Today, I ordered take out, and paid with a credit card. The cute cashier gave me the receipt to sign, and under 'tip' I gave a couple of dollars. I realized that I had given too much, crossed it out, and changed it. Unaware she was watching, She then responded, "Did you just lower the tip by $1?" FML
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Today, a lady handed me a $10 tip on a $45 bill. I was happy with it, since it was more than 20%, until she came back in and said, "I'm sorry I gave you the wrong amount." I handed it back to her and then she gave me a dollar. FML
Today, I was doing takeout orders at the restaurant I work at. I spent a long while putting together this guy's $135.00 order. When he finally got there to pick it up, I told him to fill out the credit card slip. I looked at it after he left. He gave me a 40 cent tip. FML
Today, I ordered pizza for dinner and left cash by the door so my son could pay for it, in case it arrived before I got home. I told him they should get all the money, but I just found the tip. Apparently he thought I'd miscounted. I'm a server. FML
Today, I went to a restaurant and only brought $14 with me to eat. I ordered and ate my meal, then went to the counter to pay for it. I threw $2 into the tip jar then got my bill. My bill was $13.86. I had to reach into the tip jar and take my $2 back so I could pay for my meal. FML
Today, I was working in a restaurant. On the receipt under "tip" someone actually took the time to write out "$0.00." 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
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, I withdrew €40 at the ATM to pay for dinner later tonight. It wasn't until I went to pay for it that I realized I'd taken the receipt, but left the cash in the ATM. FML
Today, I had a customer write "fuck you" in the tip option area on his credit card slip, I have no idea why. 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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delphina 0
What does it matter if she saw you do it or not? She would have seen it crossed out in a little bit anyway. It's a weird thing that you would bother to cross it out and lower it by only a dollar, seeing as how a dollar is relatively insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but it's just weird as opposed to horrible. Plus, it was only take out, people don't normally tip on take out at all so if I were her, I'd feel grateful to have even gotten a couple dollars.
bart62 0
I think what he means is that he wants the waiter to make the night good by providing good service and that they should have to work for a big tip and not just expect it
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HurriKaty 4
Cheapaaasss.
bunnygirl 2
I would've been like, 'are you watching me writing down my tip?' then scratch off what i wrote and lowered it by one more dollar
AlDavis 0
you should of said "well i was just gonna lower it a doller, but since you said something im not tipping you at all" and crossed all that shit out and wrote "dumb bitch" on the recipt
tipsypiink 0
whether it was a dollar or not, who cares? it's your generousity. very unprofessional for her to say anything. and along with that... i have to ask why the **** there are tip jars at the ice creamery counters, and at starbucks, ect? You get paid minimum wage already. You aren't bringing me my food/coffee/ect. so you do not deserve anything extra.
BrianT80 0
why would you tip somebody for take out all they did was take your order and hand it to you when it's made. If it's a waitered restaurant where there was wait staff and you ate there it's a different story.
mattmag 0
#3 if you live in the US you're an ass. Here, restaurant workers get something like $3 an hour base, and tips make up the rest. Having said that, they should NOT be watching you fill in the tip space. If they said that to me, I would cross out the tip space completely and say "No, I'm taking off a bit more than $1."
Ohnoitslindsay 0
I can definitely understand those commenters saying that waiters do not automatically receive a tip, however more often than not it is not the waiter's fault if you don't receive the service that you'd like. It's generally a back up in the kitchen and the overworking of a small wait staff that slows things down, which is the number one reason people generally claim "bad service." It's really not fair to hold your waiter/waitress responsible unless they are outright rude to you. And no, #77, I have never been a waitress. I just understand that people can only do so much.
nina_fml 0
I agree with #19. She shouldn't be watching you and have the gall to comment on it as well. You should have taken the whole tip off. It's take out...it's not like she waited on you.
Death_Dread 0
Correct response: Yes I did. And if you continue to stand over customers as they write the tip, expect this to be a common occurence.
Edyn04 5
Um, okay, am I the only one who's never seen a space for a tip when picking up food? I've only ever been handed a small receipt with a line for my signature. Even if there was, there's no reason to tip when you're the one doing all the legwork. Delivery? Eat-in? Obviously. Take-out? Hell no.