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I Can’t Believe People Can Be This Stupid

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313points

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N G 3 years ago

Take the dollar as a tip. Idiot customer.

158points

Left On My Co-Workers Table

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Being straight or not isn't a service- tip the person

183points

Alexander was upfront that employees should expect and demand support from their managers. "I know that it's common for restaurants to treat their customers like kings and their employees [badly], but that doesn't mean it's OK," he said.

"99% of people are nice, but the occasional rude client is unavoidable," Alexander from 'Woohoo inc.' said that there's no avoiding rudeness in the long run. "You can learn tricks to deal with them, and that's great, but no one should have to put up with mistreatment."

For Alexander, working in the service industry doesn't mean that others can walk all over you. "Having a service job does not mean that other people get to demean you or belittle you and managers must be willing to step in and protect employees' dignity and mental health."

Latina Waitress Received Racist Note Instead Of Tip

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Why is this not illegal to fine people who act that way

202points

This Was Posted In A Restaurant Group

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Amy Pattie 3 years ago

That surely is illegal, I think in my country that’s a $16,000 fine

216points

A Group Of Kids Filled It Up And The Parents Shouted At Customers Attempting To Complain

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Ban the parents

241points

Tipping's either a sore subject or a complete non-problem depending on where you live. In the United States, for example, tipping at a restaurant or a cafe is nearly ubiquitous. You're bound to get some weird glances and questions if you refuse to tip or if you don't tip enough.

Decades Of "The Customer Is Always Right" Has Created The Most Entitled Idiots In Human History

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

We should get rid of that whole customer is always right attitude. It's not ok. It never was.

197points

A Feeble Attempt To Get Out Of Tipping

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212points

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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago

Not very Christian of them.

236points

My Cousin Just Posted This On Facebook. She Is A Waitress At Outback And This Was Left Behind

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Lu 3 years ago

Animals

131points

I'll be frank. The US tipping system… is a bit weird. It's on the same plane of existence as not posting the full price of a meal or a product with the tax included. However weird forced tipping might be (and how it essentially makes customers, not the employers, pay a large chunk of the workers' wages), it doesn't change the fact that it's a cultural thing in the States. You just do it.

#10

My Aunt And Her Friend Took Me To Dinner. These 10 Lovely People Sat Next To Us, And Didn't Even Leave A Tip!

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193points

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Clearly sunny 3 years ago

Waitressing is the worst job, I'd rather clean toilets.

78points

#11

The “Tip” My Friend Got

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

I feel like they should be fined

60points

#12

Seen On A Facebook Post On How People Should Tip Their Servers 20%

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183points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

It sounds entitled

275points

So not tipping someone or even poking fun at a server who expects a tip isn't the way to go. Sure, the entire system should be overhauled so that tipping isn't mandatory, but until that utopian moment, we're stuck with what we have.

#13

You Can Just Picture The Trashiness From This Customer

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

I'm glad there was a donation

86points

#14

Wouldn’t Let Him Underage Drink So He Didn’t Tip

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179points

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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago

he has some hard lessons coming his way

84points

#15

What My Coworker Was Given Tonight

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Uhg

88points

Rudeness, however, isn't just linked to tips. Customers from hell find all sorts of ways to belittle servers. From namecalling and ‘flirting' to acting like spoiled, entitled children (no offense to spoiled and entitled kids). However, employees shouldn't rise to the provocations while also protecting their own dignity.

#16

Please Don’t Leave Fake Tips I’m Trying To Go To College

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167points

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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago

nobody wants a picture of a pussy grabber

236points

#17

My Friend Waited On Two Underage Kids Who Tried To Order Drinks. Stiffing Servers Has Always Made Someone A Bad Person, But During A Pandemic When Benefits Have Run Out And Restaurant Employees Are Struggling More Than They Already Did? Despicable

My Friend Waited On Two Underage Kids Who Tried To Order Drinks. Stiffing Servers Has Always Made Someone A Bad Person, But During A Pandemic When Benefits Have Run Out And Restaurant Employees Are Struggling More Than They Already Did? Despicable

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165points

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alwaysMispelled 3 years ago

Again, I call bullshit on these asshats trying to say they'd be leaving a massive tip, otherwise. These POS would never leave huge tips.

30points

#18

Worst Tip Ever

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163points

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Julie C Rose 3 years ago

QUARANTINE HOTELS. TRY IT, AMERICA.

62points

Earlier, I'd had a chat with Alexander from ‘Woohoo inc.' about what people should do when dealing with rude customers. “Keep your cool and remember that whatever abuse they're giving you is no reflection on you as a person,” he said.

#19

Displaying Your Bare Feet In A Restaurant

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troufaki13 3 years ago

This is one of the reasons I don't like people...

147points

#20

This Family Let Their Kid Crawl All Over The Restaurant Floor, Nearly Tripping Several Servers

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Cecilia Herrera 3 years ago

They should be charged with child endangerment, and criminal stupidity.

95points

#21

Smoking In A Non-Smoking Restaurant Because You Do What You Have To

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Clearly sunny 3 years ago

Is it that hard to get up and walk outside?

