Work and Money: Sharing is caring

Sharing is caring

By goin4broke - 07/08/2009 15:23 - United States

Today, my parents came to the restaurant I work at as a waiter. After, I picked up the check to realize they had left me a $500 tip! We split the tips among the employees so I only got $50 back but I was still psyched. When I got home they asked me if I had noticed that they used my credit card. FML

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Just the tip

By Anonymous - 28/06/2009 18:43 - United States

Today, I went into work to waitress on a table of 40 guests. They were my only table for the day and the bill came to over 700 dollars. After they left the busser was cleaning the table and threw out the credit card receipt which had my tip on it. FML

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By lolowills - 14/11/2016 03:20

Today, I was complimented by my guests about the great of service I was giving them. They then left me a $2 tip on a $50 tab. FML

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By brhorton02 - 06/04/2009 14:42 - United States

Today, I was waitering at the restaurant that I work at when I collected a credit card bill that was worth $120 and a big zero on the tip line. Angered, I turned to a co-worker and said "I knew this asshole wasn't going to tip me." The guy was standing right behind me with $30 in his hand. FML

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By Misunderstood Waitress - 06/11/2012 22:37 - United States

Today, I was waitressing for a huge family. Their bill was $750. Excited about the tip, I was shocked to see only $0.50. As they were leaving, I threw the two whole quarters at their heads. Guess who also got fired today. FML

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By richgirl - 25/02/2010 00:15 - United States

Today, I was doing takeout orders at the restaurant I work at. I spent a long while putting together this guy's $135.00 order. When he finally got there to pick it up, I told him to fill out the credit card slip. I looked at it after he left. He gave me a 40 cent tip. FML

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By waiterrrrrrrrr - 02/08/2009 19:12 - United States

Today, I was working my shift at a fancy restaurant and it had been a really hard day. My parents came in to have dinner and surprise me. After paying, they left a note saying they would see me at home. It also said "By the way, no tip, because you stink at serving." FML

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Did I teach you NOTHING?

By Anonymous - 19/07/2022 00:00

Today, I ordered pizza for dinner and left cash by the door so my son could pay for it, in case it arrived before I got home. I told him they should get all the money, but I just found the tip. Apparently he thought I'd miscounted. I'm a server. FML

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Cough it up

By kaitlyn is here - 27/04/2021 05:01

Today, my parents took me out to eat. When the bill came, they stared at me for a while before asking, “Aren’t you gonna pay?” They've never made me pay before, there was no indication that I’d have to pay this time, and I’d left my wallet at home. FML

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Piss off

By Anonymous - 25/05/2023 21:00 - United Kingdom

Today, my horrible parents turned up to the restaurant I work at just to mess with me. Dad forgot his wallet, what a surprise, and asked me to pay the bill. I refused so my manager got involved. My dad got arrested, I got fired and might lose my lousy flat if I’m late on the rent. FML

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Cheapskates

By 2broke4ajoke - 29/11/2018 13:30

Today, after starting my new career as a server, two women were kind enough to leave a $5 tip… while still owing $6.84 on their bill. FML

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ihasanintegral 0

Friday 7 August 2009 20:04

I hope you told them that you had to split the tips. What a waste. they thought they were being clever and wasted all your tip money. Heh. FYL indeed.

4440123 0

Friday 7 August 2009 20:06

your parents suck

Comments

creeped_out_ 0

Friday 7 August 2009 20:35

seriously, what type of ******* restaurant are you working at? Most restaurants have a policy that YOU keep what YOU earned in tips and tipshare only about $3-$5 for the busboys and bartenders. Your bosses and coworkers are thieves if they take that much money from you.

oh_mi_shizzle 0

Friday 7 August 2009 20:38

what the heck is wrong with your parents?! $500(!!!) are not easily replaced they're jerks and completly immature for doing such a thing. OP FYL so sorry that happened to you though... *pathetically smiles* hopefully your co-workers will return the money... good luck! :)

Korgi 0

Friday 7 August 2009 20:42

I hope you make them pay you back the 450$+the meal price, i would be pissed if my parents did something like that to me

raybury 2

Friday 7 August 2009 20:48

A percentage to the bussers I can see, but having n waitstaff and splitting tips n ways makes no sense. Yeah, there are days you get stiffed by a big table, but overall the point of tipping is to reward good service and get rid of lousy servers. FYL for having parents who misuse a credit card, and for *not noticing it*. In any case, your parents' apparent generousity should have been made an exception to the split rule in the first place. Remember folks, credit cards are NOT TRANSFERRABLE from one person to another. It doesn't matter that the account holder is your spouse / parent / baby daddy / baby mama / Lesbian life partner / boss / former cellmate. If you want a card in your name, that is between you, the account holder, and the issuing bank. If you are a co-owner of the account, you should have your own card. If you are an authorized user of the account, you should have your own card.

aback 4

Friday 7 August 2009 20:48

Tell them you spit in their food.

murderofcrows 0

Friday 7 August 2009 20:59

Why would u split the tip? Ur employees didn't have the table, u did. I wouldn't have given them any, chances are they'd do the same thing. Sorry, don't say this often but YDI. Who is so rich they don't mind parting with 500 anyways?

jazzyo17 0

Friday 7 August 2009 21:00

some restaurants do tip share so he probably had to turn it in

CodeMan16 0

Friday 7 August 2009 21:04

where do you work, i live in wv as well

tjh116 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 0:52

In WV, how often you do invite your cousins/aunts/uncles over for an inbreeding orgy?

Mattfail 0

Friday 7 August 2009 21:07

Thats stupid that you had to share the tip. You could have a lazy ass co-worker not do shit and make any money in tips, and still get tip money. YDI for leaving your credit card lying around your house.

FuzzyWalnuts 0

Friday 7 August 2009 21:22

Even if they didn't know you split the tips that isn't very funny since you pay extra for using credit cards. They better have ****** payed for all of that.