Work: Today, while I was working as a waitress, I had to wait on a...

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 WaitedOut - 03/10/2012 08:07 - United States - Saukville

Today, at work, I got to wait on one of those tables where everyone had very complex orders, and some of them sent their food back. When the time finally came for me to bring them their check and receive my well-earned tip, I returned only to discover that they'd dined and dashed. 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 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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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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Tipped off

By Anonymous - 30/09/2014 23:42 - United States - Richmond

Today, I was taking a table's order. After I finished, the guy told me, "Just FYI, I'm not a tipper." Trying to lighten up the situation, I replied, "It's amazing how many people forget I handle their food." He complained to the manager that I'd threatened him. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/01/2010 02:49 - United States

Today, I was at my work. To urge people to be generous, I paid my friends to put 15 bucks in the tip jar while saying how great I was. He did this about ten times throughout the day. Turns out, us employees don't get to keep the tips. FML

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By ismerf19 - 22/12/2010 00:05

Today, I was working in a restaurant. On the receipt under "tip" someone actually took the time to write out "$0.00." 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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All in a day's work

By Steve-noh - 10/08/2018 23:30

Today, at my job as a waiter I sharted myself while taking an order. They tipped me $20 and wrote "for new underwear" on the receipt. FML

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By themonkeyman - 23/12/2009 00:05 - United States

Today, I started my job as a waiter. I was excited when my first customer paid for the bill. I go over to the table, half-expecting a tip. I got to the table and no money was on the table. On the bottom receipt was written: "Ever heard of deodorant?" Apparently I smell bad. Thanks for the tip. FML

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You deserved it 29 541

msbetsy 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 9:37

Your restaurant doesn't add gratuity for parties of 8 or more? Most do, and this is why.

ManImCool 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 9:39

If you have ever worked in the restaurant industry, you'd realize this is a FML. No one deserves to get stiffed on a tip, especially for a party of 13. But like #3, why wasn't there gratuity added in?

Comments

geb_925 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 16:10

I am not a lazy jackass when I work. I do everything that I can for the guests that I take care of, but sometimes even after doing an amazing job, people still don't tip, and that's when I get angry...

Rota 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 16:27

YDI. The only times I don't tip is when the service sucks. At least they told you why they didn't tip. Time to pull your head out of your ass.

animejen1988 9

Tuesday 14 July 2009 18:40

It's not fair to assume that she was giving bad service. Just because you only tip poorly when given unsatisfactory service, doesn't mean that's how everyone works. I work as a hostess and I've seen some of the servers get tipped shitty or stiffed, even though they were working their asses off for the customers. Some people are just cheap assholes, or they can't be pleased no matter how hard you try. Also, some people think that stunts like the one the OP described are hilarious. "Here's a tip for you! Hahahahaha. Get it?"

IllegalLight 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 16:44

Alright. I have a single comment: The comments for this FML were seriously the most entertaining comments I've ever read on an FML. Having no experience with the food industry, reading the comments is just about all I can do XD

RainbowCookie 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 16:45

Bitches. FYL

lil_miz_liz09 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 16:47

God. People are such jerks.

p00p0ster0us 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 16:56

A table of 13 is hard. Even if you're a pro at it, it's hard. Just for getting any service at all they'd have been sensible to leave you the baseline 15%. I suspect they just wanted an excuse to give you nothing because they were cheap jerks.

intotheblue 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 17:00

OMG What assholes... I'd like to see them do what you did! This is why servers argue over who should get a big table, because they're REALLY hard.

sbarre1 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 17:00

Pretty sure this is fake. Gratuity is added to tables of 6 or more at pretty much EVERY restaurant. Duhr.

zombina 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 17:02

Not at the one I work at.

zombina 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 17:06

Waitressess have no control over how long the food takes, unless on rare occasion they forget to put back an order. It's almost always the fault of the kitchen. But no one takes away their pay for the day.

blueknight1st 26

Tuesday 14 July 2009 17:11

I don't care how much you make per hour. Waiting on tables means your tip is based on performance. As a customer it is not my responsibility to make sure you get paid well. It is the person doing the waiting that is responsible for that. You want a good tip? Than do a good job. If you do a shitty job than guess what? You get a shitty tip. You can complain all you want at me, you can call me names, but you won't change my mind on this. You have to earn a tip with good service, you shouldn't be expecting one just because you brought me my food.

pandabear11 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 17:14

Some people tip shitty no matter how great the service is. Some people are just cheap. I've given great service...(giving the table everything they need not letting their drinks get low ect.) and been completely stiffed before.

blueknight1st 26

Tuesday 14 July 2009 17:24

And for that I am truly sorry. It's people like the ones you described that cause people like me to be looked at as the bad guy also.

_chrissy_ 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 19:06

Have you been to a country where the servers don't rely on tips? Spain for example has this system and it sucks. The service is awful. Awful. If something like that started here in the states, people would FLIP. OUT. So, sure, it's nice to say "I'm not responsible for paying you well, that's your employers job." and it has some truth, but in reality, imagine how bad the service would be if that were to happen. :)

BrandNewScene 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 20:09

The service is only awful to you because you're American and are used to having a waitress pop up every ten minutes to ask what you need. In Spain, waiters and waitresses actually think it's rude to bother people like that during their meal.