126points

“That customer doesn't even know you, so there's no way it could be you. But on the other hand, don't be subservient. Don't be afraid to stand up for yourself and tell customers that abuse is not tolerated. And if it persists, hand them over to a manager as soon as you can and let them deal with it,” Alexander explained how we should deal with problematic people. It's all about striking a balance between being professional and having a spine.

However, Alexander pointed out that not all customers who behave badly are bad people in and of themselves. There's a bit of nuance there! “It can be a good person having a bad day and that's why they're acting out.”

#22

Stop Tipping And These Folks Will Land Better Jobs

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140points

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N G 3 years ago

That last sentence works for me. Because if you stop tipping wait staff in a culture that requires the customer to make up staff wages, and they DO all leave for better jobs there will be no one to FEED YOU AND YOU WILL HAVE TO GO AWAY

220points

Dizzy Falcon 3 years ago

Ikr, like, if you want them to stop working at your favorite restaurant, you are big dumb

23points

cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

Exactly what I was thinking

6points

itsTrini 3 years ago

You logic brings a happy tear to my eye

1point

Personindaworld 3 years ago

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0points

Doubleheader 3 years ago

The funny thing is that this is actually happening post pandemic lol. People don't want to go back to sh*tty terrible jobs with low wages and scrape by.

0points

danielw 3 years ago

or more likely, management leaves the tipping-system behind, so they can stay in business. Not that it's a good way to accomplish this.

0points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

And when they will go away where will you go to eat YOU USELESS PIECE OF S**T???

24points

neonn_pieee 3 years ago

My thoughts exactly. If they all left then the person writing this would say "who is gonna feed me?!" - uhhh they all left like you said!

8points

H Edwards 3 years ago

Who do they want to serve them their food? I have always been utterly baffled by this type of statement, it makes no sense.

16points

Russell Davison 3 years ago

What baffles me is the restaurant service system we use. Why cant restaurants just pay servers a living wage? Why should customers have to pay for the food AND the service. Every other industry pays their employees a fair living wage for their work. Why isn't food service the same way? The system is backward and broken and desperately needs to be fixed.

6points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

Ah yes, no doubt your poor harassed waitress can go outside and pick a nice new job from the Job Tree. Or hell, why not two? It's just that easy!

9points

Russell Davison 3 years ago

Or the restaurant that employs her could just pay her enough to survive. Why isn't that a thing?

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

"Tough love" was the excuse every abuser has ever used, in some way, and it does not make a better world. it makes a very bruised, angry, scared world.

6points

Michael Beswick 3 years ago

I've never been to any country other than the US where a tipping is seen an obligation because wages are too bad to live on. Serving is part of the service so it should be included in the price of food like it is in other developed countries. It's almost as bad as the tax not being included in the prices.

5points

Kat 3 years ago

Horrible people. A job is a job.

5points

Ivana 3 years ago

So...no waiters period is their end goal here? Also, donation? You are paying them for their labor because America has a screwed up tip system instead of just restaurants paying their employees.

4points

pebs 3 years ago

And ... so you're gonna have to be your own waiter, idiot?

3points

Joan Marsala 3 years ago

Maybe then you should learn how to cook and stay the hell home - you cheap ass

3points

A. Jones 3 years ago

Have fun cooking at home if nobody's gonna serve you anymore.

3points

Kiss Army Premium 3 years ago

Since when is working in a restaurant not making a decent honest living? The only thing not decent about it is the pay.

3points

Vicky Zar 3 years ago

Sooo.... apart from all the other bullshit this guy wrote... what do they think will happen if all waiters get "decent" jobs?

3points

lenka 3 years ago

And the same people are the ones who complain that waiters dont deserve a pay rise and that they should be willing to work and live in poverty.

3points

JessG 3 years ago

Sure, just go around punishing people for things that aren't their fault, that works, right? What a tool

2points

Collin 3 years ago

I'm all for tipping being eliminated and waitstaff being paid a living wage. Mainly because I want people to be paid a living wage. Until then, I tip because punishing the waitstaff for the way things are is also wrong.

1point

Logically Reasonable 3 years ago

All that needs to be done is for wage laws to be updated to THIS century. Standard wages for workers, period. Never understood why there are "tip" jobs in the first place!

1point

jaysko 3 years ago

I wanna know why everyone seems to think that every serving job is terrible, that servers make no money and are forced to be servers. I've been serving/ bartending for about half my life and at my current job, where I've worked for 9 years (willfully), I make more money and have more fun at work than most people I know

1point

jaysko 3 years ago

That being said, I've worked at shitty places too, but my point is that they're not all bad

1point

JessG 3 years ago

Oh the irony!! Who will be left to feed YOUR stupid A$$?

1point

Steve Wilson 3 years ago (edited)

You obviously don’t realize that these people will remember you the next time you’re in there. Bon apetit, sucka.

1point

Robert Knabe 3 years ago

Sadly, Steve, the waitstaff will have to just suck it up and continue to serve them--their job depends upon it. Should they be perceived as having a bad attitude this a-hole will probably report the server to management and could cost the server their job. Very sad.

