See this is shocking but I know you're from the States so it's different... here in Australia you're lucky to get any tip of any sort, in fact, everything's so damn expensive I often can't afford to pay more than the meal. With that said, you guys in America get ridiculous amounts of food SOOO cheap. :P

******* entitled waiters. That is why i never eat at the place and only do take outs.

I completely understand why this happened although it clearly wasn't an appropriate reaction. The scenario: OP makes between 2-5$ per hour which would come up on a paycheck if it wasn't all taken out by taxes. Many servers literally receive $0.00 paychecks. She relies solely on the charity of her customers. Waiting tables is kind of like paid slavery except we don't get paid unless the customer tips us. We wait on you and bring you everything you ask for, we have the kitchen prepare your food exactly to your specifications. We have to make sure that every order that goes out (A bill for 750$ probably around $25 a person divides into maybe 30 people who probably also have alcoholic and regular drinks) correctly and all drinks stay refilled and that probably is not our only table. So OP was probably running around like a chicken with her head cut off, managing the mistakes coming out of the kitchen, yelling at the bartender for making the other tables drinks first because the order from the big table is too big to put before all the small ones, dealing with the more "assertive" customers who might walk up to you and ask you to come over to their table "right this instant" when they probably just want some more ranch and a 5th glass of diet coke, apologizing to the customers they know have been waiting longer if the kitchen is cooking too slow, and worst of all, smiling and keeping a positive attitude when ungrateful customers are yelling at them for all the things that aren't actually the server's fault and crossing our fingers that you might have some sympathy that we might be a little too busy to provide 100% perfect service to your special, cushioned ass. And one more thing I wanted to address, in my restaurant, we tip out 7% of THE BILL to the chef who makes salary, plus cash tips, plus what we have to give him. So for a check that is 100$ we tip out 7$ to the chef. If you leave us 10%, we get 3$. If you leave less than 7%, we start paying the company so we can wait on you. The tip isn't always low because of the quality of the service. If you read half these posts, clearly you can see that.

Well done, lady! I would have added a couple of my own bucks to show my appreciation. ;)

I got two words for you: Learn to ******* type!

Whoever is quoting the Federal Minimum Wage for nonexempt employees as 7.50 an hour is neglecting to inform themselves of who the "exempt employees" are. Federal Minimum for servers is still 2.13, and they're taxed at 10%-20% of their sales, depending on the state they're in and what the average tip percentage of their restaurant is. So. Those people walked in, sat down at one of your tables, hired you to do a job for them, and then not only DIDN'T pay you, they charged you for the privilege of waiting on them. Throw the money at the thieves, and find a better restaurant. Thank god for minimum wage, people would pay you nothing if they could get away with it. Have a better day.

Her wages are for her working there. Her tip is a reflection of how well her services are. There is no excuse for not leaving a tip. If they didn't want to tip, then they should've gotten all their own drinks and food.

Yeah people dont understand that the majority of waiters salary is tip money. FYL OP next time go for the silverware

totally worth it!!

What a family of assholes. You should've run up to them and given them the 50 cents telling them that they obviously needed it more than you. Insult them back, don't assault them.