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40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I had some old ladies that were regulars who would would regularly ask about My life school etc. Well some bad things happened I ended up homeless. One day without knowing they asked to pray for me. I accepted and the next week I ended up with my own apartment! I moved in and saw the ladies the next week. They asked how I have been I told them the truth that I didn't want to disclose before but I was actually homeless when they decided to pray for me and now I have my very own place to live and it's very nice and I just moved in and I am very relieved. I thanked them for prayers and always believing in me. The next day I walked in and my boss was like, "These ladies came and brought this? "It was a big cardboard box with blankets , candles , curtains, tea,mugs, socks, water bottle , towels , a book, snacks, hat , gloves, and just all these things like you buy someone who just got a new house. I was so honored to receive something so kind as a housewarming gift from some people who really cared. All very cute stuff and extremely thoughtful

meltingrubberducks , BGStock72 Report

Final score:

230points

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Rigor Moreno 1 year ago

Angels in disguise...

62points

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I once served two dudes on a date, it was near Christmas, and one of them was telling me about their side business growing Christmas trees. Thought it sounded cool, but figured he was full of it cause he seemed a little off. Well, they stayed a long time, and all my other guests were gone, and one of them leaves and comes back with a MINI CHRISTMAS TREE! Like a live Christmas tree about a foot and a half tall. I'd told them my wife and I didn't have a tree for our first Christmas cause our apartment was so small, and he decided to make sure we had a tree

StinkyDawg2204 , Irina Iriser Report

Final score:

161points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

Aw! Tiny Christmas tree!

25points

It’s no surprise that tips comprise a significant part of a waiter’s earnings. That’s why it’s customary, in the US at least, to leave a tip for a job well done. However, data reveals that even when a server is rude to the customer, some of the latter still choose to tip them.

A survey of 999 Americans from all over the country suggested that customers leave a roughly 20% tip for exemplary service or for when they receive some sort of a free item. On the other end of the clientele happiness scale, there’s a 5-7% tip left by people with less than a favorable experience.

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers When I was bartending I had a couple that were regulars who very dramatically broke up their engagement. The next day the woman came in and ordered a drink from me, and after she finished it she paid then placed a huge Victoria’s Secret bag on the bar and told me that was my tip and left. The bag had her wedding dress in it and I had just gotten engaged! We were the same size and it was a gorgeous gown, literally the best tip I ever got

SharksAreScary5 , Amer Khalid Report

Final score:

151points

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VonBlade 1 year ago

I'm clearly too cynical for these type of lists.

43points

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I got a car.
It was a ‘93 ford escort wagon. It had a completely busted windshield and the registration had been long expired so I had to pay the back registration.
I asked a regular to give me their opinion on a station wagon I was looking at getting and he goes “you want a station wagon? I got one for you”
That car drove me 1,000 miles away and really changed my life. Thank you, Kevin.

ItsWetInWestOregon , Joe Haupt Report

Final score:

150points

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Red Hair Blue Soul 1 year ago

Same, but mine was a 85. It was tan and lasted forever and through everything!

17points

According to a Finder’s survey, quality of the service is the main factor impacting the customers’ tipping the most. (Other important ones include the total of the check, the budget, and the type of establishment, respectively.) However, it also revealed that nearly half of the clientele says that they always leave tips.

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers A Dryer. The restaurant was near Sears and they came in for lunch after purchasing a dryer. I, of course, asked about their day and they were excited about the deal/discount on the new dryer. I was happy for them and said, "That's Awesome! I have a washer but just a clothesline for drying. Maybe I'll check out Sears when I can." As I was presenting the check they said, "We've decided to give you our old dryer. It's 3 yrs old but works pretty well." The only stipulation was I had to go pick it up. But pretty sweet tip!

babigrl50 , Dharmesh Patel Report

Final score:

130points

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Roland C. 1 year ago

Three years old for a dryer is practically new. Those things can last 20 yrs or more.

27points

brittany 1 year ago

me wondering what the hell is wrong with my dryer bc its ready give up the ghost after 7 years

0points

dremetrius 1 year ago

How to save the cost of disposing of your old dryer 😁

4points

sbj 1 year ago

That was really kind of them

3points

Mycroft1967 1 year ago

Display model probably. Still nice tip.