0points

Julie C Rose 3 years ago

Then poke Biden about the fact that he wants to eliminate the tipped minimum wage jfc

1point

Gary Geracci 2 weeks ago

Question,Jerk! Where's the Better jobs you are talking about? Surely not in my town!

0points

Gary Geracci 8 months ago

You think they should get better jobs. If they do than who is gonna wait on your stingy A*s!

0points

panda123 3 years ago

Does he think being a waiter is not honest work? Also, does he not want there to be any waiters in restaurants?

0points

Robert Robi Z 3 years ago

Who will bring your meals and drinks to you?

0points

Robert Thompson 3 years ago

That was Biden's plan when he killed the oil jobs. "they will get green jobs" -Biden.

0points

Bacony Cakes 3 years ago

wait why is eric stewart from boredpanda on here shouldn't he be at the bottom of the comment section for his hate crimes against the service industry

0points

Heather M 3 years ago

So busting your a** to serve entitled a**holes like this is now considered “begging for handouts”? Love to see where you get your food once “they go away”. And “donations”???? Clearly someone who has never worked in retail/customer service/ food industry a day in their life.

0points

Heather M 3 years ago

I would really like this person to serve for a day and get that one table that has a $300 bill but either doesn’t tip you or tips you like $5. All the work you just did, running back and forth, all for less than minimum wage 👍🏻 People don’t actually pay attention to the fact that servers only make like $4-6 an hour because of the tipping system...sooo you don’t tip us we are only making an average of $5 to take care of your table ....so because you decide that we are just asking for handouts we can’t make a living. Last time I checked asking for handouts was doing nothing and expecting something in return....if they think their server really did nothing, they really shouldn’t be allowed to eat out anymore.

0points

23AClark 3 years ago

If they stop feeding you, YOU WILL GO AWAY!!!

0points

Mindy Keys 3 years ago

So, Mr./Ms. Mensa... who will purchase, prepare, cook, and serve your food at restaurants now? I get this person thinks that by being a total cheapskate s/he is "fighting the good fight" for tipped workers everywhere, whilst in actuality they are just a giant, cheap dbag.

0points

Ara Noguera 3 years ago

This is maddening.

0points

Rose Rosee 3 years ago

Okay, and then this fool will complain about no one willing to to be food servers, and they spend big money at the restaurant yadda yadda. Plus more than likely the restaurant would have to increase prices to pay their people, this person would complain about that. In other words there is no way to please them.

0points

Lady Artemis 3 years ago

How about you stop being a c****y person, instead of being extremely rude to people who don't even make minimum wage?

0points

Jill Tremblay 3 years ago

If we stop feeding you - will YOU go away?

0points

Sharon Cooper 3 years ago

Many restaurants only give their wait staff a base pay of $1 or $2, which means they DEPEND on tips! It's how they keep prices lower so people can eat out. Idiots like this complain about the cost of McDonald's, whose servers don't get tipped, but act like trash when they go to a decent restaurant whose staff relies on tips to make a living. McDonald's is the bottom of the barrel: tip restaurants are better and have their own hierarchy. These folks obviously belong at the bottom, and should stay with their own kind.

0points

Russell Davison 3 years ago

Yea, but why are restaurant owners allowed to get away with it? Why is food service the only job that allows employers to pay far below minimum wage? It doesn't make any sense.

0points

Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 3 years ago

Then who'll serve you food?

0points

Gina 3 years ago

Wait, what??

0points

Elizabeth 3 years ago

WTF?

0points

Lynne Monteith 3 years ago

They should stop feeding you.

0points

Mark Kelly 3 years ago

Why was crappy blacked out.

0points

Ross Keim 3 years ago

Give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach a man to fish feed him for a lifetime or until over fishing leads to him starving once again

0points

Russell Davison 3 years ago

That's not the point. The point is the servers would be paid the same regardless of the person they serve. Idc about paying for the service, I expect to, but I shouldn't be directly responsible for that servers paycheck.

0points

Jim Patrick 3 years ago

The thing is if owners paid living wage to all employee's do you not realize how much the price would go up? It's not cheap to run a restaurant. And I agree if wait staff got "better jobs" who would serve your ass? It's like the church rush on sundays that look down on the heathen working on sabbath- um someone has to be there to meet the needs of holier than though church goers who are "Judging" the heathens.

0points

Susan Widomski 3 years ago

Who teaches these people? Tough love - cook and serve your own damn dinner.

0points

Proper Panda 3 years ago

The last sentence applies for squirrels and birds.

0points

Purr·maid 3 years ago

𝑶𝒌 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔?!!

0points

Lenka Smetanová 3 years ago

well...In some kind of way... i Agree, that Waitress should not depend on the tips... She should got good pay from her employer... And in my country, they do and the tips are just bonus for it... I'm okay with a slightly expensive food for everyone to reflect it in the pay of the waitstaff

0points

notlingling 3 years ago

WELL WHY DO YOU THINK THEY WERE WORKING THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE KAREN

0points

Michael Genenko 3 years ago

And this freak will serve himself in the restaurants, OK, well...

0points

PhybreAwptic 3 years ago

Everything after the first sentence works for abuse of the unemployment system

0points

TheReader19 3 years ago

Okay stay home and cook, that will make them go away as well. Or just maybe you can join a campaign for a minimum wage that works too I hear.

