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On an average day, there’s not much about receipts that’s particularly exciting. At best, they serve a practical purpose—proof of payment, a tax write-off, or a backup for returns.
But sometimes, if you check the fine print, you’ll find more than just numbers. These people did, and they discovered messages so clever, funny, or unexpected that they had to share them online. Here are some of the best ones.
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#1
Today At My Work, The Creator Of Phineas And Ferb Came To Dine In And Left Drawings Of His Work
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#2
Asked Clerk For The Most Decadent Cupcake Bc I Got A Job Rejection - This Note Was On The Receipt
#3
I Wanted To Write A Ya Book About Bullying Since My Experiences In Grade School. My Cashier Job Wouldn't Let Me Use A Notebook, So I Started Writing It On Receipts
This year, I finally published my novel
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
The book is titled "Bleak: A Story of Bullying, Rage, and Survival", by Benjamin Honeycutt. Currently 87% off - so it only costs $1.99 on Amazon Kindle. (The post/photo is from 4 years ago, so I assume it's on massive sale now.) I purchased it to help support the author :)
These days, life is full of conveniences that make everything easier. We don’t have to leave the house to shop—just a few clicks, and whatever we need arrives at our doorstep. The same goes for food, where we can even choose to avoid interacting with the delivery person entirely. And many of us choose to work from home, skipping the daily commute and all the small talk that comes with it.
#4
This Guy Sat In My Section Tonight And Left A Note On The Back Of His Receipt
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
Rest in peace, Wes. Your brother still loves you and thinks of you. And now we hold you in our hearts as well, for we now know you existed and were loved :)
#5
I Was Wondering Why The Last Table Of My Shift Was Taking So Long To Sign His Receipt
#6
Took My Kitchen Knives To Be Sharpened And They Gave Me A Band-Aid With My Receipt
While all of that is helpful (and honestly, a dream for anyone with social anxiety), it also takes a lot of humanity out of everyday interactions. That’s why little personal touches, like a handwritten note or a hidden message on something as simple as a receipt, can turn an otherwise mundane experience into something special.
#7
Local Donut Shop Includes Mitch Hedberg's Philosophy On Receipts
#8
Once Again Bored At Work And Drew All Of Ichiban’s Dragon Koi That I Could Fit On A Piece Of Receipt Paper
#9
My Mother-In-Law Passed Unexpectedly Yesterday Morning. Her And My Wife Were Supposed To Go Get Haircuts Together Soon So My Wife Went To Get One Just To Get Out Of The House And When She Went To Pay They Told Her Someone Else Had Paid For It And Left This Note On The Back Of The Receipt
One place where receipts are practically everywhere is restaurants. So, Bored Panda reached out to Humbat Mamedov, a waiter at Street Pizza in Riga, Latvia—one of Europe’s top 50 pizzerias—to find out how often receipts are used as a form of communication.
“All the time,” Humbat says. However, rather than being meant for guests, most of these messages are actually exchanged between restaurant staff.
#10
Our Waiter Doodled On Our Receipts At Denny’s Today
#11
I've Never Seen A Receipt With A Joke On It Before
#12
I Work In A Cafe That Caters To Kids. This Mom Wrote This Note On Her Receipt And My Heart Melted
When waiters take orders, customers often have specific requests. The easiest way to pass these modifications along to the kitchen is through the printed order slip. A quick note, and boom, it’s done.
“Leaving messages is generally very easy,” Humbat explains. “The text goes directly to the intended station and usually doesn’t appear on the final receipt for the guest, which is very convenient. Unfortunately, not all establishments have this feature.”
#13
Look What I Found, Manager Says He Has Found This In Our Receipt Printer Every Morning!
#14
Bought 2 Lifesavers At CVS And The Receipt Was Almost As Long As My Truck Bed
Michael Fernandez 9 months ago
To anyone who’s never shopped at a CVS, these are absolutely real.
#15
My Receipt For The Clinic Had A Sudoku To Help Pass The Time
The type of message varies based on a guest’s specific needs. Many places have preset templates for common modifications, like meat doneness or soup portions. But when requests are more detailed, custom messages become unavoidable.
