Miscellaneous: Cheapskates

Cheapskates

By Kitty - 01/06/2009 18:49 - United States

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

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You deserved it 7 731

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By Anonymous - 14/08/2009 01:59 - United States

Today, while I was working at Starbucks, a customer spilled her drink all over the counter. After I cleaned up her spill and remade the drink (for free), she exclaimed, "Thanks! I should really tip you!" Then she turned around, walked directly past the tip jar, and left the store. FML

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You deserved it 3 509

Cheapskates

By 2broke4ajoke - 29/11/2018 13:30

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

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You deserved it 166

By lolowills - 14/11/2016 03:20

Today, I was complimented by my guests about the great of service I was giving them. They then left me a $2 tip on a $50 tab. FML

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You deserved it 1 232

By brerj09 - 28/04/2014 13:35 - United States - Saint Paul

Today, at work, I served a group of three teens. Their tab was $75 and they tipped me nothing. They wrote a thank you on a piece of receipt paper, put it in a glass of water and used a coaster to turn the glass of water upside down on the table, spilling water everywhere. They also stole my pen. FML

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You deserved it 4 434

By tired waitress - 25/04/2016 23:05 - 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

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You deserved it 1 203

Just the tip

By Anonymous - 28/06/2009 18:43 - United States

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

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You deserved it 4 113

By Misunderstood Waitress - 06/11/2012 22:37 - 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

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You deserved it 49 873

By Hopper - 03/12/2017 23:00 - United States

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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You deserved it 375

Tipped

By Nick - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, while I was working as a waitress, I had to wait on a table of 13 people. I was struggling through it and when they finally left I went by the table to pick up my tip. Instead of a money I got a napkin saying, "Here's your tip, don't be a waitress." FML

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You deserved it 7 026

By barista - 05/12/2010 17:36 - United States

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

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You deserved it 3 908

Kitola 2

Monday 1 June 2009 23:54

Well, there's tea and pastries there, too, yanno. I always get a Chai when I go there. No reason to be completely thankless.

imkendra 0

Monday 1 June 2009 23:52

Ooh, burn! I was tipped with toothbrushes once. Hey cool, number 1 =D

Comments

DeadPixel4 29

Tuesday 1 April 2014 17:59

Ironic, I nicknamed a girl kitty. Hahaha

kenjenkei 32

Friday 1 May 2015 3:10

I'm not sure you know what ironic means...

conflictedebola 20

Tuesday 14 October 2014 7:26

I'm not excusing their actions in any way, and that really sucks, but you can still totally use that gift card to buy pastries or something. Starbucks has some kickass baked goods.

fullerkate3 17

Friday 5 December 2014 21:13

They have other things then coffee.

ElliotR 9

Saturday 21 February 2015 21:59

There's more than just coffee at Starbucks.

draftskink 23

Monday 1 June 2015 19:55

Get a frappé

luther48 20

Wednesday 16 November 2016 13:07

Three things: 1. The price of the goods/service is enough to cover overhead 2. Everyone has a choice as to their career, if they don't properly weigh pros and cons, it's their own fault 3. Never budget in your bonus until you receive it. A tip is a bonus not a salary