0points

Martha Hubbs 3 years ago

Bahahahaha!! What an idiot!!

0points

Jackie 3 years ago

K, but who else is gonna give you your food at restaurants? The crappy jobs need someone to work them. Yes, that person shouldn’t have to do it the rest of their life and should be paid better, but again, someone needs to do it if you want that luxury. Or were you wanting to cook your own meals every day?

0points

Tuna Fish 3 years ago

Maybe the owners should raise the price of the food (or shrink the portions) and pay the wait staff a decent wage and not leave it up to the customer to pay their servers. People are @ssholes and some waitress somewhere is gonna be forced to wait on these people for no compensation. That is not fair.

0points

Austin Oester 3 years ago

Retard

0points

CatWoman312 3 years ago

So this mentality is let all servers just quit and then he’ll have to cook and serve his own lazy ass his food

0points

Rod Egret 3 years ago

But who will serve you then?

0points

Corey Brown 3 years ago

Then where will you go eat, you MORON!!

0points

Monic Krugell 3 years ago

and who do you suppose will serve your holier than though behind its food?

0points

Vic 404 3 years ago

https://www.boredpanda.com/hiring-sign-debate-wage-twitter

0points

Kristy Nelson 3 years ago

Just wow...

0points

Alexandra Nara 3 years ago

Just stop feeding him..he will go away.. Just WTF

0points

#23

My Sister Got This While Waiting Tables

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

That's not helping your chances...

103points

#24

At Least He Used The Proper Form Of "You're"

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133points

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Clearly sunny 3 years ago

Gee, he sounds like a keeper! NOT

54points

Though that doesn't change the fact that some customers really are rude because they thrive on it and know that being bullies works (sometimes). “The sad truth is that some customers act this way because they've learned that it works and will get them discounts or preferential treatment,” Alexander, the Chief Happiness Officer at ‘Woohoo inc.' said.

#25

Someone Keeps Stealing The Tip Jar At My Local Donut Shop

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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago

lowest of the low

78points

#26

"Why I Have Not Tipped!!!"

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128points

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Verena Gitterle 3 years ago

He did not clean the tables with a rag but with an attitude!

89points

#27

From My Friends’ Server Group. This Was Given By A 6 Top Instead Of A Tip

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122points

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

You never know when someone is doing the best they can. You also don't know if they've been trained to be more hands off. You may wind up taking it out on the wrong person

87points

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What's more, Alexander added that rather than thinking that the customer is always right, we should go for something more down-to-earth like “be nice.” Or at least avoiding being rude. Of course, this goes for customers and employees alike! “Whenever I'm a customer anywhere, I always try to be kind and positive to the staff—even when occasionally I have to complain about something. It's literally the least I can do.”

#28

Guy Left A Negative Tip To Subtract From The Total After Calling The Restaurant While Inside To Rush His Order

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122points

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N G 3 years ago

Can... Can you do that?! That's horrible!

114points

#29

A Customer Decided To Tip Their Server Like This

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122points

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Kristy Nelson 3 years ago

That's beyond rude.

84points

#30

Your Tip Is That Because Of Me, You Still Have Yuor Fredom™

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115points

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JennyLaRue 3 years ago

When they put their own lives on the line for their country (not just their social lives in following their partners around their posts) then they can have the military discount. It's so old fashioned to define your own status by your partners job, let alone expect a discount from it.

169points

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#31

Was Having A Conversation With My Waiter About How I Liked Her Hair, She Then Showed Us A "Tip" An Earlier Table Left. Apparently They Didn't Feel The Same Way

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50points

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N G 3 years ago

Does that signature read "A**s" or am I projecting?

39points

#32

The Way This Table Left A Tip For Me

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49points

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Jigs Gabest 3 years ago

WTF

17points

#33

Using Having Kids As An Excuse Not To Tip Servers Who May Also Have Kids To Feed

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Seriously. Lots of us have kids. Even waitstaff

37points

#34

A Facebook Friend Proudly Posts Lack Of Tipping And Creating A Mess For The Server

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42points

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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago

I would bring a pen and demand that they actually sign it

14points

#35

I Shouldn't Have To Tip On This Premium Service Because I'm Poor

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39points

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Roadkill The Brave 3 years ago

They keep track of that stuff, and you get flagged but nice try. It may take a few times to flag it but it gets flagged.

26points

#36

Customer Leaves Dirty Diaper On Restaurant Table For Waitress To Clean

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39points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Does this mean they changed their baby on the table?

