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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Top comments
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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Comments (284)
Patsfan207 0
I don't tip for takeout, but for an order that large I'd give them something and more than 40 cents. I've always thought "required gratuity" was an oxymoron.
FYOL 0
THATS A SHIT-TON OF FOOD!
Allizoid 1
Here's a tip, either move to a country with better labour regulations/laws, get a non-tipping job, or stop your bitching. In the world outside of America, I expect good service. If it's anything above what your job requires you to do, i'll tip for your efforts. If it's poor service, I may put it down to a bad night or take my business elsewhere.
Kurai_tenshi 0
so?
Bagel09 11
In case you couldn't tell snickerdoodles you're not funny.
XR6Falcon 0
lmao at people earning a few dollars an hour! get a real job. one where you don't need to rely on tips.
jpgray1982 0
number 73 hit the nail right on the head. When you order from a resturant for take out, the only person who does any real work is the chefs. They get paid normal wages. boo hoo OP. You had to take a phone call and put an order in. Long story short, you still should have had the same amount of tables. And if your boss just has you only answering phones and bagging take out orders, then you should be paid a non tip wage. If you are doing that and getting paid the lower wage, then YDI for being an idiot.
lo1337a 1
Why yes your life does suck for living in the United States, where you're forced to live off tips because your employer isn't required to pay you a living wage.
dlm618 0
I never tip on cary-out orders. I did not sit at your table and was not seved by you, however I always tip at least 20% when I eat in.
slothgirl69 0
Servers in the states earn a little bit over $2.00 per hour. The wage varies state by state. Servers also have to tip out their support staff. Bartenders, bus staff, door and some places even the dish washers. Usually a percentage of their sales for the shift. They also pay taxes on the expected amount of tips that they are supposed to earn according to their sales. Therefore,,, if you stiff a server, they just had the pleasure of waiting on your useless ass and they had to pay for it out of their own pocket. If you can't afford to tip, don't go out. Go and get your Mc Food and leave the servers who work their @sses off alone. Stiffing a server is the same as stealing from them. As far as carry out goes, in most states that is not supposed to be added to your taxable sales. It is the establishments responsibility to ring these orders up on a separate key so no server gets stuck paying taxes on income that they did not receive.
Hermyoni 0
That is bs right there. Tipping is not mandatory and until that time comes it's still at the discretion of the patron to leave whatever they want or don't want to.