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
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to work only to serve one table, make a $9.00 tip, get sent home because it was slow, have the city busses stop running because of weather, and have to pay a $20 cab fare to get home. FML
Today, after about 8 hours of working and making huge orders, I received my share of tips. It was only a quarter. One single quarter. FML
Today, I was working as a Valet driver. After getting no customers for 5 hours in the pouring rain, a woman driving by stops and asks me for directions. Before leaving, she said, "I should probably tip you for that, since that's probably the only money you'd get all night." She didn't. FML
Today, I was working as a waitress at this pub. It was dead. After 4 hours I had only made 5$ 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
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
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 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, while delivering pizza I was yet again given $0.04 over the total bill and told condescendingly to "keep the change." This happens on every shift. My pay is reduced during deliveries, and I drive my own car, and use my own gas. For $0.04. FML
Today, at work, 5 minutes after I'd sent my help home, we got an 83 dollar order. I'm the only cook. FML
Today, I was at my job, waiting tables. A fellow server and myself were given a party of 14 Bible thumpers. They left us $9.00 and a mini Bible after awesome service, telling us we did a great job. Unfortunately, religion doesn't pay for my car. FML
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Top comments
Callyn 47
So that's illegal. If you don't make minimum wage in tips, your employer is on the hook to cover minimum wage for the hours worked. It's ridiculously hard to actually get them to do it and keep your job, but maybe you work for good people. If you do, you could bring that up.
ThrottleJockey 36
Coming from a former server, the employer is only responsible to ensure that the employee makes at least minimum wage per hour averaged over an entire pay period, not for just one shift.
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Callyn 47
So that's illegal. If you don't make minimum wage in tips, your employer is on the hook to cover minimum wage for the hours worked. It's ridiculously hard to actually get them to do it and keep your job, but maybe you work for good people. If you do, you could bring that up.
ThrottleJockey 36
Coming from a former server, the employer is only responsible to ensure that the employee makes at least minimum wage per hour averaged over an entire pay period, not for just one shift.
TinScarecrow 15
she's still making an average of minimum wage. people who claim to make less are, at best, bending the truth for sympathy
Lobby_Bee 18
Silly girl, they expect you to rummage through the car and whatever spare change you find is your tip.
ChakatBlackstar 29
Why in the world would a carhop actually be inside someone's car?
Mathalamus 25
I would look for a different job. Even a waitress would make more money.
RichardPencil 32
Were you so overwhelmed that you gave everyone slow service?
chubbear 14
Why are you on every whisper with these try hard
chubbear 14
Why are you on every FML with these try-hard comments??
joeyl2008 29
I never realized you were supposed to tip at sonic.
TinScarecrow 15
Sometimes. Sometimes Sonic pays more. It depends on the Sonic
ChakatBlackstar 29
Wait...are you supposed to tip all carhops? Because I'm going to feel like a bit of a jerk since when I go to the local drive-in I usually only had them keep the change.
ohsnapword 21
So, you're telling me that tipping is NOT a city in China?
wawa_sxm 15
Oh how i love the countries that refuse tips. Should i tip the sales clerk that went in the back grab me a pair of jeans? Its unfair and wrong. Complain to your boss
Art Halladay 2
I hate dealing with servers sometimes. Most of them (especially the younger ones) are spoiled rotten lil b******. As a veteran former line cook and kitchen supervisor, I've seen it all. but what irked me the most had to be when servers had to help out in the kitchen a little bit. (run a few dish racks, take a couple garbages out, break a cook for a smoke break, etc) when asked they reply snobbishly,"No, i only make 3 dollars an hr." Oh my god! If that was the case how the hell are you living, you poor little thing! The girls learned pretty quick, keeping their ignorant comments about wages to themselves. Cooks, line cooks, dishwashers, sous chefs, prep cooks all pretty much get anywhere from min wage, to average 10.00 an hr if lucky, every single day or night. Except when i go out to eat, ill tip the cook out more then the servers. As a cook I have never left the restaurant with hundreds of dollars, evin after the busiest of services. So the next time your cook asks for a hand rather then popping off at the mouth about 3 dollars an hr, think about tipping him out a few bucks. Cuz while your making in a weekend what that poor guy probly makes in a week, his job is making sure that your smile and his food in conjunction are earning your wages. Without his food your smile isn't worth nothin to much anybody, except probly yo mamma. 3 dollars an hr! Pffffft! When you get a couple hundred bucks in tips I don't think you fish out couple hundred bucks labor now do ya!
TheGreatPotato 19
I see you have yet to learn about that "keeping your ignorant comments to yourself" thing.
Jez Nepinak 4
THANK YOU
jbuckets_404 39
Not one car out of 50 tipped you? I find that hard to believe....
Thorn3359 10
Bruh I didn't even your suppose to tip carhops