22points

#37

I'm A Server And I Wear A Mask At Work Every Day. Someone Left This Note On A Receipt Tonight

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38points

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Wtf. Through a mask? You can't complain about that

20points

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#38

Trying To Justify Physical Violence By Saying “Tipping Is Completely Optional”

Final score:

34points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

I agree that a tip is supposed to be optional. Pay your staff

21points

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#39

When People Put Fake Tips With Religious Stuff Or Annoying Jokes In The Jar

Final score:

34points

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Y T 3 years ago

The last one is not a joke, it's pure racism

8points

#40

I Was Tipped At Wisconsin State Fair, I Don’t Get Paid Enough To Deal With This

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33points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

Religious sh*t

29points

#41

No Tip Because He Needs To Buy Cigarettes... Cool

Final score:

33points

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Leah Pheonix 3 years ago

Your lungs would beg to differ

14points

#42

I Work At An Asian Dessert Place And Some Customer Tips Us With 75% Of A Dollar

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33points

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Coleonema 3 years ago

I think that might be useable still... Although I'm not certain

20points

#43

This "$100" Tip I Received Tonight

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32points

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Andrew Gibb 3 years ago

Go to the half hour consultation with some made up crap

12points

#44

So This Got Left As A Tip For My Friend. Real Classy

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30points

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Mimi777 3 years ago

Sounds like a MLM

1point

#45

Bragging On Facebook About Tipping $0.01 And Telling The Waiter/Waitress “Don’t Be So Miserable”

Final score:

30points

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If I could I would live under water 3 years ago

Imagine having to face that person again next week and be friendly... Poor thing

30points

#46

Learn English? How About Learn How To Write

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29points

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

How do you know they aren't in the process of learning? English is very hard, you can work at it for years and not get it very well. Perhaps you just caught them the one time they couldn't remember the right phrase.

11points

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#47

Left A Meme For A Tip

Final score:

28points

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Arctic Fox Lover 3 years ago

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6points

#48

Thanks For The Tip, A-Hole!

Final score:

28points

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Austin Oester 3 years ago

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#49

Pizza Delivery Driver Got Tipped With A Bag Of Coins Containing Loose Tobacco

Final score:

26points

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NeonDisco 3 years ago

Let's no start criticising people who actually tip. A splash of water and it spends the same as anyone's.

5points

#50

Not Tipping Their Server Because They Wore A Mask

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26points

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pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

It's not even their fault, it's not like they make the rules

5points

#51

Tipping With An Iou

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25points

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Hodor! Hodor? 3 years ago

It actually says UOI

1point

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JennyLaRue 3 years ago

The tipping culture in the states is so messed up, not only because its completely unethical for places to pay so little that they rely on tips so heavily, but it gives douchebags a platform to try and belittle and offend others to boost their own misguided ego

94points

Troux 3 years ago

Correct. The customer chooses whether they want to pay for something they already received. The system is based entirely on the ethics of semi-anonymous individuals, and places the risk purely on the employee, not the business.

20points

ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

Pay a correct salary to your staff and you can stop this nonsense

56points

pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Yes but also it's more than just that. Even in places where you get paid by the hour people still let you get treated like dirt and won't stick up for you or let you stick up for yourself.

10points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

It's not only the tip! It's the behaviour! Waiting staff are not slaves! They deserve respect and these people would behave awfully even if they didn't need to tip

7points

Julie C Rose 3 years ago

For real. This has been going for at least the entire decade I’ve heard of this system. Biden promised to mandate a proper wage but nobody on these sites talks about that. WTF is the rest of the world supposed to do about it if Americans themselves won’t do anything about it?

5points

Bill 3 years ago

Restaurants that raise pay and stop tipping usually go back to tipping at the request of the serving staff.

1point

sturmwesen 3 years ago

Just because it is expected to tip and do not want to does not give you the right to be mean about it. Just don't tip.

0points

Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 3 years ago

My mom pays her employees the best she can. As a small business, she gives them hours, but cannot pay most of them over 15 an hour.

0points

Austin Oester 3 years ago

Its not that hard of a job. Theres a reason linemen and car mechanics get paid more. Working as a waiter for 2 different resturaunts doubles your pay

-3points

Clearly sunny 3 years ago

America really needs to fix their wages issue. Relying on tips must be extremely stressful on what is already a very hard job.

30points

Amery 3 years ago

Indeed. It CAN be proliferous, whilst establishing YOUR own clientele/customer base, however. Thirty years, and it got me my PhD. I've been SO out of the 'serving' industry for the last 10 years, thank the Heavens!! (Or whatever/whomever you believe in!!)

4points

Flisey 3 years ago

Tipping shouldn't be a thing, wait staff need to be paid a living wage. We don't have it in NZ, we only tip if we feel like it, it's not expected of us.

17points

Yeah, you heard 3 years ago (edited)

Rude customers are everywhere, but being angry at customers who don't tip is really just an American issue. If tipping is optional, then the waiters have no grounds to complain if someone doesn't tip. If tipping is compulsory, then add 20% onto all prices, and tell customers that is the price they must pay. I would never want to pay more money than I have to for something. If a meal costs $10, then why pay $12? American restaurants should just scrap tipping, and pay workers a living wage.

17points

Anna Rush 3 years ago

This is actually just a thread about shitty American customers.

10points

Island Life 3 years ago

It can't be that hard, when 20% is expected for wait staff, to automatically put it on the bill? In Germany, the tip is usually paid in addition - voluntarily and without any obligation.

9points

Justin Lee 3 years ago

Every state is different. I agree it sucks for the workers. There will always be people who scream "'MURICA IS DIFFERENT AND WE DO WHAT WE WANT!"

0points

jknbt jknbt 3 years ago

we need to go to the EU system where all restaurant staff are paid a living wage.