2points

Bobby 1 year ago

The post is a little vague,it wasn't sears workers, but sears shoppers. They gave her the old dryer from their home

14points

Ervin Conn 1 year ago (edited)

It was their old one that was the tip.

3points

Michelle Smith 1 year ago

The customers did not get to serve as the ones that they had just purchased. They gave her the one that they had at home that they were replacing so not the floor model

0points

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I didn’t personally receive this tip, but it’s a cute story.

When I was in high school, my church took our youth group to a youth camp in Colorado every year. My youth pastor, a young guy who had just graduated college, always left a funny “tip” written on a napkin in addition to a couple bucks for the nice folks serving us meals. They were always something stupid like “don’t drive a convertible in the rain” “babies aren’t dishwasher safe” or something dumb like that, but he got a laugh from the waitresses about it. As the week goes along, a particular waitress starts serving out table more and more, collecting my youth pastor’s tips with a giggle every time. On one of the last days we were there, youth pastor writes “Tip: here’s my number, you should call me :)” on the napkin. Fast forward 8 years, and they’re happily married with two kids. Cutest thing I’ve ever seen

bymyleftshoe , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

124points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

Okay, that is very cute!

29points

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers Some old man who was a regular for me when I served breakfast left me a miniature squeaky pig toy. He told me her name was Princess Petunia.

Hanwisegamgee Report

Final score:

122points

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Mithara 1 year ago

Imagine the honour of being given Princess Petunia!

27points

With more and more things adjusting to the digital age, so do some of our habits, such as reading, communicating, and—you guessed it—tipping, just to name a few. Forbes revealed that the vast majority of people tend to tip more digitally than they do in real life. The numbers speak for themselves—73% of those surveyed reported leaving a tip at least 11% higher when they tip digitally compared with tipping in cash.

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers Had an older gentleman gift me a Columbia winter coat a couple of weeks before he passed. He and his wife were regulars of mine and he knew I needed a coat. Offered it ahead of time because he was worried I might be offended. His wife came in to tell me the news and that she probably wouldn’t / couldn’t be coming anymore. I stopped working Sundays after that.

b00ty_water , Manny Moreno Report

Final score:

119points

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Greenmantle 1 year ago

It's just so awful that a customer (or literally anyone) sees someone in such need as a decent coat... something seriously wrong in society that someone is literally working in the inadequate clothes on their back just to stay afloat

12points

#10

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers It wasn't weird but shocking. There were a bunch of our happy hour couples going on a cruise. The one couples daughter was also going, who was around my age, didn't have anyone to hang with so they invited me. I thanked them but told them I could either afford the cruise or afford to take the week off, not both. Ten minutes later they called me over and told me they were going to pay for my trip. 7 days leaving out of Puerto Rico, 5 islands on a 13 story cruise trip. Most amazing anything I ever received from a regular.

Cool-Item5272 , Bruno Castelli Report

Final score:

112points

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Greenmantle 1 year ago

Cruises are great

5points

#11

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I know….. someone….. whose friend used to tip them in adderall back in the day. Also now I have a regular who periodically brings both albuterol and steroid inhalers (I’m prescribed the same in both) because she knows mine is $300/mo WITH insurance and she gets like 3/$15.

What a health care system we have.

jazmanimal6 , Alan Levine Report

Final score:

98points

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Greenmantle 1 year ago

Just so glad you can access these affordable meds

14points

Not all customers, clearly, are equally inclined to leave tips digitally; not all of them choose to leave money as tips to begin with, and this list is excellent proof of that. However, some of these instances are likely to be even better than the monetary expression, whether because they mean more than money would or because they are so wholesome a price tag would never do them justice.

#12

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers My best friend worked pizza delivery in highschool. It was a small town. Like 5000 people. There were these two retired guys who'd order every Wednesday and tip her with stuff from their garden. One time it was like a whole bunch of zucchini. I only know this because she came by my house and asked me to make her zucchini bread for her birthday. Then handed me her bag full of zucchini. I made 5 loaves out of that. One year was really bad and they didn't have anything in the garden. So she got tipped a bunch of leftover Halloween candy. Another time it was beer, this was right after the Superbowl so very fitting. These two dudes were always a surprise. This was about 10 or so years ago and I recently found out they both passed. W***y and Ron may you rest in peace.

thegothickitty33 , Igor Osinchuk Report

Final score:

