Son Tips $10 After Eating For $104, His Mom Is Furious And Sends Him Back
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Recently, an entrepreneur and mom named Danielle Foster went viral on TikTok after sharing a video bite from her daily life.
In a video that has amassed a whopping 2 million views already, Foster shows how upset she got over her teen son’s tip at a restaurant. Captioned “I raised him better,” the video is basically Foster’s quick life lesson to her son about the importance of not just tipping, but tipping the right amount.
Let’s see what point exactly Foster made, and be sure to share if you agree with her in the comment section!
An entrepreneur mom went viral on TikTok for teaching her teenage son the importance of tipping, not in theory but in practice
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After learning how much her son left for a tip, Danielle decided to teach him a lesson
“Mom: Johnny, you need to go get my wallet. You need to go get my Visa card, you need to go to the ATM, and you need to grab a 20 and drive your a** back to that restaurant because on a $104 check, $10 is a s**tty tip. Do you understand me? Go now! I’m not asking, I’m telling. It’s not funny. Do you know that guy might have kids? Do you know that $104 gets taxed on it? You’re going to go grab my credit card, get $20, and drive it back there.
Johnny: Yes, ma’am.
Mom: Johnny, I want to see you hand it to him. I want to see you walk in. I’ll be muted, but you don’t know how to tip.”
Danielle uploaded the video to her TikTok channel and it amassed 2M views
@d.foster.president 😑 legit he’s driving his ass back there im so sorry legit 😩 I raised him better than this 😑 #momsoftiktok #momofteens #coolmom #tippingservers #waiter #waitress #workfromhome #remotework #momof3 #workingmom ♬ original sound – Danielle Foster
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She later shared this update on the situation
“My son did go back to the restaurant, and he definitely did tip him the $20. So he gave him $30 on $104. Him paying for that check was money that he saved. And I call this his first date because it was the first time he drove because he just got his license, but it was his and his girlfriend’s one-year anniversary dinner. He had come home and told me how great of service he had. So I’m like, how much did you tip? And he’s like, $10. And I’m like, $10 on $104. And he said, “Well, Mom, I had that gift card for $50.” He didn’t think he had to tip on the gift card.”
Image source: Karolina Grabowska (not the actual photo)
Danielle also explained why she was ‘yelling’ at her son after some people pointed it out
“My kid has all A’s and B’s. He’s a great student. He’s home every single weekend. He’s not out partying, and I don’t have any issues like that. His smirk is because he’s an awkward 16-year-old, but not because I’m yelling because I’m from Jersey and I’m Italian and I yell like this all the time. This is how I talk. Me talking like this right now is kind of, like, quiet and my kid’s probably like, something’s wrong with her. I’m just a loud individual. We’re also extremely close. So at first, he was like, kind of confused and like, Mom, are you being serious, and he knew I was being serious when I told him he had to FaceTime me, which he did. And you know, I’m proud of him. He went back, he probably had to swallow his pride doing that. But he did it. And for people saying that servers don’t work hard, I reminded my son that when I was a single mom before I married my husband of almost 11 years now, I was a server in two different restaurants and worked another job to support us.”
Image source: Jessie McCall (not the actual photo)
And she addressed some negative comments too
“So thank you to all the servers out there. Make sure you teach your kids and remind them when they go out on their first date how to tip. So yeah, I feel bad that I videotaped it. I did apologize to him this morning. And I told him to stay off the comments because people were saying stuff that was negative towards me and him and I was like, “Hey, listen, we know our relationship. We know you’re a good kid.” You know, I was just… I don’t know why I videotaped it. And I’m sorry. I feel bad that people said bad stuff about my kid when he’s such a good kid. But here I was just trying to give parents the other tip that even if you do talk to your kids about things, they don’t 100% understand. Like, my son didn’t realize that a gift card doesn’t mean that you don’t tip on top of it. Well, this is my explanation. He’s a good kid. I do the best in my parenting that I possibly can. And then if you don’t want to tip, don’t go out to eat. That’s really all I gotta say. Thanks.”
@d.foster.president Replying to @kelsielynnmarie my update 😘 #momsoftiktok #momofteens #coolmom #tippingservers #waiter #momof3 #workingmom #workingathome #waitress #workfromhome #remotework ♬ original sound – Danielle Foster
“My oldest son and I started doing TikToks together because we are close and it is fun!”
Bored Panda contacted Danielle Foster to find out more about her and this viral video. “I am a business owner of a virtual company that employs military spouses & veterans and also stay-at-home parents. My husband is active duty in the Navy and currently deployed, so TikTok has kept me busy,” Foster told us.
