Today, a guest at my restaurant asked me what a tip was. I had to awkwardly explain to him that servers don't make hourly wages, and we rely on tips from customers to make money. After I finished, he laughed at me, called me a sucker, and stiffed me on a $120 tab. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was taking a table's order. After I finished, the guy told me, "Just FYI, I'm not a tipper." Trying to lighten up the situation, I replied, "It's amazing how many people forget I handle their food." He complained to the manager that I'd threatened him. 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 was waiting on a Canadian tourist at work, and he bought some of the most expensive stuff on the menu. I was excited about maybe getting a big tip, so I casually said that in the USA, waiters make most of our money off tips. The guy just snorted, "Sucks to be American, eh?!" and left. FML
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
Today, I overheard a waitress calling me a cheapskate because I left a $2 tip on a $9 tab. When I told her she was ungrateful, rude, and unprofessional, she burst into tears and told the manager I’d threatened her. I was then banned from the restaurant, all while the little twat smirked. 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 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, 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 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, at the restaurant I work at, my own mom refused to give a tip and complained to my boss. FML
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manb91uk 22
See... I hate the tipping culture. It's just an excuse for restaurants to pay their own staff shit money. In England you get minimum wage AT LEAST and the tips are extra. Paying the servers is the business' responsibility NOT the customer
RichardPencil 32
You should have just said “about 15-20%” and walked away.
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manb91uk 22
See... I hate the tipping culture. It's just an excuse for restaurants to pay their own staff shit money. In England you get minimum wage AT LEAST and the tips are extra. Paying the servers is the business' responsibility NOT the customer
Gofuckyourself 24
It's the same in Canada. Servers here make minimum wage plus tips!
caaguilar 18
Some business also add the tips in the bill sometimes
Nhayaa 21
Yup. Same in France. I don't understand either why they don't include taxes in their price. You're supposed to see how much you're gonna actually pay, not resolve a math problem every time you buy something...
weazle 13
It’s stupid. Like here in California you make at least whatever your city’s min wage is. Somewhere between 12-15/hr in my area. Now in Georgia they only have to pay you 2.37 (it’s 2 something I can’t remember now ) per hour. And for those people I don’t care about tipping them. It’s the pizza boys and waitresses here that are making a normal amount who cry because I don’t want to give them my hard earned money because they did their job they already get paid for.
xicor 1
The thing about delivery ppl is that they actually have to pay for their own gas and mileage on their car. He company only pays them minimum wage.
ashleylenart 4
In Canada minimum wage for alcohol servers is less than general minimum wage with the expectation that tips make up the difference.
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wawa_sxm 15
And creates this false responsibility on you when they say i survive on tips. Well i survive on a budget and your tip wasn't mentioned anywhere. Worse now they feel entiltled to tips so you will get bad service if you return. And depending where you live, surviving on tips doesn't mean surviving at all. In my country a waiter will tell that to someone making usd800 a month with kids to feed while the waiter is usually young with no kids making usd800 as well but with tips thats easy 3000 a month (with less hours and usually a much better atmosphere). Don't get me wrong i tip a lot i just don't like feeling i'm responsible for your pay. thats between you and your boss.
Nhayaa 21
I can't even understand how it can be that way. Customers are workers too and they don't get any tips, they're paid for their hard work so it's not their duty to pay for others basically doing their job as well. America is so f*cked up.
Shiro_1711905830 6
Yeah but we don’t do that in America. If you don’t give a tip you’re basically saying that you don’t think the server should be paid
RichardPencil 32
You should have just said “about 15-20%” and walked away.
peanuts363 12
Get a real job. People aren’t your employers, they don’t need to pay your wages.
raven_of_azarath 35
“Get a real job.” Without servers, we wouldn’t have a food industry.
Dorothy Horsman 8
then make sure you never go out to eat and cook your own food since the restuarant workers are not real workers. will help you from being a obese fat ****** then
Gofuckyourself 24
That escalated quickly 😬
bloopaloop 27
Damn. I don't usually comment empathetically but that's aweful. I'm sorry
Razell 13
Mm, see, that is what a tip is, but... that's not the way to explain it, because your boss's failure to pay you for your work is between you, the boss, and the state. It's not the customer's problem. Next time, try "A tip is a monetary expression of appreciation for a server who did an exceptional job waiting on you. It can also be a way for guests to apologise to the server for boorish behavior exhibited by either themselves or by their dining companions."
Chilupa 28
The actual definition is To Insure Prompt Service. It should have nothing to do with wages, but sadly, that’s how it usually works.
Francheskà Heyn 5
yap
tounces7 28
Was he wearing a MAGA hat?
RichardPencil 32
Probably not. MAGA hat wearers are so cheap, they’ll only go to places where the staff doesn’t speak English.
DraftHail614 17
What difference would it make if he did? For someone commenting about FMLAssholes, the pot is calling the kettle black here. I may not be about MAGA, but attacking political opinions is just sad. But hey, welcome to the minority, FMLAsshole
tounces7 28
Except I'm not attacking the poster, and, it was just a joke, frankly.
shannon2348 14
no doubt.
Mungolikecandy 19
How that reads is you are working for free dependent upon if people feel they want to give you a tip or not? Why would you work in a job which does not pay any basic money at all?
julfunky 29
Because SOMEBODY has to do them.
raven_of_azarath 35
Because America.
Mr_Mole 24
What other job can you get where is seemingly optional to pay the person doing the job? Hi Dave the plumber. I’ll pay you for the parts you used but surely you didn’t want paying to fit them. Sucker!
wawa_sxm 15
wrong...its hi dave whats wrong me paying your invoice is not good enough? you want an extra 20%? why did you bill me so low if you can't survive on it?
Takegami 22
That’s a dine and dash. Call the cops
TinScarecrow 15
"Dine and dash" is where a diner doesn't pay for their meal at all. Tipping isn't mandatory, and skipping the tip wouldn't result in legal action. Ever
ayenii 14
Stiffing someone is leaving without paying for the meal. So, stiffing = dining and dashing, which is what happened here.
TinScarecrow 15
In this context OP is calling a lack of tip stiffing. The check was paid, the tip was not, hence the "stiffed *me*"