94points

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Randi (she/they/he) 1 year ago

isn’t w1lly a proper name? It shouldn’t be censored

73points

#13

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers A decade ago in a midwestern college town, I had thyroid cancer. I worked for a bar and the owner threw a Service Industry Health Insurance party for me (that I worked). He said he would double the credit card tips. All in all, I made about 1 grand in cash tips and almost 4000 in credit card tips. The owner, completely flabbergasted, offered to match, rather than double and that was INCREDIBLY gracious. Nearly 10 grand in 1 night tending bar.

bonzobaily , Alexander Mils Report

Final score:

87points

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Kiss Army 1 year ago

Someone help me out... what is the difference between matching and doubling the tips?

16points

#14

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers One of my regulars at the bar brought me Chantix. We had previously discussed how she’d just quit smoking using it, and I said in passing that I’d love for my husband to try that but that we didn’t have health insurance so it’d be too expensive. (The cost of the doctor’s visit and prescription would be over $300.)

Next visit she showed up with a full prescription of Chantix. She’d gone to her doctor and said she needed another prescription and brought them to me for my husband.

He did quit smoking too.

missphobe , pfizer Report

Final score:

84points

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Holy Shimmering Sheeps541t 1 year ago

Doesn't that have psychotic side effects? I seem to remember they stopped using it in the UK because it sent you batsh1t.

27points

GoodLookingOldFatGuy , Sam Dan Truong Report

#15

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I was new to serving, and gave a customer a $5 bill, a $1 bill, and some change for his $20.

The customer gave me the dollar and change, on a $13+ pizza, and told me, "If you'd have given me five more ones, I'd have given two more back to you. Always make it easy for the tipper to give you your 20%."

Weirdest non money tip ever. And it probably earned me more $$$ than anything else I was ever taught about waiting tables.

Final score:

76points

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Jennifer_Crowley_Luci 1 year ago

I like this one! That was very helpful for a server starting out!

20points

OverlappingChatter , Rachel McDermott Report

#16

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I guess it's not weird, but definitely the most lucrative: i got a card from einstein bagels for one free bagel every day for a year. The kicker was that it didnt include the cream cheese.

I happened to have an einstein's about 100 feet from my house. I bought a tub of cream cheese for my fridge and got that bagel every single day. At the time, a plain bagel was i think 90 cents. So i made at least 300 bucks from that tip.

Final score:

71points

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Gretchen Esquilin 1 year ago

I worked there when they discontinued their amazing blueberry muffins. I was devastated! That was a really fun job!

7points

#17

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers A customer brought me a crock pot because I was talking about wanting one to make pot roasts

Stinkiestlizerd , Becca Tapert Report

Final score:

71points

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Goose of the Ahonkalypse 1 year ago

Isn't that a Dutch oven in the picture? At least in the US crock pots are usually slow cookers that plug in and are much less expensive than the type of oven safe cookware pictured. Either way it's very sweet.

26points

#18

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I just got a free haircut & dye from a customer. Would’ve been $250… absolutely free. & she did a great job.

iwasntawindow , Adam Winger Report

Final score:

71points

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David 1 year ago

That's a nice tip, but it boggles my mind that some folks pay $250 (and more) to get their hair done. Add in manicures, pedicure and a few related things and some are spending more each month than a car payment or some other thing.

17points

#19

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers Some new age woo woo lady left me Tibetan prayer bells once. They were actually pretty darn cool.

h2o_girl , Arina Krasnikova Report

Final score:

70points

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Goose of the Ahonkalypse 1 year ago

I love Woo Woo stuff!

16points

#20

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers Two tix to see The Temptations! It was a super sweet older couple. I was wowed. I took our dishwasher and had a great time.

planetarylaw , thetemptations Report

Final score:

67points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

Be careful about dating a dishwasher. They run in cycles.

4points

#21

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers My bfs mom got tipped a legit katana sword. It was worth a few hundred dollars

Kuroyen , Justin Ruckman Report

Final score:

59points

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SquiddoDiddo 1 year ago

🗡️

4points

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#22

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers A tie-dyed t-shirt. Not all that unusual, but the circumstance was awesome. (I've told the story before - two drunk kids tried to dine and dash, colleague Big Carol noticed and met them in the parking lot with their bill. She came back in with a fistful of coins, which covered the check. When asked about a tip for the waitress, they genuinely had no more money. Carol mentioned that she thought I'd like the shirt one guy was wearing.)

