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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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

matlink 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 0:28

HOW THE HELL WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU DIDN'T LIKE COFFEE ?! ingrateful people like you make me angry.

Shotta 3

Wednesday 3 June 2009 2:14

Stop being ungrateful. At least you got something. There are plenty of non-coffee items at Starbucks.

captainmcawesome 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 2:45

Buy yourself a nice scone.

manowar13 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 3:11

They have a lot of non-coffee stuff....

TryToBeKind 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 4:32

People absolutely suck. I always at least tip a server enough to get him/her UP to minimum wage b/c I know they don't make that much money. $223 - Servers don't even get minimum wage. After taxes, their checks can literally be $0. This means that it cost OP more money to get to work today (esp if he/she had to pay a sitter) than it would have ahd he/she stayed home. People who don't tip are disgusting. My opinion: if a restaurant is very slow and the server isn't earning enough to get minimum wage (including tips), then I think the restaurant owes them the money in their check to get UP to that amount.

Pandora67 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 4:38

I have worked in the restaurant business before. TIPS are completely optional. It literally stands for "To Insure Prompt Service". Others said previously, "in America TIPS are not optional because it is how waiters and waitresses make their living." There is also minimum wage in America. This minimum wage is based off of your states living costs and averaged to an acceptable minimum wage that people can survive on. The other Waiters and Waitresses at my old job constantly bitched about small tips. Often they would say I served them their food and filled their drinks and treated them with my best service. That is their job. You don't tip the cashiers at Carl's Junior when they bring your food. Tips are supposed to be a reward for outstanding service, not a requirement. Be grateful they gave you anything especially since the friendly couple was probably an easy table.

christopherlove 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 4:46

These dicks saying "be grateful" can suck it. I hate Starbucks. I'd be pissed too. I once thought I got a $5 tip, but it turned out to be one of those Christian tracts in disguise. Tips are pretty much our only income. How about some of you people take an unexpected 50% paycut and then "be grateful you got anything at all."