8points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

There was a woman in my area who realised her dream by opening a lovely little cake shop and cafeteria down by the lakeside in a prime position. She envisioned it as a nice place where young mothers could meet up for a chat over coffee and cupcakes. What actually happened instead was that mothers did indeed show up... with pre-packed food for their kids rather than buying anything and left crusts and other scraps all over the place, used the cafe tables to change nappies and left the soiled remains behind, and let their toddlers run around trashing the joint to their heart's content, over the protests of the poor harassed cafe staff. The place ended up being shut down in a matter of months, and never reopened. This is why we can't have nice things.

8points

Mimi777 3 years ago

Some people are absolute trash. I feel bad for that woman. I worked in retail for many years and there were a few times a parent left their baby’s dirty diaper on a stack of clean folded clothes and a ton who let their kids run wild around the store destroying the tables and climbing on them.

6points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

I really hope there is a special place in hell for these people

6points

Seabeast 3 years ago

In Canada servers have to be paid at least minimum wage. I was appalled when I found out that they can be paid far less than that in the USA and have to make up for it with tips.

6points

DC 3 years ago

Pay people a wage they can live on. Tips SHOULD be optional. Then they'd be. And still, even in countries with a sufficient minimum wage, people regularly tip. Decent people at least - I'd be ashamed if I didn't at least roughly 10%. Also applies to things like Delivery Hero, they exploit their drivers - tip them in cash. I do every time, usually silent, because the driver's app has access to the microphone, which may also raise some legal questions...

5points

Piet Puk 3 years ago

Seems like an American problem. Pay waiters a honest living wage and most of this is solved.

5points

TheReader19 3 years ago

America, please start pushing for a minimum wage for everybody so that no one has to depend on others to live. I don't know how your political system works but surely there must be a campaign about this already? In the UK if enough people sign a petition the issue must be debated in parliament

4points

Eslamala 3 years ago

Most of these come from a cultural issue that's becoming a problem. The fact that you are expected to make up for the waiter's salary is ridiculous. Tips are optional in most countries. Also, the fact that clients are entitled, rude and just plain uneducated is a direct consequence of that "customer is always right" crap. As someone who has worked in the service industry for years, at least where I live, there are rules. Basic guidelines for proper behavior. For staff and for customers, and it's rather common for people to get banned if they cause too much trouble or leave a mess. And... I won't get into the pandemic protocols, but really, wtf is with them being "optional"? Even in less developed countries, pandemic guidelines are for everyone, and if you don't comply, you get a fine, at the least.

4points

Luthor 3 years ago

Hey, United States. Are you okay? You seem a little broken.

3points

Carman Davis 3 years ago

I always tip a minimum 20% but usually more than that. But if you never smile, never come back to the table after you bring the food, never refill you won't get 20%. I always leave something but that something is always up to the waitress/waiter. Since I understand I try never to be mean or hateful.

3points

Meeow 3 years ago

It's ridiculous that won't allow in other countries

3points

Sayu Seal 3 years ago

Dear Americans. In Europe waiters are tipped for good service. They have basic salary. Holiday and sick leave entitlement. Work ethics. You have capitalism. If I would ever go to US, I don't think I would tip anyone. Pay people in catering and hospitality decent wages, they feed you!

3points

Amanda Panda 3 years ago

People are vile.

3points

Kate Fei 3 years ago

I never understood tipping. Especially when it's seen as a must. You never tip any service worker, you dont give tips to bus drivers, teachers, shop assistants, doctors or anyone except waiters, really. I do get it that the wage is not great but in the end its their choice to work there and if their wage is not enough and they must rely on begging for tips, they can always leave. I usually do tip when the service is especially good, but I hate it when the waiters automatically assume Im gonna give them a tip.

3points

jknbt jknbt 3 years ago

you people who won't leave tips are sub-human. The waitstaff can't afford to pay the bills & feed their kids on what they get. Show a little kindness and consideration for nice people who are just trying to help you.

3points

Kate Fei 3 years ago

Tip is not something that should be just given automatically. Tip is for good service. If the waiter is rude, i will not give him any tip no matter how many kids they have.

4points

2BX 3 years ago

My only question is why do we hide the names of people who brag about being ignorant to servers, let's share what they posted name and all. Let them be shown for all that they are.

3points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

LIVING WAGE FOR ALL. The end.

3points

Cori 3 years ago

You can tell a lot about the character of a person by how they treat service staff. I always pay close attention to that on dates.

3points

Chillace 3 years ago

crap, now i kinda dont want to own a bar if people like this are going to come there

3points

Random Anon 3 years ago

I am curious. Is it illegal for restaurants to include a X% service charge to the bill for their staff? This is what a lot of Asian countries do. The staff earn their hourly or daily rate on top of the prorated service fee at the end of the month.

3points

Bex 3 years ago

Ugh, this whole post (the original one, not people's comments here) is just reminding me why I want to live in the woods, with only animals as neighbors. The ignorance, the self-entitlement, the hatred... sometimes seems there just aren't enough good people out there to balance out all the bad.

