Today, I was at my work. To urge people to be generous, I paid my friends to put 15 bucks in the tip jar while saying how great I was. He did this about ten times throughout the day. Turns out, us employees don't get to keep the tips. FML
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Black Friday
70% off something you didn't need, a stampede and a cart that crashes at checkout. Thanks, Black Friday.
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 got a lot of tips at work, but little did I know our boss takes it out of our paychecks. FML
Today, my coworker got a raise by making our boss give me a pay cut for doing his job while he was slacking off. As we were heading home for the day, he found $100. FML
Today, at work, a man bought a lot of really expensive stuff. He paid the large bill with cash, and the manager helped me count the money. When we were done, he handed me a $100 bill to thank me for all the help. We can't accept tips. The manager was next to me. I had to say no. FML
Today, while working at a chain restaurant, I forgot to charge someone a few dollars for extra toppings on the side. My stingy boss took the time to take that money out of my paycheck. FML
Today, I was accused of stealing when I dropped a $20 bill in front of my boss. His logic: I'm too poor to have a $20 bill and there's no way it was a tip, since our customers are "so stingy". It was a tip and it was going to get me through the rest of the month. He won't give it back. 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, 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, 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
Today, I was working in a restaurant. On the receipt under "tip" someone actually took the time to write out "$0.00." FML
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Top comments
realggirl 0
Absurd! Why don't you guys get to keep the tips?
Namenlos_fml 20
You don't keep tips?!?! FYL. That's bullshit. Sure, you probably have done a little research before your little "investment", but still.... that's complete bullshit.
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AtoZnumbersand_ 1
American employers must be so stingey. Why would you work for $6 or so an hour? I wouldn't bother, if that's all I would get I'd just beg for it on the streets. Why should people tip anyway? You provide a service. Why should I pay you for doing your job? You don't work for me. Yeah yeah, I know i'm being a hypocrite with the whole stingey deal, but their enployers should pay them more than slave wages anyway. There are little chinese kids sewing your sneakers together in a factory right now earning more than you.
xxrebelsxx 13
This is the most stupid comment I have ever read , 6$ an hour (I make 7.50 an hour) isn't that bad for a person in high school which is what those kind of jobs are made for, an btw a child in china is making way less then that
assvomit 0
bill hicks rules man.
epoh_fml 0
employers should pay more in the US for serving jobs, but they don't. So leave a goddamn tip.
yottskry 0
Why is it my business to make up the crappy pay of an employer? If you want a tip then provide good service. It should not be an entitlement.
wolfpackchick10 0
#33 - Completely agree. You have to earn that tip. There have times in restaurants where my server is 5 feet away...sees that we need something (and by this, I mean we're waving her down) and she still ignores us. Service like this does not deserve a high tip!! If I'm unhappy with my experience, I shouldn't have to dish out EXTRA money than what I already owe the business.
Aloira 0
#50 - if you're unhappy with your service, talk to the manager, I'm sure they'd be more than happy to discount your meal so that you feel better. But even if the service was bad, you should always tip AT LEAST 5% (on the undiscounted amount) to make up for what the server has to tip out to other employees, like the busser, food runner, bartender. If not, that server has to pay just for the privilege to wait on you and that is in no way fair.
cucuto89 0
IF the waiter has to pay the other employees, thats out of there TIP, not the meal.
SarahN_fml 0
#87, No. The tip-out amount is based on the SALES that server had, not the amount of the tips they have gotten. So, it IS based on the food, drinks, etc. NOT THE TIP. If your bill is $100, I have to tip out four dollars to others, regardless of whether you tipped me or not. That is me paying for you to be a tight-ass jerk.
ayame_jbomb_2727 0
I worked as a waitress in between high school and university, I made minimum wage. However one will relise that in alot of places minumum wage is not high enough to live independantly, cause rent in most places in the city near my home is typically at least $1000 a month plus utilities, and thats a minimum. Working around forty hours a week at minimum $9/hr here you make about $1440 a month, which leaves $440 for utilities, food and miscilanious expenses (gas, personal hygeine, insurance, and saving for school so you can get a better job).
AmbrosiaFan 19
F that shit. Horrible service deserves absolutely NO TIP WHATSOEVER. Barely good service the same. ONLY if they are doing good to excellent service will I tip them. Think of it this way. When I come into a restaurant, I plan on paying a 20% tip. That percentage goes up or down depending on how crappy the service is. I have at times paid a 50% tip to someone who kicked ass. I've also left one penny to someone who had horrid service. They didn't even deserve that penny. HORRID SERVICE MEANS NO TIP. If they hate their job that much and depend only on tips to get them through, they need to find another job.
ashleynonymous 0
Servers are generally paid well below minimum wage BECAUSE they receive tips, and the tips are their main form of compensation. If minimum wage is $7/hr, servers can get paid as low as $2.50/hr. You couldn't live on that. Tip jars are meant to be appreciation for good service provided by the servers and are intended to be given to said servers. FYL OP.
valalvax 13
Yea but if they don't make enough in tips to get to minimum wage by law their employer is required to make up the difference
AtoZnumbersand_ 1
I'm not rich. I'm working class. I've had my share of crappy minimum wage jobs. Luckily, I live in Australia where you could sue someone if they tried to pay you $6 an hour. I seriously don't know why you would bother. Though, I understand things are more expensive here. But still... That's crap. No point.
Major_General 10
Eight in California. Also in California: tips are earned above minimum wage of $8/hr, and management cannot keep them.
yottskry 0
$6 AUD is only £3.35... that's still pretty low! Minimum wage here is £5.83 (for 18+). Maybe things are cheaper in Australia than the UK though?
Jordan_McDeere 0
It's only £5.80 for 22 years and over. If you're 18 - 21 it's £4.83. Oh and also, it's illegal not to give employees tips. You should bring your boss to an employment tribunal or something. They have no claim to the tips.
yottskry 0
You are correct. It's been a while since I had to deal with minimum wages (I used to work in a shop)
iluvpeanutbutter 22
yottskry, they're saying that you could sue in australia if someone tried to pay you $6 per hour, coz its well below minimum wage. minimum wage in queensland is $14.20 if you're over 20.
Aloira 0
#22 - in most states in America, there are different minimum wages for tipped and non-tipped employees. For tipped employees in Missouri (where I live), it's $3.50-ish and close to $7.50 for non-tipped (not sure because I've never worked a non-tipped min wage job!). If for some reason, I don't make the non-tipped min. wage after my hourly rate and my tips, then my employer has to make up the difference. The restaurants in America that pay a lower wage to servers are doing so within the law, because, once again, it's expected that servers will get tips.
SarahMarie83 0
Servers are required to report and pay taxes on tips. Employers are required to make up the diferrence if a server earns less than minimum wage once tips are figured in. Unless this was the first day at a new job, how would you not know that tip jar wasn't meant for you? And if you thought it was for the employees, why would you want $150 of your money disbursed among yourself and coworkers. Sounds like someone had a bad TV overload!
containsnosoy 0
You realize that you would lose money in this scheme even if you guys did keep the tips right?
tkarin 0
If you don't get the tips, then who does? I think you need to make an official complaint.
Androgynoel 0
ydi that whole scheme was pretty lame:/
ps2stony 0
and that, my friend, is why you don't **** around in my restaurant.