customer.
princesscorkey 16
To be fair, that probably sounded like a threat, even if you think you're saying it in a joking tone.
sugarmonster42 7
People like that make me hate working in customer service
cupcakelife 7
If you earn more than $90/month in tips, your employer can pay you a minimum wage of $2.13/hour. If your earned tips do not make up the difference of the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour, your employee is required to make up the difference themselves. So it doesn't matter if you tip or not, the server is gonna get paid. However, tips can end up being very lucrative if the server is good and gets good tippers!