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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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 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
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 working in a restaurant. On the receipt under "tip" someone actually took the time to write out "$0.00." FML
Today, at work, 5 minutes after I'd sent my help home, we got an 83 dollar order. I'm the only cook. FML
Today, I ordered pizza for dinner and left cash by the door so my son could pay for it, in case it arrived before I got home. I told him they should get all the money, but I just found the tip. Apparently he thought I'd miscounted. I'm a server. FML
Today, I went to a restaurant and only brought $14 with me to eat. I ordered and ate my meal, then went to the counter to pay for it. I threw $2 into the tip jar then got my bill. My bill was $13.86. I had to reach into the tip jar and take my $2 back so I could pay for my meal. FML
Today, at work, a man bought a lot of really expensive stuff. He paid the large bill with cash, and the manager helped me count the money. When we were done, he handed me a $100 bill to thank me for all the help. We can't accept tips. The manager was next to me. I had to say no. 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, after about 8 hours of working and making huge orders, I received my share of tips. It was only a quarter. One single quarter. FML
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alphaxzero 0
who the hell tips takeout? no one.
bubuchi3 0
most people i know don't leave tips when they order food to go, i guess coz most of the work put into it was done by the cooks, not the waiter/waitress. or something like that.
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TessaBee 0
10% on a take out order is pretty standard. Regardless of what you tip, the server has to tip out food runners, bussers, hostesses, bartenders, and where I work some of the kitchen staff a certain percentage of your SALES not tips. It's not really a big deal on small tabs, but something that large takes a long time to put together. I had a guy tip me nothing on an $85.00 to go order after watching all the work I had to do to put it together. I opened the checkbook before he left and said, "OOOOOH! Thank you so much, sir! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!" Ignorant people -.-
Spooky_Variety 5
Before anyone says anything I've been a waitress and I currently handle all the to-go orders in a cafe. Screw you for expecting a tip at all. You're doing your job and shouldn't get paid extra for handing someone some food. If you're expected to tip out other people and all that jazz and don't like it? Get another job. And for the waitresses that gripe about tips... if you don't like it, get a job that pays you minimum wage and shut up. It's not the patron's job to pay you, they aren't your boss.
Ganty 0
the only reason tips are given is because of the service... if you're doing take out, im sure they've already paid extra for the "service" and that goes to the restaurant, so if you want to complain it should be directed at the boss...
shaybaby79 0
248 should be ashamed to say that bull sht since u "were a waitress" yea..... rite
Maffu313 0
The amount of tips you get really depends on the kind of restaurant and the place you work at. In some cultures/restaurants, tipping 10% is plenty enough, while in some places giving tips is considered 'rude'. In general though, you don't get tips for putting together a take-out, I mean, unless you mean that you 'prepared the food' as well, when you said you prepared the $135 order, what do you expect to get tipped for? handing the customer his food?
NinjaTom 0
Stop Being SO ******* GREEDY, Im Stationed In South Korea and if you try and tip them they take it as an insult because your suggesting that their service is shitty and they take pride in everything, thats whats wrong with the people back in the states, if you dont tip they get offended because your not giving your money to them, its sickening what the U.S. citizens have come to now
xNephilim 19
Agreed. I'm from Germany and tipping is something that almost never happens. It's sad that people expect to get money for everything in the US. :/
buisterr 0
I dislike the idea of paying your wages. I tip 15-20% generally, but if you get upset over just a couple of people not tipping then get over it. complain to the system, and as consumers, we support your restaurant to even have you keep your job. otherwise it goes bankrupt and you'd be all fml, my job went down under. so whether or not you receive tip, be grateful.
Kerialison 0
If u were waiting tables then I would understand, but working takeout? No reason to expect a tip at all in that situation.
iLegacy 0
tyler311 1
you could have gotten nothing