#17
My Girlfriend Had Questions When She Saw My Receipt For Hotel Transylvania 3
#18
There Is A Waiver On My Receipt For Takeout Shawarma
Since kitchens are often located in the basement or separated from the dining area, these notes can be incredibly useful. “They let the waiter include specific comments about a guest, and sometimes, they’re also a great way to amuse the kitchen staff,” Humbat adds.
“For example, at one place I worked, we had a regular customer who insisted that everything on the plate be served separately—no matter what the dish was—and without salt or pepper. So we’d simply write ‘Guest Name - Salt Pepper’ to signal the kitchen that they had arrived.”
#19
The Coupon On My Receipt Is Good For 129 Years
#20
This Was Written On The Back Of A Receipt By Some Little Kid. Made Me Feel All Warm And Fuzzy
#21
I Was Adopted In 1965 And My Parents Saved The Receipt
Of course, not all messages are sweet, but some are undeniably funny. If a customer is being rude or difficult, waiters might vent a little in the order notes to the kitchen or even joke about the situation. And when a guest requests an over-the-top modification, not for allergies, but just because they feel like it, staff will sometimes add an apology to the kitchen for the extra hassle.
#22
This Place Charged Me $2.25 Just Out Of Spite
#23
I Found Three Four-Leaded Clovers; When I Bought Tape To Preserve Them, The Total Was $7.77
#24
The Book I Bought Today Had Its Original Receipt
Jenn Smith 9 months ago
Ours was next door to the Sounds Familiar record store. Ahhh, the old mall days! Now I crave an Orange Julius...
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Teri c 9 months ago
James Harriot ! I love all of his stories!! There is a netflix series, but, the book is always better.
Colleen Glim 9 months ago
I have all of his books in hardcover. They are among the few books I will happily read over and over again
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Max Melvin 9 months ago
I miss paying $4.15 for a paperback. They range from $15-$20 these days.
CatD 9 months ago
Heck, ebooks are that price now and they're not even printed.
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Tropical Tarot 9 months ago
And my wife. I was in 7th grade(12 yo). Geez I'm old.
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But for every difficult customer, there are plenty of kind ones too. Some even leave heartwarming messages on their receipts or napkins. As a Ukrainian, Humbat has received messages of support from fellow Ukrainian guests.
“One note read, ‘Thank you for a piece of Ukraine in Riga. Good luck, and Glory to Ukraine!’” he recalls. “Another time, someone left me a children’s coloring book with ‘thank you’ written inside in Polish, which I happen to understand a little.”
#25
This Receipt Paper I Got From An ATM At A Dispensary Doubles As Rolling Paper
#26
This Is How The Gas Pump Printed My Receipt
#27
You're Not The Only Artist In That Bar
So if there’s one thing to take away from this, besides a reason to smile, it’s that small gestures matter. A simple note can turn an ordinary moment into something meaningful, brighten someone’s day, or even become a memory they’ll treasure later.
#28
My Wendy’s Receipt Has An ASCII Art Burger
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
Someone on Reddit (who is a Wendy's employee) says that this means to flip the receipt over, where there's a link/QR code to leave a review for this Wendy's location, and you'll get either free food or $ off a combo meal! (....I totally didn't save the image and open it in an art program and flip it 180 degrees and STARE at the ASCII burger trying to find the hidden puzzle/etc. where I could "save" the burger.........)
#29
Those CVS Receipts Are Finally Paying Off
#30
Cashier Receipts From Last 5 Days That Customers Didn't Take With Them. What A Waste
Asher Samuels 9 months ago
In most places, by law stores need to issue receipts. What some places started doing is offering to send via SMS to save on paper.
#31
It's Always Something At Fuel Station
Came in this morning and one of our pumps has been very slowly printing receipt paper all night with code or something on it. It was still printing when I saw it so I removed the paper and put a cone out in front of it. Pump is down. It's always something.
Morning shift is never boring I guess.
Phantom Phoenix 9 months ago
What do you do with an encrypted warning about an alien invasion? You post it to Reddit, for BP to use in a listacle of course.
#32
Cute
#33
Daughter Asked The Costco Guy To Draw A Mermaid When He Checked Our Receipt. He Handed It Back And Muttered An Apology To My Wife
#34
Receipt Labels Lactose-Free Milk As ‘Hipster Milk’ In A Norwegian Cafeteria
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
As it should be XD (I'm jk - my mom and sister are lactose intolerant and I appreciate the modern no-lactose milks, so now they can enjoy milk without the assblasting!)