Yes, I still have that shirt 35 years later!

50EffingCabbages , https://unsplash.com/photos/72zsd_fnxYc Report

Final score:

58points

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Tim R 1 year ago

Carol is awesome!

19points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

#23

I got a set of gorgeous plates and bowls from this cute family I served a few times. They had to have been expensive. They’re heavy, white, square, just beautiful. I think they told me they were a wedding gift, but they bought a new set.
They came back in and I told them how much they’re used and that I think of them every time I use them! She almost teared up. Such awesome people. Such awesome plates!!

wildeag Report

Final score:

58points

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Not Bored 1 year ago

Having a set of dishes that are sturdy is great and last a long time

7points

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#24

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I had a regular who I was pretty close with, we have a similar body type. She was cleaning out her closet and gave me a bag full of (expensive) clothing.

eyeball-owo , fatin hisham Report

Final score:

56points

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Cynthia Doyle 1 year ago

Twyla?

1point

#25

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers Lawn mower and a Motorcycle jacket. Same dude, different occasions.

iSmokedItAll , Magda Ehlers Report

Final score:

53points

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the_avenging_knight 1 year ago

A lawn mower?!

3points

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#26

Not me, but my wife. Guy came in who was an author of childrens books. They have paper liners on the tables and usually give crayons to kids. This guy ends up drawing a cool picture of some cats and signing it for her. Also left money, but we thought it was pretty cool and still have it. He's not super famous or anything, but he's a legit author and we ended up buying one of his books for our kid.

Heyoteyo Report

Final score:

52points

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Missy VanWinkle 1 year ago (edited)

Which is part of why he draws sketches on paper placemats! (And I think that is soooooo much more charming than trying to be an "influencer in children's bookselling social media circles.)

5points

#27

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers A regular pinstriped my car. It was really neat. He asked me (obvs) and did it in the lot. He was really old and just a cool old guy. He did a damn good job and it was sweet too. I loved it.
Another was a moving crew who moved my daughter & I out of our home when I left my ex. They saved me a lot of stress, I’m forever grateful.

Auntiemens , Yasamine June Report

Final score:

52points

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Not Bored 1 year ago

Knowing people is good

6points

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#28

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I used to deliver to a Halloween decoration designer and aside from money he once gave me zombie lawn gnome statues!

goestoeswoes , Hypnotica Studios Infinite Report

Final score:

51points

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Nichole Harris 1 year ago

Ok now I'm jealous

11points

#29

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers A window air conditioner and his hotel key left on his bar stool. Very weird but sure helped out during a very hot summer in my new rental! The key went in the trash. I felt very weird accepting it but it was a very hard time in my life and I look back and thank him for that. Not the key, lol, just the kindness.

nhmber13 , Inga Munsinger Cotton Report

Final score:

50points

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Ken Beattie 1 year ago

Plot twist: He was locked out of his hotel room wondering "where the heck did I lose my key".

14points

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#30

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers I knew someone who got an air fryer and every so often I wonder why they even had an air fryer on them in the first place

coffee-headache , HS You Report

Final score:

46points

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geezeronthehill 1 year ago

"Fell off the back of the truck, honest!"

5points

#31

Maybe not weirdest but certainly the best. I had a party of 15 celebrating a birthday and they brought in a gigantic fresh cake from one of the incredible Italian bakeries in my city, it was far too much cake for them to finish and they were insistent that I take a piece for myself to bring home. They cut me a massive piece and put it in a takeout container and it was honestly some of the best cake I've had in my entire life. Obligatory to mention, they did tip because of autogratuity on their party and some of the guests also snuck cash into my hand. Not quite what the question was asking but I do think about it from time to time and smile.

Final score:

45points

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

That's awesome.

3points

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#32

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers My coworker got a Wyoming Goldback last night in her tips. None of us had any idea what it was, but a quick Google search informed us that it's some kind of alternative currency printed in Wyoming, which, according to the Cowboy State Daily news site, is accepted at at least 40 businesses in Wyoming. No, I do not live in or near Wyoming

LarrySladePipeDream , Silver Dragons Report

Final score:

44points

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)

They have value if you sell them. Look them up on a gold exchange site.

