Chellybelly92
Allentown, United States
Today, while waitressing, I had a huge party. When everything was said and done I saw the tip they left me. It said on a napkin, "You're pretty. You can't put a value on a compliment." And that was it. I wish compliments paid the rent. FML
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tygerarmy 35
Wow, that's horrible OP. All the places I work have gratuity added for parties greater than 6 or 8.
DocBastard 40
I can put a value on a compliment: Zero. Zilch. Nada. Nothing. Assholes.
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Cbizzlez 10
Just be thankful you live in 'Merica, a lot of countries don't tip at all
mattorama 15
And the wait staff get paid more there. Derp.
Cbizzlez 10
Not necessarily, and they are treated much worse in other places
ajeyness 10
in a lot of countries in europe actually the tip is added to your bill already like france
Cbizzlez 10
I was thinking more in the Japan area
doodlecloud 27
Waitresses get paid fine in Japan. Thet don't tip there because it's seen as disrespectful. Tips are even banned in some countries because it's considered rude. The waitresses are normally paid at least a liveable amount in these places though. There are countries where waitresses don't get tips or decent pay, but that's because there simply isn't enough money available there.
Ins0mau 20
We don't usually tip here in Australia except for exceptional circumstances but waitresses get paid better here.
Evolving_Squid 15
Most people don't care what the waitress makes, nor should they. It's not the customer's problem.
AngelSpit 18
58 is it true in Australia if you tip your bartender it means you want to sleep with them? I heard that once, just curious.
SuperDanielNL 23
At least they didn't insult you :)
TheBrochure 22
You can insult in action (or inaction)!
SuperDanielNL 23
Calling someone pretty is an insult now a days?
VeganVampyre 27
No, genius, refusing to tip them is. By not tipping your waitress you're basically saying "screw you, you suck and you don't deserve any money for the work you just did" so unless the service really was terrible and you honestly don't feel they deserved a tip, then yeah, that's a huge insult.
SuperDanielNL 23
Americans and their tips... You folks could just raise minimum wage, or build up a decent social security system. But I guess I am barking up the wrong tree and will be downvoted into the depths of oblivion.
gracehi 33
Suuuuuuuuuure compliments pay the rent. Just go to your landlord and butter him up. He'll be so flattered, I'm certain he'll forget all about that $800 you owe him.
Wowxoxo 17
This sounds like a scene right from Les Misérables (1998 version).. They get frisky..
FlyingLeumer 19
Hey, come on now. They may be cheap, but at least they left something! I've had people leave used condoms, I would have much prefered a compliment.
KainMoogle 21
I know! At least OP got a complimentary napkin!
evilplatypus 39
If you have issues with tipping, that's fine, but tell the waitress right off that bat your morally adverse to it. Otherwise, it isn't a matter of morals; it's you being a cheap a$$hole.
golden_warrior 23
What the **** are you saying?
SuperDanielNL 23
And what good would that do? She'd still have to bring you your food...
doodlecloud 27
It's still rude even if you tell them upfront that you're going to be rude. I have issues with the concept of tipping myself but, in the UK or US, I would tip regardless.
hawkislayer 2
If you told her off the bat that you don't tip.. the movie "Waiting" would pretty much sum up what would happen.
TheDrifter 24
I had issues when I visited Japan because I'm used to tipping. Here in my end of Canada it's so hard to find wait staff that they pay them decently, but tips are still customary, makes a barely getting by sort of job a little more attractive.
thewife5 19
So it's ok for servers to not to their job if the person doesn't tip? I don't think so.
Callyn 47
If the patron doesn't tip, the server isn't getting paid a fair wage to do their job. So yes, it's perfectly ok for them to refuse to do it.
noelasis94 18
What a day, now go home and have an ice cold beer.
BntyHntrSeattle 30
Poor Penny :(
vehementbitch 4
Thats ridiculous waitresses get treated like crap. And look at me about to get a job as a waitress.....
AboveAll04 14
would you have rather been paid in gum ?
FlyingLeumer 19
Give me some of those Trident Layers!
perdix 31
And this is why huge parties are usually assessed tips automatically. Sure, compliments can't pay the rent, per se, but if you are pretty, I'm sure the landlord can find a way to work something out with you ;)
TheDrifter 24
I think I saw a series of tutorial videos on how that might work while I was surfing the internet last night.
FlyingLeumer 19
Seduction 101, starring Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull... oh wait...