#35
My Friend's Bar Bill
#36
The Way The Morning Dew Has Sat On The Letters Of This Receipt
#37
My Receipt For Buying One Bottle Of Vegetable Oil At CVS (100 Lb Dog For Scale)
#38
This Sushi Restaurant Adds Love To Their Receipts
#39
My Receipt Came With A Nutritional Breakdown
Jennifer Drake 9 months ago
This is my worst nightmare. I don’t go out to eat a lot, maybe four/five times a year, and I don’t hold back when I do. Cheesecake with KitKats, Reese’s, and half of Hershey, Pennsylvania? Yeah, please and thank you.
#40
Recently Listened To “Never Give Up” Again And Got This Fortune On My Receipt At Breakfast.. I Now Have The Sudden Urge To Fly A Plane And/Or Fight A Bear
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
You're also not a failure if you never attempt to do anything in the first place! XD
#41
Absolutely Insane Oopsie Today
Okay so I went to print the check out for a table - I look at the total on the screen and it says $103. I print it out and it suddenly becomes $45k
So we have happy hour buttons on our computer, that only display the correct prices during certain times. If you try to get a HH drink past 6 the price says $1005. I worked here long enough to know this, and it was still happy hour when it was printed. Even my manager was like ??? Because he had to edit my ticket earlier and had seen the total.
I guess I accidentally pushed the to -go button and since happy hour items can’t be taken to go they removed all the discounts. Needless to say we all had a very good laugh about it.
#42
This Restaurant Forgot To Fill Out Their Store Information On Their Receipts
#43
At Work A Girl Was Wearing A Tpwk Hoodie So We Talked & After She Paid For Her Ice Cream She Asked For A Pen, Wrote On Her Receipt & Gave It To Me. It Said, “If U Ever Want To Kiss In The Kitchen Like It’s A Dance Floor, Call Me.” The Way Harry Styles May Have Found Me A Wife
#44
Receipt With Division Hint
#45
Account Balances From People That Left Their Receipts On Top Of An ATM
#46
Receipt At An Already Overpriced Restaurant. When I Asked The Waiter He Just Shrugged And Said 'Oh Yeah, We Need To Fix That'
#47
The “Suggested Tips” Section On The Receipt From The Hipster Bar We Were Just At
#48
When People Do Things Like This
#49
This Receipt From My Local Pizza Place Displays The Restaurant's Account Balance For Some Reason
#51
The Deliveroo Order Of Shame
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago (edited)
Do not ring that doorbell. Don't want to share and too hungover to fight over food
#52
Thela W At The Kc, Mo Linwood Location Makes Our Day Every Time We End Up In Her Line. It Took Her Less Than 15 Seconds. Cheers
Heras buddy 9 months ago
Some people can count and draw at the same time. You'll spend more time trying to get around the people eating samples.
#53
Receipts In The Philippines Are Typically Long. 56 Items = 39.5in/100cm
#54
I'm A Waitress Who Just Recently Started Going To Therapy For The First Time In My Life... Today I Had A Therapy Session Right Before My Shift Began, And A Customer Left Me This Note Written On The Back Of Their Receipt
#55
This Is The Receipt The ATM Gave Me
#56
My Walmart Receipt Is Printed On Target Receipt Paper
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
I wonder if logistics/shipping messed up and unloaded a box of supplies intended for Target at this Walmart. When I worked at a grocery store during the pandemic, our supply loads would quite often be intended for a different company. I worked at a Sprouts in the vitamins/supplements department, and we would get boxes of product that were Whole Foods house brand items instead of Sprouts brand items. We couldn't sell the Whole Foods brand items, and most of the time the distribution company didn't want the hassle of us shipping them BACK to the warehouse, so they'd just tell us to keep the products, and us employees would get to take them home for free XD
#57
Perfectly Preserved 1998 Walmart Receipt
Sharing what I found at work last week. I do data entry and was tasked with cleaning out old files and found this gem.
Peep the Oreo stacking contest.
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
This was before they changed the paper and ink to immediately start fading away after print. Especially if it's touched by sunlight. Walmart is the worst offender. I guess they realized that they save lots of money on people unable to return stuff for cash.