2points

Panda-riffic 3 years ago

I am so glad that I don't eat out that often. I prefer to cook my own food.

2points

Virgil Sanders 3 years ago

i HATE humanity

2points

Tacos Are Tasty 3 years ago

There should be a universal asshole tax to cover people like this.

2points

Adriana Vigliotti 3 years ago

I would prefer if the tip were just built into the prices on the menu. It doesn’t seem right that a patron can just decide not to tip when the waitstaff count on that as their wages

2points

Billy von Mierzwiak 3 years ago

Just discusting People

2points

KK 3 years ago

It's simple. If you can't tip your server(s), just don't eat out. Save money, learn to be self-sufficient and eat at home. Otherwise, if you do go out, tip your server(s). You never know what someone else is going through unless you're in their shoes or you ask.

2points

Eudora 3 years ago

I hate the fact that food companies pay their waiters and waitresses so horribly that they have to rely on tips. It is even worse when jack ass people like that decide to be a d**k when tipping. I mean, come on people. Show a little human decency. It isn't that hard.

1point

Noname 3 years ago

Well usually I don't have a problem with tipping if the server is not racist or has an attitude. However, I never leave without leaving a tip which would not be larger than 10% of my bill. If I am leaving the premises happy I will even tip 50% of my bill. Also I think the tipping system is f*****g ridiculous cause the servers have to rely on it

1point

•LeXi• 3 years ago

I am a person that will tip higher than normal when the service is outstanding. I have also left a smaller tip for very rude,disrespectful servers. These people that leave very horrible notes on tabs are just miserable people and don't let that deter you of your work. Just do the best you can and u will be rewarded someday. I am still waiting for that special server one day and they will get a OMG tip from me!

1point

abby smink 3 years ago

Yeah, the whole tipping thing sucks and might not be right, but it you don't have to be a lowlife d**k about it. If you're that much against tipping, don't go out to eat. Pretty simple..

1point

K Witmer 3 years ago

I was a bartender for years and I rarely had a bad tipper. After a while you can tell before the people even sit down what kind of tip they'll leave or if they'll give you a hard time. I was rarely surprised or wrong. I think it's the air of arrogance that surrounds the entitled ones. In my experience the bikers were the best tippers and the rich people were the worst. I worked at a sports bar the same time I worked at a high end martini bar and I always always always made a ton more money at the sports bars.

1point

Leah Pheonix 3 years ago

Who else wants a waiter appreciation day

1point

AzKhaleesi 3 years ago

People are frigging disgusting. Yes they should earn more, but people should not be asshats too. Even if my service is horrible I'll still tip. May not be much but I'll tip. You go to a restaurant and are served you don't do s**t but sit there and stuff your face, and you can't tip? GTFO

1point

Ivana 3 years ago

I get sick of seeing these posts. Just abolish the tip system. We all know it sucks.

1point

cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

First, try paying your staff a proper wage. Secondly, all the tips with fake money... call the police and report the customer for theft of services and knowingly passing counterfeit money. Paying a tip is paying for services in a literal sense, so it becomes a criminal act to pass the fakes

1point

Mimi777 3 years ago

I get what you’re saying but I don’t know if that would work since tipping is optional. If they left that fake money to pay for their meal total then yes they could get in trouble for that. Not tipping a server is pretty shitty I agree and these people are all assholes.

2points

Gary Geracci 2 weeks ago

Too Add! The Restaurant Culture ,to pay living wage will raise prices.You haven't seen the higher bills from suppliers of the food you eat either!

0points

Gary Geracci 2 weeks ago

I was a Server/Waiter in a fancy place in L.A.- Drunken Film folks and worn out stagehands. You know what? I treated them all like regular folks, Guess What? My tips were very Generous!

0points

anonymuswere 9 months ago

tips are literally MANDATORY in the states, as the staff isn't given anywhere near enough to live off of. unfortunately, mutual cheapskate-isim also comes into play.

0points

Penny Fan 3 years ago

America needs to fix their servility issue... they brag so much about "freedom" and then behave like feudal peasants.

0points

Robert Thompson 3 years ago

I tip all the time. The two guys that did my carpets today got a $20 tip for their work (in addition to their fee of course).

0points

23AClark 3 years ago

I stopped commenting after awhile so that I don't get kicked out!!!

0points

Yort 3 years ago

There’s been at least one incidence where the rude note on the receipt directed at the waiter was written on the CUSTOMER copy, so I don’t 100% believe these.

0points

Jo Firth 3 years ago

What is wrong with people? There is so much entitlement in these posts - it makes me sad.

0points

CA3 3 years ago

Extraordinarily rude behavior needs to be called out. It would help improve the behavior of these buffoons or encourage them to eat at home where they belong. It's simple, if you can't afford to leave a decent tip, then stay home or buy fast food. Also, a worldwide "Manners Matter" campaign would help us all.

0points

sturmwesen 3 years ago

If she expects monetary compensation for regulary sleeping with another person doesn't that make her a sugar babe/prostitute?

0points

Logically Reasonable 3 years ago

You have to remember, while reading these, that these views are ONLY from the wait staff side. Anyone thats been to fast food places or restaurants to eat, knows there are PLENTY of wait staff that are bastards and jackasses! I've had plenty of them fired too, for being the douchebags they are!!! Just take into account...........did the wait person deserve it?