4points

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#33

Not weirdest but my best, homemade apple pie moonshine. I can still taste it in my dreams

Final score:

44points

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becck 1 year ago

Homemade apple pie moonshine is still the best alcoholic drink I’ve had in my life

8points

#34

40 Non-Money Tips That Left A Lasting Impression On These Workers A 17 pound watermelon. This 2 weeks ago

ilykeplants , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

44points

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Marcos Valencia 1 year ago

I grew up in a rural area, and there was an intense watermelon trafficking during the season.

11points

#35

Swarovski crystal Tennis bracelet

ImaginationNo5381 Report

Final score:

44points

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SquiddoDiddo 1 year ago

Omg that’s epic

2points

#36

A friend told me that some guy always ripped in pogs. Like 5-10 pogs. Idk if I believe her. She never showed any to me. But I thought the idea was funny.

Mine wasn't tips, but I will never forget the wonder of working at a high end ice cream shop and having the perk of a free pint every week. After a month or two there I had a full freezer already and knew other people in food service in the area. So we would trade our freebies. My fav was a pint for a bowl of ramen, manager worked there for years and never took the free bowl at that point. So she was happy to give it to me for a pint she could share with her crew.

I never knew food as currency/trade would get me so many free lunches. I miss those days.

Ravioverlord Report

Final score:

40points

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Debbie 1 year ago

What are pogs?

5points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#37

I work in a city known for its witches. While I was working during tourist season I received a piece of rose quartz, in addition to a sizable normal tip. Rose quartz is known for having healing properties. I had a little bag crocheted to place it in and wore it around my neck.

Dillymom01 Report

Final score:

39points

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Anna Ekberg 1 year ago

Salem?

12points

#38

An actual Swiss Army knife, I still use it and they also left a cash tip too

DaddyBrielle Report

Final score:

35points

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Timbob 1 year ago

Are you allowed to have it if you’re not Swiss ?

2points

#39

A guy gave me a coprolite. That's literally a fossilized piece of s**t. It was super cool.

He asked me if I knew what it was then he'd give it to me. I had just seen a documentary on discover channel when they actually showed them. So I said, "yep that's a piece of poop".

He actually tipped well in cash from his kangaroo s*****m coin purse. Which I did not correctly guess.

Pooschnickens Report

Final score:

33points

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Ace 1 year ago

What's\\the censored-out word?

8points

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#40

I got a stylus pen a couple years ago. The guy was really nice the whole time. When he left, I found a note saying he didn't realize he had only brought a $20 so he left me the dollar and change and said he hoped I enjoy my nice new stylus lol. I wasn't even mad.

ILoveAliens75 Report

Final score:

30points

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Paul Rabit 1 year ago

I went through an embarrassingly high number of these wondering where the interesting life “tips” were. Thankfully this article has since been retitled lol.

4points

Lunakadi 1 year ago (edited)

Even re-titled I thought the same thing. I actually came here to give my own life tip, stop buying shaving cream and just use hair conditioner. It works wonderfully and isn’t nearly as expensive.

3points

Bart 1 year ago

1/4 krugerrand was definitely my best tip ever! I was 16 and worked in a bar as a summer job. I didn't believe it and paid 20€ to get it tested (it was real and I still have it)

4points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

I worked on a fine dining cruise yacht in Chicago in the early 90s. I was working triples saving up as I was starting college that fall. This was after I got out of the Army. On one of my rare days off, my boss called and asked if I would work that night and he'd pay me triple. Some guy was bringing two potential investors on board for dinner and they wanted their own section and server. When the guy arrived he was so nervous and told me these two guys invested in his company it would be life changing money. He asked me lots of questions about myself. Asked about being in Iraq and what I was studying. The dinner went great. The investors were really nice guys and they sealed the deal. Their tab was around a grand and he tipped me 30% on the receipt. Sang my praises to my boss. When they deboarded, we went about our side work cleaning up and I had to be back on the boat in five hours for the breakfast cruise. When I walked off the boat, there was a limo with my name on it.

3points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

He had sent his limo back to give me a ride home. When I got in, there was an envelope with a thank you note and ten 100 dollar bills. It was so f*****g amazing. If I had taken public transportation home, it would have taken me well over an hour. Each of the investors slipped me 100 each as they left the boat as well. I paid two months rent with that money.

