Miscellaneous: Today, I was working as a waitress at this pub. It was dead....

By Kitty - 01/06/2009 18:49 - United States

Today, I was working as a waitress at this pub. It was dead. After 4 hours I had only made 5$ in tips. A friendly couple came in and complimented EVERYTHING down to the freshness of the lemons in their tea. The bill came to $50. They left me a $5 gift card to starbucks. I don't drink coffee. FML

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You deserved it 7 656

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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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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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You deserved it 1 222

By tired waitress - 25/04/2016 23:05 - United States

Today, I'm a waitress. A customer came in and acted very kindly and even mentioned how I was such a help to her. She also mentioned leaving a nice tip. The tip? A fake $20. Thanks. 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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You deserved it 4 106

By brerj09 - 28/04/2014 13:35 - United States - Saint Paul

Today, at work, I served a group of three teens. Their tab was $75 and they tipped me nothing. They wrote a thank you on a piece of receipt paper, put it in a glass of water and used a coaster to turn the glass of water upside down on the table, spilling water everywhere. They also stole my pen. FML

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You deserved it 4 429

Do it then

By Anonymous - 14/08/2009 01:59 - United States

Today, while I was working at Starbucks, a customer spilled her drink all over the counter. After I cleaned up her spill and remade the drink (for free), she exclaimed, "Thanks! I should really tip you!" Then she turned around, walked directly past the tip jar, and left the store. FML

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You deserved it 3 504

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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You deserved it 49 841

By Hopper - 03/12/2017 23:00 - United States

Today, I was the only carhop at work for the last 2 hours. In that time, I waited on about 50 cars. I make server pay so I depend on tips, but none of them tipped me even a penny. I averaged under $3 an hour tonight. FML

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You deserved it 369

By Nick - 14/07/2009 02:04 - United States

Today, while I was working as a waitress, I had to wait on a table of 13 people. I was struggling through it and when they finally left I went by the table to pick up my tip. Instead of a money I got a napkin saying "Here's your tip, don't be a waitress." FML

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You deserved it 6 928

By barista - 05/12/2010 17:36 - United States

Today, a customer tried to pay for a $1.55 cup of coffee with a gift card, but he came up a dollar short. He let another customer through while he fumbled in his pocket for money. I later noticed a dollar had disappeared from my tip jar. FML

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You deserved it 3 900

Kitola 2

Monday 1 June 2009 23:54

Well, there's tea and pastries there, too, yanno. I always get a Chai when I go there. No reason to be completely thankless.

imkendra 0

Monday 1 June 2009 23:52

Ooh, burn! I was tipped with toothbrushes once. Hey cool, number 1 =D

Comments

Burner2K0 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:00

Greedy customers should all get raped by Pedobear!!

cheese1756 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:01

They have good things like lemon pound cake, sandwiches, and drinks to. Its not all coffee

greatnt249 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:03

"Be happy you goty a tip, $5 is 10% so that is a good value" In America, 15% is generally considered the accepted minimum, given that waiters/waitresses already make below minimum wage as it is.

joonsson 21

Saturday 23 April 2016 11:43

Who cares what other people say is the minimum. A tip is a reward for great service. If the service was average you will get a small tip from me and if it's good you'll get 10% or so. Sure, tipping customs are different here but I'm not going to change my ways when I travel just because you can't get your boss to pay you an acceptable salary. It won't change for you guys until people stop tipping that much.

peach_fml 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:04

Beware of complementers!! Anytime someone complements you a bunch, odds are you aren't getting a good tip. I think in their warped little brains they think that complement is your tip. But that doesn't pay the rent!

jonnymohio 2

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:05

Be grateful you got anything. You sound ungrateful. Would you be angrier if they'd left you nothing? I always tip 20% BTW.

NoneOfTheAbove 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:07

Wow I got a bra once from an old couple in a tip. consider yourself lucky.

trinatruffle 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:07

ha that sux, i hate coffee, :) yeah baaadddd luck there

TDKnight79 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:08

not fml worthy

NoneOfTheAbove 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:09

Ewww by the way

Dorri 0

Tuesday 2 June 2009 0:11

"chillax... you can't expect a wonderful tip from everybody. They probably were a bit tight on money (we're in a recession or haven't you heard) but still wanted to leave you something." If they're so tight on money then why are they buying a $50 meal? All these people talking about being grateful have obviously never been a waitress. It's hard work and their income has a lot to do with tips (their salaries are usually minimum wage; sometimes less). A $5 giftcard for a $50 meal is a shitty tip.