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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, a lady handed me a $10 tip on a $45 bill. I was happy with it, since it was more than 20%, until she came back in and said, "I'm sorry I gave you the wrong amount." I handed it back to her and then she gave me a dollar. 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, 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, 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
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 was working in a restaurant. On the receipt under "tip" someone actually took the time to write out "$0.00." FML
Today, I helped a lady carry her grocery bags to her car. She was so grateful that she offered me a tip. I refused, but she insisted. When I finally took it, I looked at the bill to see she'd given me $1. I smiled and said thank you, but she looked at me like I’d just robbed her. FML
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
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 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
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Top comments
george_s_4 32
If it wasn't a totally obvious fake maybe she didn't know. A lot of fakes go around and people don't even realize they have one. If it was obviously fake then she was a total asshole
lex1459 38
As a server myself, I think everyone needs to work in the service industry at least once to understand and appreciate just how much we rely on tips, and what is and isn't an appropriate way to treat any kind of wait staff. Sorry you got stiffed, hope another table was super generous and made up for it!
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Comments (39)
GoddessMadoka 12
To be fair, she probably didn't know it was a fake unless she was some kind of drug dealer granny or something.
fohfuucba 21
As someone that would not be able to tell you if a note was fake at a glance, I'd feel awful tipping someone with a fake bill. That sucks for you, OP.
tnebert 8
Ugh. Was it one of those horrible things that looks like a folded $20 bill but has a Bible tract inside?
saffy66 34
Depending on how the note looked, I'd report her to the cops for passing counterfeit money. She may be doing it other places too. If people keep on saying nothing, she will keep on getting away with it. And if she didn't know, assuming the police find her she can tell them where she got the note, and help narrow down the source so the real culprit can be caught and stopped.
sempisaviour 17
If restaurants paid their workers a decent wage, they wouldn't have to live off tips. That way when assholes like this do this, it wouldn't be an FML.
ThrottleJockey 36
Yeah, had that happen to me when I was a server. It looked like a $20 folded in half but was really just a religious tract explaining why I should've been in church on Sunday instead of waiting tables. Some people just don't get it.
Sparkieemae 14
I feel your pain OP. I waited on a couple some months ago where the woman was very nice and talkative to me, she asked me for a cigarette and promised me a "big tip" for helping her out (I don't smoke so I had to pay a coworker for one). I guess her idea of a big tip was to slip out to smoke it and have her boyfriend leave to take a phone call and neither of them come back at all leaving me to pay their tab. (Which is illegal for my job to force me to do but the loophole is I live in a "right to work" state so they can actually fire me without cause so the last thing any of us want to do is give them one so we servers pay walk out tabs) so her "big tip" was having me pay my coworker for a smoke, tip out the bar for their drinks, that I paid entirely for because I was stuck with their tab. The worst part was that was my last week on the job before I had to take a 6 week leave for surgery with zero income so I was trying to collect enough cash to pay the next 2 months rent and you know, eat and pay my pain medicine copays. I was so mad I literally cried.
TheAspieDork 27
Maybe she just didn't realize that the bill was fake.
MahiFish 2
This is actually a popular "trend". They leave what looks like a folded 20 under the edge of a plate. When you pick it up it turns out to be a flier preaching to you and urging you to convert to their religion. Not the same as accidentally leaving a counterfeit bill at all.
pladimir_vutin 5
"today, I'm a waitress" role playing or what?