#58
Did Self-Checkout And Got A Blank Receipt
Firstname Lastname 9 months ago
Probably put the paper in upside down when loading the printer. (Source: my own stupidity)
#59
Dunkin Donuts Charges An “Employee Wellness” Fee
#60
Cute
#61
First Fancy Dinner In God Knows When And Got Charged An Economic Recovery Fee?? Im Not Made Of Money Either Cmon
#62
My Grocery Receipt Says “Turn Your Eyes To Jesus”
#63
I Found A Perfectly Preserved Taco Bell Receipt From 1999 In A Library Book I Was Scanning
Kit Black 9 months ago
In 99', this order was $3.26 b4 tx You would have to work 38 minutes at minimum wage to pay for this. Today, this order would cost : Chili cheese burrito 3.49 Taco 1.79 Nachos 2.99 16oz drink 2.29 $10.56 Today you would have to work 1 hour & 28 minutes to pay for this - b4 tx...
#64
America The Fee- Soon They’ll Charge For Eating The Food Per Bite
Restaurants don’t even hide it anymore. I asked the guy what’s this ‘to go fee’ and he stated it’s for the containers the food goes in. Cheap styrofoam…(which they never did before) Then as he stared at the pen signing the paper, I gave him a 5$ tip and that was being generous.
#65
Found This On The Back Of An ATM Receipt
#67
I’ve Never Seen A Receipt That Long
#68
9 Years Ago, I Found This Sonic Receipt In My Car That Had Become Transparent
#69
The Receipt For The Loan My Parents Took Out To Buy A Computer In 1992
#70
A Customer Left This On My Coworker's Receipt. I’m Sorry, But How Insecure Does This Guy Feel?
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
That's annoying. Some people don't get the difference between friendly and flirting. The woman and the server were probably both friendly and the guy was likely sitting there glaring. I'm sure he noticed she had a ring. Weird and aggressive move
#71
Bought A Used Book, Found The Original Receipt From 1995
#72
Receipt I Found Outside My Dining Hall
#73
What Is A Bird Board?
#74
I Just Finished My Food And Was About To Throw The Receipt Out Until I Realised What My Order Number Was
#75
I've Ever Seen Such A Fuss Over Burgers. They Paid $95 Aud For This
#76
Found On The Back Of A Receipt, Drifting On The Sidewalk In Berlin
#77
The Way This Test Receipt Printed
#79
Found Old Taco Bell Receipt From '97
#80
Found In A Grocery Store On The Back Of A Receipt. Kinda Scared
#81
To Itemize A Butcher’s Receipt
#83
My McDonald's Receipt Looks Like A Fallout Hacking Screen
#84
My Chipotle Order Was Printed On Aldo Receipt Paper
#86
The Receipt My Friends And I Received At A Diner. We Can’t Decipher Hardly Any Of It, Including Many Of The Numbers
#87
My Sis-In-Laws Receipts From Sept. Double Numbers, All In One Day! How Weird Is That? Is Such Thing Ever A Sign From The Universe Or Just A Rare Coincidence?
#88
This Receipt From Lunch With My Boyfriend
#89
My Receipt Had A “Living Wage” Fee
#90
Da F Is A "Honest To Goodness Fee" ?
#91
Back Of A Receipt At Doctors Office
#92
They Gave Me A Receipt That Says I Didn’t Buy Nothin
#93
Lyle The Receipt Checker Drew A Perfect Self Portrait For Me Today
Didn’t know what he was drawing himself, made me laugh out loud when he gave it to me!
#94
That's So Cute What
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MrsEgonSpengler 9 months ago
So I run a little indie shop and the POS I use allows you to customise your receipts. So on my receipts I have 'Your purchase brings glory to your house'. I'm disappointed no one so far has noticed it!
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
100% never check their receipts for hidden messages. Probably because that will get you an all expenses paid trip to the state psychiatric ward.
MrsEgonSpengler 9 months ago
So I run a little indie shop and the POS I use allows you to customise your receipts. So on my receipts I have 'Your purchase brings glory to your house'. I'm disappointed no one so far has noticed it!
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
100% never check their receipts for hidden messages. Probably because that will get you an all expenses paid trip to the state psychiatric ward.
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