ismerf19
Today, I was working in a restaurant. On the receipt under "tip" someone actually took the time to write out "$0.00." FML
Collection
Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
Brick, United States
How Thoughtful
Today, I found out that my new serving job does in fact take the time out to write a check for $0.00. FML
brhorton02
United States
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
richgirl
This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff
United States
Stingy git
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
tuck87
Toronto, Canada
Today, I had a customer write "fuck you" in the tip option area on his credit card slip, I have no idea why. FML
imanidiot
United States
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
danny
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
Misunderstood Waitress
United States
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
tired waitress
United States
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
Steve-noh
All in a day's work
Today, at my job as a waiter I sharted myself while taking an order. They tipped me $20 and wrote "for new underwear" on the receipt. FML
2broke4ajoke
This FML is from back in 2018 but it's good stuff
Cheapskates
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
Top comments
schwancy 2
People only do that when they want you to know they aren't tipping you because you did a crappy job.
ThaMilkshake 0
lol... cheapskate... nice way to tell you you didn't work hard enough xD
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chimariavirus29 0
I write the 0.00 out as well. that's because here in Texas if you don't write it in. they will automatically take a tip. Also it might be because I will pay cash for the tip.
mtnairtom 0
I'll do it again tomorrow if you don't shape up and give a little better service you daft motherfugger
grimreeper98 0
well did you do a terrible job serving them?
vettle 6
I hate tipping. what a bullshit custom. I worked in retail and served people so much, got treated like shit, and it didn't mean they bought anything. I got nothing. in fact, I had to refuse anything given to me. i made the same wage as any waitress. **** tipping.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
That's odd considering waitresses are usually paid half of whatever minimum wage is for every other job because tips are expected to make up the rest of their pay. That means if minimum wage for everyone else is 8.00 than for a waitress it is about 4. If you were getting paid on the same scale as a waitress without being in a tipping position then your job was doing something illegal.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
That's only if you live in the United States though I don't presume to speak for other countries.
wutsupdogs 0
minimum wage? if a waitress makes less then minimum wage then the employer is breaking the law.that is why they have the law, regardless of what your job is. if you make less then that you need to speak to an employment board.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
" According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, tipped employees are individuals engaged in occupations in which they customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips. The employer may consider tips as part of wages, but the employer must pay at least $2.13 an hour in direct wages." That's from the United States Department of Labor web site.
thegoogler 0
add a 1 to the 0.00 for a ten dollar tip
sietseld 13
It's hard to know if YDI or not. It's quite possible the service was bad. But on the other hand I know some people don't tip just because they can. I was a server for 6 years and sometimes you get cheap people who are willing to spend money on food for themselves but wouldn't dare give any extra cash (even a few bucks!) to their server because it is "optional." Even for a slow server who seems to be more interested in talking to coworkers than serving their table, I would still leave a small amount. (Of course if the server was outright rude or out-of-line, there may be an exception). I have a friend who purposely complains loudly about horrible service and how she is leaving no tip, even when we have had a wonderful server. Last comment, despite the fact that (when I served) I occasionally would get a bad tip/no tip from a table, most tables were more than generous. I regularly made $20-25 per hour in tips working at an American-food chain restaurant, for work that is really not difficult at all. I feel that servers are well-compensated for the work that they do and I hate to hear servers complain about one bad tipper.
CosmicPossum 2
Even if I'm paying by card, I tend to leave tips in cash, and I always put something else on the tip line so no one can write in a tip. They may have been doing the same thing, though I think just writing "cash" on the tip line is more practical.
MasterLeague97 0
@OP Damn, that's gotta suck. I hope you get a better job and **** that guy for being ignorant, he could at least be somewhat thankful for having you make him somethinh.
Kay06 0
I do that when I pay with my card but leave a cash tip because I've had people write in their own tip when I left that line blank