I write the 0.00 out as well. that's because here in Texas if you don't write it in. they will automatically take a tip. Also it might be because I will pay cash for the tip.

I'll do it again tomorrow if you don't shape up and give a little better service you daft motherfugger

well did you do a terrible job serving them?

I hate tipping. what a bullshit custom. I worked in retail and served people so much, got treated like shit, and it didn't mean they bought anything. I got nothing. in fact, I had to refuse anything given to me. i made the same wage as any waitress. **** tipping.

minimum wage? if a waitress makes less then minimum wage then the employer is breaking the law.that is why they have the law, regardless of what your job is. if you make less then that you need to speak to an employment board.

add a 1 to the 0.00 for a ten dollar tip

It's hard to know if YDI or not. It's quite possible the service was bad. But on the other hand I know some people don't tip just because they can. I was a server for 6 years and sometimes you get cheap people who are willing to spend money on food for themselves but wouldn't dare give any extra cash (even a few bucks!) to their server because it is "optional." Even for a slow server who seems to be more interested in talking to coworkers than serving their table, I would still leave a small amount. (Of course if the server was outright rude or out-of-line, there may be an exception). I have a friend who purposely complains loudly about horrible service and how she is leaving no tip, even when we have had a wonderful server. Last comment, despite the fact that (when I served) I occasionally would get a bad tip/no tip from a table, most tables were more than generous. I regularly made $20-25 per hour in tips working at an American-food chain restaurant, for work that is really not difficult at all. I feel that servers are well-compensated for the work that they do and I hate to hear servers complain about one bad tipper.

Even if I'm paying by card, I tend to leave tips in cash, and I always put something else on the tip line so no one can write in a tip. They may have been doing the same thing, though I think just writing "cash" on the tip line is more practical.

@OP Damn, that's gotta suck. I hope you get a better job and **** that guy for being ignorant, he could at least be somewhat thankful for having you make him somethinh.

I do that when I pay with my card but leave a cash tip because I've had people write in their own tip when I left that line blank