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 $50 back but I was still psyched. When I got home they asked me if I had noticed that they used my credit card. FML
Today, after about 8 hours of working and making huge orders, I received my share of tips. It was only a quarter. One single quarter. FML
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Top comments
alphaxzero 0
who the hell tips takeout? no one.
bubuchi3 0
most people i know don't leave tips when they order food to go, i guess coz most of the work put into it was done by the cooks, not the waiter/waitress. or something like that.
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poeticpunk77 0
OP, no offense but unless you prepared that food yourself, then why should you get a tip? All you did was put it in bags and take money for the order. Guess what, I work in a grocery store and do the exact same thing and I don't get tips. So stop feeling entitled to a tip when you didn't do anything special or tip-worthy.
reid_reads 4
I used to waitress, and even I know you aren't supposed to tip on take out. Only if you are served or if the food is delivered to you.
Apprentice4Life 5
What kind of waitress were you? Must not of been a very good one.
AmbrosiaFan 19
Its a TAKEOUT order, YDI for assuming you deserve a huge tip. IMO take out orders are NO TIP. Do you tip at McDonald's? That would be comparable to a take out order at a restaurant IMO. YDI
thump_fml 0
135$ is a ton of takeout. I would leave a 5 spot minimum. People against tipping servers have other antisocial issues.
Anteezy 7
You should never expect a tip moron, you already get paid wages just do your job and quit whining. Besides you actually did receive a tip but it wasn't much.
Everlost 0
I don't get why you guys should have tips? you are just doing your job like everybody else, I hate waites who expect tips.
freaky_farzy 0
what a cheap ass
kimbowee 0
I always tip my waiter/waitress when I have a meal in a restaurant. However, OP was packing take-out and wasn't waiting a table for an hour or delivering it to the customer. The customer actually came to pick it up. So, OP essentially put all the customer's stuff in a bag. Congratulations? I don't tip the people when I pick up my food at a Chinese restaurant or something.
liberal_spice 0
Is 40% bad? I thought 10% was the standard.
kowandz 1
OK, if anyone wants that moron who is content working min wage at the drive-thru, the one who doesn't understand things like ketsup and xtra napkins, to be their waiter for a lot xtra money on the bill, instead of a tip. go ahead. I do the job because I make good tip money, and I am very good at it. Take away tips and the chances of good service go down dramatically, with the bill going up substantially. Tip your server, stop being a cheap ass. If u can't tip, go to mcdonalds!