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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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
Today, my parents came to the restaurant I work at as a waiter. After, I picked up the check to realize they had left me a $500 tip! We split the tips among the employees so I only got $50 back but I was still psyched. When I got home they asked me if I had noticed that they used my credit card. FML
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
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, 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
Today, I was working in a restaurant. On the receipt under "tip" someone actually took the time to write out "$0.00." FML
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, after having a few beers at a bar, I gave my ticket to the valet to get my car. I tipped the man $2 and he gave me a huge smile and thanked me a lot as I left. I thought the guy was just really appreciative for those $2 until I got home and saw one of the $100 bills in my wallet was gone. FML
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
Today, my boyfriend and I had a lovely dinner date. Our waitress was really sweet, so we talked about leaving her a big tip. When we got home, we discovered we both thought the other person had left it. FML
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Top comments
tibtak_fml 10
Well at least you know the service was great and that's not the reason why you got a low tip
Enslaved 38
I wish everyone had to work at least a week in the service industry just to get educated about tipping. In before the "Why should I have to tip you..." "if you don't like it, get another job..." But then who would be there to serve you your entrees?" hmmmm?
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Comments (137)
bartsj88 6
YDI for voluntarily choosing that job.
diabolicanimud 3
maybe they didn't have enough to tip alot be glad you got one maybe they are having a hard time between jobs or.sometjing
Cole_Train0601 5
So? It's not their job to pay for your paycheck. At least you got something you ungrateful shit
Niicky_fml 20
Holy shit. You're a massive douche. Servers make like $2.50 an hour so their paycheck is almost entirely tips. It's so ******* rude to not tip someone unless the service is absolutely atrocious.
Catdragon 40
Op, you got a tip. And now you're complaining about how much it is. I bet you made other tips during that shift or throughout the week. You could have been left no tip. The amount of the bill doesn't matter. Percentage tips are stupid because guess what? It takes the same amount of effort to carry food no matter how much they cost. A burger is a burger whether it comes from the finest cow bred in Europe or from a cow down the road at a local slaughter shop.
zanthemum 6
Maybe it was because of your terrible grammar
heart_aussie_fml 20
Ah, the joys of tipping in the US...
VapeNation4Realz 4
I know it sounds horrible, but I'm poor as **** so I cant tip. If I was going to the US Id have to put aside money for tipping x_x
xxDeeStar 27
Dw, a lot of us are in that position. It's sad that we get yelled at for not tipping "well enough" when it's the law that their managers should pay the difference + when we are struggling too. Salon trip? Tip. Restaurant trip. Tip. Where I live.. A subway trip even asks for a "tip". It's sad. I always tip, but I have a smaller threshold. I'm not a crazy rich person, or even in the middle. I'm a student, with tons of debt and so I can't afford tipping.
moocowmilk0 19
you seem like a dick jus sayin
John_in_Oz 12
Oops! I'd missed the bit where it was a fifty dollar tab. Here's what I'd said: If you don't have enough cash to tip, the least you can do is show respect and give courtesy and appreciation. Tipping is not an Australian custom; employers have to pay a decent wage. Wait-staff who support tipping are co-operating in their own exploitation. Demand a decent wage from all employers. But yeah, these guys are assholes.
cootiequeen4444 11
I always had mixed feelings about tipping because I read somewhere that the tip goes solely to the waiter or waitress. And the cook is also part of my service. And I think the bus boy/girl has even more tough/admirable job because not only are they usually the ones cleaning the nasty shit pile (some) customers leave behind, but also sometimes end up doing the wait staff's job if customers flag them down. which I have seen happen a lot. In the end, often wait staff make a decent living with tips as more often than not people tip at the very least a fair amount. And this is regardless of whether the service is mediocre or great. It only really tends to differ if the service is God awful or if the customer is an unusually bad tipper. In the end, I support what a lot of local restaurants are doing and that is giving all the staff normal wages and encouraging customers NOT to tip at their restaurant as such. And any tips received would be split between all the staff responsible for said customer including the cooks, etc. There is technically an increase in food prices but as someone who consistently tips.and tips the recommended amount of 10 to 20% depending on the quality of service, sometimes even more if it is called for, in the end, the raised food price would be fine as I wouldn't have to worry about tipping and this wouldnt be me paying more for my meal at the end. The only people who'd be taking a fall would be the bad tippers. why the hell would any pity them? I like that they are finally paying as much as me for a meal. And if the service is bad, just report to a manager or owner about it. If the waiter had a typical wage, chances are they won't last long if they continously give out bad service so worrying about that is pointless. If you get a wait staff member when they happen to have a bad day and it's an unusual thing so you'd still continously see them at the restaurant if you do return at all, then just remember wait staff are people too and thus have off days and to forgive and forget. But that's just my two cents. *shrug*