Today, I was working my shift at a fancy restaurant and it had been a really hard day. My parents came in to have dinner and surprise me. After paying, they left a note saying they would see me at home. It also said "By the way, no tip, because you stink at serving." 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 started my job as a waiter. I was excited when my first customer paid for the bill. I go over to the table, half-expecting a tip. I got to the table and no money was on the table. On the bottom receipt was written: "Ever heard of deodorant?" Apparently I smell bad. Thanks for the tip. FML
Today, at the restaurant I work at, my own mom refused to give a tip and complained to my boss. FML
Today, my horrible parents turned up to the restaurant I work at just to mess with me. Dad forgot his wallet, what a surprise, and asked me to pay the bill. I refused so my manager got involved. My dad got arrested, I got fired and might lose my lousy flat if I’m late on the rent. 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, 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, my mom and I went out to a fancy and expensive restaurant per her request; she told me it was her treat. After we ate our meals and the large check came, she excused herself to the bathroom. She didn't come back. I was dine-and-dashed by my own mother. 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, at work, I got to wait on one of those tables where everyone had very complex orders, and some of them sent their food back. When the time finally came for me to bring them their check and receive my well-earned tip, I returned only to discover that they'd dined and dashed. 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, while at the restaurant I work at, a bunch of kids came in. They all gave incredibly complex orders, laughed at everything I did, and made a huge mess by "spilling" hot sauce and water all over the floor. After they left, I was tipped eleven cents. FML
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Top comments
som_fml 0
Can't blame you. I hate it when family/friends come in to "surprise" me. That's not happily surprising someone, that's rubbing their recreational freedom in your face and then leaving without you.
icertainlysuck 0
You know where they live... that's all im gonna say
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Comments (75)
teeda 1
LOL That was mean.
pinkishgirl 0
At least they didnt expect you to pay for the dinner :)
sistine_chapel 2
Just so you know, there is a grammatical error in your post. Look for it. I bet you can't find it. All right, I'll go ahead and tell you. The sentence "My parents came in to have dinner and surprise me" is incorrect because it does not use parallelism. It should read "My parents came in to have dinner and to surprise me." Doesn't that sound better? It's a simple mistake to make, but a pretty crucial one. If you want to do something besides wait tables in your life, you must learn to write correctly. No one wants an employee who can't even write her own resume!
4ube_fml 6
Sadly even that cannot give you a job these days (and english is my third language after french and spanish)
cj277 0
they were probably joking...
midwestjerk 0
Rape and murder them. Then get a job you don't suck at.
kellster 2
Your parents are jerks, and it sounds like you're a bad server. Learn from it?
luckyyyy 0
your parents just did'nt want to pay
Obwaban 0
I don't understand all the comments that are like "they were joking" and "they were most likely joking." So what if they were joking? She still got stiffed. Parents or no parents that sucks ass; and the note is just a self esteem crusher
irockmyworld 0
how bad can anyone get at serving. i mean unless you sneeze into the food while bringing it over or you trip and send all the food to the floor, or you spill hot soup on your mum, you should be fine right? or maybe you were just nervous around them cause theyre family. that could explain why you sucked. but still, thats pretty bad what they did
Northsidebill 4
How bad do you have to suck at serving stuff to people if your own parents wont tip you? This was my first thought, then I realized that my own parents are in fact assholes who would do just this to e if I was waiting tables. So I am torn here. Could it be that the combination of a bad day and the fact that you knew they were your parents maybe have caused you to slack on their service? In that case you deserve it :P