4points

PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago

These were so random 😆 my weirdest one was a taxidermed fox 🦊 I loved it so much, had to give it away when I went interstate, can’t take it on planes etc

3points

Heather Pierce 1 year ago

I'd like to shape a tip I gave and how it was received. My husband and I cruised at Xmas a couple of times. I decided to give a little extra tip to the our waiter and assistant waiter. I made up 2 small Xmas stockings full of slinkies, snow globe, candy , rubrics cube, and some silly string. Christmas night I whispered that there had been a terrible mistake and Santa had left something in our cabin for them. Here comes the sweet part. The next night they told me they had waited to open them until after all chores were done..in the dark dinning room, they opened the stockings. But they had never seen silly string before and were afraid to try it. I see 2 young men far from home sitting in the darkened room with just a little bit of Christmas excitement. P.S. I'm not a total a*****e-- there was also a $20 in there too.

2points

AK to LV 1 year ago

I think it's amazing. Of course, they would appreciate the $20 but the addition of of an Xmas stocking filled with actual presents must have brightened their day!

2points

Goose of the Ahonkalypse 1 year ago

Weirdest thing I ever got as a tip was crabs. No not those kind you weirdos, like a small cooler full of fresh crabs.

2points

ConstantlyJon 1 year ago

These were so weird. Craziest thing I've gotten was a Target gift card with $10 on it, which was more than what the guest ordered in the first place. Was technically a 125% tip or something like that. I don't think they knew how much was left on it.

2points

Jods 1 year ago

After 30 years or more I’m still wondering whether this is creepy or just nice. Worked in a pub serving bar meals. Lovely old couple came in every day and eventually got to talking to them. I asked if they had any children and the lady said no, and would I like to live with them. Perhaps if I had taken up their offer I might not have been able to type this!

1point

CG 1 year ago

I had a random instance one time when I was a replacement technician for a pool table delivery. Delivered to a customer I had sold the table to, and after the job was done, the customer gave the technician and I some ground moose meat. Not what I expected, but it made for the best spaghetti I've ever made.

1point

Randi (she/they/he) 1 year ago

I’ve gotten two MAC lipsticks after I told a lady I liked the shade of lipstick she had on, bracelets (I’m building a large collection of them), a set of used color pencils (I am not mad at this one, it’s good to have some non high end ones laying around), and some shoes from a lady that didn’t need them. I work as a front service clerk for context.

1point

brittany 1 year ago

two stories. one was when i worked for a grocery store. we didnt really do tips, even fo the cart grabbers. we were in fact told not to take any tips offered. one older guy offered me a 5$ tip and i tried to turn it down but he pressed it into my hand and told me to keep it and god bless. warmed my heart. second was when i worked for a fast food place, again a place that you dont really tip at. couple of times someone would leave a couple of bucks on the table. they didnt have to do that, but it was still appreciated.

0points

The Starsong Princess 1 year ago

On Saturday, I tipped my hairdresser with a Tushy bidet, the kind you attach to your toilet, still new in the box. I suspect that’s the weirdest tip she ever received. I got it for my mother’s second toilet but she decided she didn’t need it. I’m a bit of a Tushy evangelist so I was talking to my hairdresser about it. She said she wanted one so I offered it to her. She wanted to pay me for it so I told her it can be her tip for the rest of the year.

0points

Flo 1 year ago

I was gifted an unopened jar of olives on one occasion

0points

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Paul Rabit 1 year ago

I went through an embarrassingly high number of these wondering where the interesting life “tips” were. Thankfully this article has since been retitled lol.

4points

Lunakadi 1 year ago (edited)

Even re-titled I thought the same thing. I actually came here to give my own life tip, stop buying shaving cream and just use hair conditioner. It works wonderfully and isn’t nearly as expensive.

3points

Bart 1 year ago

1/4 krugerrand was definitely my best tip ever! I was 16 and worked in a bar as a summer job. I didn't believe it and paid 20€ to get it tested (it was real and I still have it)

4points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

3points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

4points

PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago

These were so random 😆 my weirdest one was a taxidermed fox 🦊 I loved it so much, had to give it away when I went interstate, can’t take it on planes etc

3points

Heather Pierce 1 year ago

2points

AK to LV 1 year ago

I think it's amazing. Of course, they would appreciate the $20 but the addition of of an Xmas stocking filled with actual presents must have brightened their day!

2points