Her company currently employs over 50+ people and they help small to enterprise businesses with lead generation, appointment setting, answering service, virtual assistance, and more.
Foster also said that her “oldest son and I started doing TikToks together because we are close and it is fun!”
Image credits: Danielle Foster
Foster’s friend said she should put the video on her TikTok, thinking it was hilarious, so she did it
We asked if Foster ever saw her video going as viral as it did and she said not at all. “I actually am completely shocked. My son came home from the date, and so I didn’t think any of our friends and family would believe me when he told me what he tipped. So I started videotaping it so I had proof. I sent it to my team on Slack, then my family,” Foster recounted.
Then, one of her friends suggested putting that video on Tiktok. Since the friend thought “it’s hilarious and maybe people will learn how to tip…” Foster did it!
“I need to make sure that I continue showing him everything I think is correct in the world,” mom says
Foster told us that the main message of her video is as follows: “I was a single mom, I have family who currently are in the serving business and people forget in the states, tipping is how they make their money. My son is 16, almost 18, and will be going into the world by himself. I need to make sure that I continue showing him everything I think is correct in the world.”
Moreover, the entrepreneur mom said that she believes in tipping and tipping well. “Especially when you have great service. How others raise their kids is on them. My parents raised me to treat the janitor the same as you would treat the President. Servers work hard, they deserve to get them tips,” Foster explained.
Image credits: Danielle Foster
“I really just love TikTok and find it fun. We old people are always taking it over,” Foster laughs
We also asked if Foster has any future plans for her TikTok and she assured us that she’ll continue to post her videos of parenting and having fun with her kids. “My husband will come home, so I do post a lot of military stuff. Most of my stuff is about my company and towards the stay-at-home parent or military spouse/first responder spouse community.”
She concluded by saying that “I really just love TikTok and find it fun. We old people are always taking it over,” Foster laughed. So make sure to keep your eye on Foster’s TikTok for a lot more fun content!
This is how people reacted to the viral video
If you want to do good then do it in silence. Stop trying to announce when you're doing a good deed. This just sounds like she's trying to show how she's a good mom and get validation and views for it. And also by publicly embarrassing her son on social media. Just teach him in silence and be done with it. Getting tired of all these people trying to show off how good of a person/parent they are. I'm all about doing good deeds and all that stuff but cone on...we know how out of hand these social media people are getting.
Indeed, it sounds very much like "Gimme your juicy internet points!"
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You couldn't ask for a better example of how absurd tipping culture has become.
It's insane. Many countries don't have tipping culture at all. It shouldn't even exist! Suprised grocery stores and pharmacies haven't "put out a jar." And the RAGE people have when they don't feel tip was adequate shouldn't be at the customers it should be directed to the employer who's actually to blame when they can't make rent.
Load More Replies... It's really astonishing how much people will depend tipping culture instead of paying workers a fair wage. Tips should be for especially good service, that's how we handle it in Europe, and not a mandatory so the waiters don't go hungry.
Tbh, 10$ tip for 100$ order seems fair to me, it's 10%. That's what I would tip for good service, as an extra for the waiter. I hope the boy just walks a round the block a few times, this mom is more after internet points than actually doing something good.
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If you want to do good then do it in silence. Stop trying to announce when you're doing a good deed. This just sounds like she's trying to show how she's a good mom and get validation and views for it. And also by publicly embarrassing her son on social media. Just teach him in silence and be done with it. Getting tired of all these people trying to show off how good of a person/parent they are. I'm all about doing good deeds and all that stuff but cone on...we know how out of hand these social media people are getting.
Indeed, it sounds very much like "Gimme your juicy internet points!"
Load More Replies... You couldn't ask for a better example of how absurd tipping culture has become.
It's insane. Many countries don't have tipping culture at all. It shouldn't even exist! Suprised grocery stores and pharmacies haven't "put out a jar." And the RAGE people have when they don't feel tip was adequate shouldn't be at the customers it should be directed to the employer who's actually to blame when they can't make rent.
Load More Replies... It's really astonishing how much people will depend tipping culture instead of paying workers a fair wage. Tips should be for especially good service, that's how we handle it in Europe, and not a mandatory so the waiters don't go hungry.
Tbh, 10$ tip for 100$ order seems fair to me, it's 10%. That's what I would tip for good service, as an extra for the waiter. I hope the boy just walks a round the block a few times, this mom is more after internet points than actually doing something good.
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