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
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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 went to a restaurant to order food with just a $100 bill. They no longer had what I came for, so I left. When I got to my car, I realized - no bill. I went back in for them to say they hadn't seen it, and they wouldn’t check the cameras. I know the lady working there picked it up since I was the only customer. FML
Today, I went out to eat with my friends. When the bill came, all three of them had "inconveniently" forgot their wallets at home. I ended up having to pay. It was a $178 check. FML
Today, I went out to eat with a friend. I was supposed to be paying, but when I tried to, there wasn't enough money in my bank account. She didn't have money with her either. FML
Today, I went to buy some frozen yogurt. I filled up a cup and the cashier rung it up. The total price was $6.92. I only had $5 in my wallet. So I gave her the $5 bill and went to my car to get more money. Little did I know, there was no money in my car. So I drove off. Leaving the $5 behind. 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 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
Today, a customer tried to pay for a $1.55 cup of coffee with a gift card, but he came up a dollar short. He let another customer through while he fumbled in his pocket for money. I later noticed a dollar had disappeared from my tip jar. 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, 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, I withdrew €40 at the ATM to pay for dinner later tonight. It wasn't until I went to pay for it that I realized I'd taken the receipt, but left the cash in the ATM. FML
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Top comments
blkmagick 0
Honestly, YDI because you need to pay more attention to the prices of what you're going to eat.
azeem 0
Lol why would you tip before you paid for your bill and second why would you tip at a fast food place .
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Comments (121)
Suckstbeyou 0
just don't ever do that at a bar lol
Marx0r 0
Since when do fast food places let you eat before paying?
sickinlove13 0
lol That's what I just said!
Alexgoesfml 3
That why you pay for the meal and THEN and give them a tip!
sportygal85 0
that made no sense, i tip AFTER i paid and usually i stick it on a card, because i rarely carry cash and if if it is fast food, i just leave the change if it's not a lot and you should always tip everywhere, i'd hate to tell you how much certain restaraunts pay people, and i can promise you it's less than min wage. ask your server next time at a restaraunt how much they make an hr, it's like $2 and change...
sickinlove13 0
Why should you tip at every restaurant you go to? I'm not going to tip at McDonald's or a place similar to that. Plus, minimum wage, at least in Illinois, is like $5.25 an hour.
sickinlove13 0
Really? I know a lot of waitresses and they all get paid around $5.00. Even the delivery drivers where I work make $5.50 an hour. I don't know. I don't really pay much attention since I'm not a waitress. lol
omgitspoy 6
ya in michigan waiters/waitresses only have to be paid $2.85/hour and anywhere else if your under 18 they don't have to pay minimum wage. min wage here is $7.40 and i was 17 when i started working at the job i'm at now made $6/hr until i turned 18.
ehomz 0
this isnt a good FML
Katzilla_dances 0
Pay first, then tip.
tjd13 0
maybe you should get a credit card so stuff like this does not happen again
thelonelylurker 0
Tip AFTER you pay... You, sir, are a fool.
angrymole 0
don't tip before the bill.
geb_925 0
You have obviously never worked as a waiter before...Bottom line is, if you don't have enough money to tip well at a restaurant, you DON'T eat there. Tips are what waiters live off of...