0points

jtrisn1 3 years ago

So many of these people are leaving such huge spaces on that total line while being insufferable assholes.

0points

TheSneakyNinja 3 years ago

I've seen several of these before on a previous article...

0points

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JennyLaRue 3 years ago

94points

Troux 3 years ago

20points

ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

Pay a correct salary to your staff and you can stop this nonsense

56points

pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

Yes but also it's more than just that. Even in places where you get paid by the hour people still let you get treated like dirt and won't stick up for you or let you stick up for yourself.

10points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

It's not only the tip! It's the behaviour! Waiting staff are not slaves! They deserve respect and these people would behave awfully even if they didn't need to tip

7points

Julie C Rose 3 years ago

5points

Bill 3 years ago

Restaurants that raise pay and stop tipping usually go back to tipping at the request of the serving staff.

1point

sturmwesen 3 years ago

Just because it is expected to tip and do not want to does not give you the right to be mean about it. Just don't tip.

0points

Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 3 years ago

My mom pays her employees the best she can. As a small business, she gives them hours, but cannot pay most of them over 15 an hour.

0points

Austin Oester 3 years ago

Its not that hard of a job. Theres a reason linemen and car mechanics get paid more. Working as a waiter for 2 different resturaunts doubles your pay

-3points

Clearly sunny 3 years ago

America really needs to fix their wages issue. Relying on tips must be extremely stressful on what is already a very hard job.

30points

Amery 3 years ago

4points

Flisey 3 years ago

Tipping shouldn't be a thing, wait staff need to be paid a living wage. We don't have it in NZ, we only tip if we feel like it, it's not expected of us.

17points

Yeah, you heard 3 years ago (edited)

17points

Anna Rush 3 years ago

This is actually just a thread about shitty American customers.

10points

Island Life 3 years ago

It can't be that hard, when 20% is expected for wait staff, to automatically put it on the bill? In Germany, the tip is usually paid in addition - voluntarily and without any obligation.

9points

Justin Lee 3 years ago

Every state is different. I agree it sucks for the workers. There will always be people who scream "'MURICA IS DIFFERENT AND WE DO WHAT WE WANT!"

0points

jknbt jknbt 3 years ago

we need to go to the EU system where all restaurant staff are paid a living wage.

8points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

8points

Mimi777 3 years ago

6points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

I really hope there is a special place in hell for these people

6points

Seabeast 3 years ago

In Canada servers have to be paid at least minimum wage. I was appalled when I found out that they can be paid far less than that in the USA and have to make up for it with tips.

6points

DC 3 years ago

5points

Piet Puk 3 years ago

Seems like an American problem. Pay waiters a honest living wage and most of this is solved.

5points

TheReader19 3 years ago

4points

Eslamala 3 years ago

4points

Luthor 3 years ago

Hey, United States. Are you okay? You seem a little broken.

3points

Carman Davis 3 years ago

3points

Meeow 3 years ago

It's ridiculous that won't allow in other countries

3points

Sayu Seal 3 years ago

3points

Amanda Panda 3 years ago

People are vile.

3points

Kate Fei 3 years ago

3points

jknbt jknbt 3 years ago

3points

Kate Fei 3 years ago

Tip is not something that should be just given automatically. Tip is for good service. If the waiter is rude, i will not give him any tip no matter how many kids they have.

4points

2BX 3 years ago

My only question is why do we hide the names of people who brag about being ignorant to servers, let's share what they posted name and all. Let them be shown for all that they are.

3points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

LIVING WAGE FOR ALL. The end.

3points

Cori 3 years ago

You can tell a lot about the character of a person by how they treat service staff. I always pay close attention to that on dates.

3points

Chillace 3 years ago

crap, now i kinda dont want to own a bar if people like this are going to come there

3points

Random Anon 3 years ago

3points

Bex 3 years ago

2points

Panda-riffic 3 years ago

I am so glad that I don't eat out that often. I prefer to cook my own food.

2points

Virgil Sanders 3 years ago

i HATE humanity

2points

Tacos Are Tasty 3 years ago

There should be a universal asshole tax to cover people like this.

2points

Adriana Vigliotti 3 years ago

I would prefer if the tip were just built into the prices on the menu. It doesn’t seem right that a patron can just decide not to tip when the waitstaff count on that as their wages

2points

Billy von Mierzwiak 3 years ago

Just discusting People

2points

KK 3 years ago

2points

Eudora 3 years ago

1point

Noname 3 years ago

1point

•LeXi• 3 years ago

1point

abby smink 3 years ago

Yeah, the whole tipping thing sucks and might not be right, but it you don't have to be a lowlife d**k about it. If you're that much against tipping, don't go out to eat. Pretty simple..

1point

K Witmer 3 years ago

1point

Leah Pheonix 3 years ago

Who else wants a waiter appreciation day

1point

AzKhaleesi 3 years ago

1point

Ivana 3 years ago

I get sick of seeing these posts. Just abolish the tip system. We all know it sucks.

1point

cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

1point

Mimi777 3 years ago

2points