Generous tipper

By appleville - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, a customer at one of my tables left his phone number and a smiley face on the credit card slip. I was completely flattered until I looked at the bottom of the slip and realized that he had left me a $0.26 tip. FML
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Tucatz 0

I agree- call him up and bitch him out a bit. Do it from a pay phone so he doesn't have your number to harass you, but tell him that if he can't afford to tip he can't afford to eat out. If he stiffs you like that, it's actually costing you money- you get taxed on a percentage of the food you sell, because the government assumes that you'll get at least a 10% tip. Educate the fool!

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wafflemonger 0

And Code_Monkey, if she's a waitress (which I assume she is), then there is absolutely nothing wrong with her attitude. Waiters and waitresses make almost all their money from tips--their wages are next to nothing. It's also considered extremely bad form to tip less than 15%. So unless she is a truly terrible waitress, this guy is either clueless or incredibly rude.

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laxrat1 1

I'm going to make this very clear. Tipping isn't mandatory. But not everyone has the ability to work a job that pays minimum wage. The number of workers far outstrips the job availability. This isn't Europe where servers and other restaurant staff are professionals by trade and get paid as such. If you want to be an ass about it and not tip someone out of perceived reality, then don't. Just remember that someone prepares that food and they can very well mess with it and you'd never know who did it.

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R3TROxLOV3 32

If that's the case, then the guy is still an idiot. I mean seriously, if you were a waitress and a customer tipped you 26 cents and gave you his number, you'd be pissed too. The guy is an idiot for even attempting that.

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Kkkdawg 27

Oh he'll give you the rest of the 'tip' later.

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gilbertclarence 9

did anyone ever think the the 0.26 tip is to even out the bill.? some ppl are ocd like that. i do it sometimes but ill also leave a cash tip.

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Rectov 10

He wants to give you the rest of the tip later

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scarlotte24 4

They think their number makes up for the tip. Like bud you didn’t have a chance before and now I’m refusing your table next time🤣

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scarlotte24 4

Send a Apple Pay text requesting 20%

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Taurus_ChicKa 36

He's planning to give you the rest of the tip when you call him. IT'S A TRAP!

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