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“This Is Just Evil”: Servers Share The Most Infuriating ‘Tips’ They’ve Ever Received
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In many countries, it’s expected that you tip for good service. The actual amount or percentage varies depending on where you are in the world and the level of service. But generally, it’s frowned upon to give anything less than 10%. Waiters and waitresses have been sharing the most infuriating ‘tips’ they’ve ever received, and wow, are they going through the most.
Bored Panda has put together a jaw-dropping list of the wildest ways customers have “thanked” staff for serving them. And some might make you want to pay a little extra at your next restaurant visit to make up for other people’s bad behavior. We also spoke to customer service expert and best-selling author Shep Hyken about tipping culture. You'll find that interview in between the images.
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#1
I Work As A Cabin Housekeeper At A State Park. People Usually Sometimes Leave Tips For Us To Thank Us For Our Hard Work, But Yesterday We Found This In A Cabin
I don't mind hearing about the word of God, but this is just evil.
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#2
This Guy Has Been Waiting For This Moment His Entire Life
#3
Rude
Gingersnap In Iowa 1 year ago
I got tipped 2¢ one night waiting tables in college. The people went out on the restaurant patio after eating and I gave them back their 2¢.
#4
Thought It Could Be For Food…
My family is rather low on money and I got “tipped” 100 dollars at my job at a restaurant as a waitress and got so excited to have my own money since I’m young and can’t get a real job that actually pays well. Guess I got double screwed and also tipped nothing for all my work. I’m definitely not gonna by your advertising services now.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
I think any time people leave something like this or one of those disgusting religious recruitment phoney bills in a tipping situation, they should be charged for passing out fake money.
#5
Racist Woman Leaving $0 Tip And Insults In North Carolina
#6
Worst Way To Evangelize
#7
Decades Of "The Customer Is Always Right" Has Created The Most Entitled Idiots In Human History
#8
Karen Makes A Worker’s Life Miserable And Refuses To Tip
#9
My Coworker’s Shift Ended So I Took Over One Of Their Tables. Customer Did Not Like This And Left A Negative Tip
#10
This Is Disgusting And Makes Me So Angry! If They Feel That Way Then Maybe They Should Stay Home And Make Their Own Food
Barbara Wilcock 1 year ago
Dose Trump say this while ordering McDonald's? Served by a Mexican waitress
#11
Well, It May Be A Tip But She’s Just Trying To Make A Living
#12
I've Been Tipped Twice With Coins I Cannot Legally Use In My Country
#13
The Jerk That Left A Meme For A Tip
#14
If You Leave This As A "Tip" For Your Waiter You Can Go To Hell
#15
I Got This As A Tip In My Bar. In Scotland
April Pickett 1 year ago
The U.S. needs to pass a new, higher minimum wage including service people. Service staff are paid $2/3 per hour and expected to make up the rest with tips. I've never understood the reasoning behind this law.
#16
The Person That Left This “Tip”
Never Snarky 1 year ago
Disgusting and rude. Says far more about the “tipper” than the server.
#17
Sorry I Politely Asked Your Crotch Goblin To Not Throw Sugar At Other Guests
April Pickett 1 year ago
The server shouldn't have to tell the kids anything. The parents should control their children and teach them manners.
#18
Learn English? How About Learn How To Write
#19
This "$100" Tip I Received Tonight
#20
My First Nasty Note
#21
Was Tipped $1, I Live In The UK. This Is Worth Nothing
It's worth like 76p and it would cost more to get it exchanged. I'm also never going to the US.
Dog Mom to Zoe 1 year ago (edited)
Our money in the U.S. is worthless in Europe and probably less than since the new president. Many think ALL countries take American money. THEY DON'T. Do your research.
#23
I Was Tipped At Wisconsin State Fair, I Don’t Get Paid Enough To Deal With This
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
I HATE this. I think it should be considered counterfeit and treated as such by law.
#24
My Sister Got This While Waiting Tables
#25
Group Of Rich Girls From Stanford Came To My Bar, Tried A Million Samples, Held Up The Line, And All Tipped Like This
#26
One Of My Kids Sent Me This. This Is In The Atlanta Area
#27
My Friend Waited On Two Underage Kids Who Tried To Order Drinks
Stiffing servers has always made someone a bad person, but during a pandemic when benefits have run out and restaurant employees are struggling more than they already did? Despicable.
#28
This Came Across My Table This Morning And Upsets Me Greatly!
#29
Deciding Not To Tip Because Waiter Didn’t Wish Her Happy Mother’s Day
#30
Bless Your Heart
#31
The Guests Knew The Assignment
They tipped in Cash.
#32
Love Notes From People Who Bring Their Own Drinks Into A Restaurant (Tx)
A gentleman decided to pour his own wine into our wine glass after finished the wine he ordered. Asked him about he confessed he poured it. The partners reasoning was “I thought since we could drink on the sidewalk we could bring our own drink in here” I took the glass and let them finish their food I just dropped off.
#33
From A Party Of 7 People And They Were There For About 2.5 Hours
the “thank you!!” above the tip line is from me, i write it on all receipts, the “thanks :)” at the signature line is my tip i guess. almost cried and walked out after this
#34
Comps $90 Off Bill, Chased Screaming Child Around, Waited Hand And Foot And Got This As A Tip
#35
Don't Be A Religious Jerk
#36
"Why I Have Not Tipped!!!"
#37
“Your Tip Is On The Table”
#38
Dollar Bill Stamped With "Message" Received As A Tip
#39
I'm A Server And I Wear A Mask At Work Every Day. Someone Left This Note On A Receipt Tonight
#40
Me And Other Server Agreed To Split The Tip On A Party Of 15. They Tipped A Dollar
Brenda 1 year ago
Most restaurants automatically add a tip for parties over a certain number. (8 to 10 or more). And it doesn't matter if you get separate checks at some places. If you're sitting together, you all pay. This is because, depending on the size of your group and how busy they are, larger groups keep a server from having more tables, thereby reducing their chances of more tips. Because so many large groups stiff their servers (leaving little to no tip), a lot of places now do this.
#41
Well, No Tips For Today
#42
These Kids Need U
#43
Someone Left This In My Tip Jar
#44
Got This Today As A Tip, Would This Be Valid Anywhere? And Yes It’s Sticky
(Very VERY MILDLY lol I’m glad I got anything at all!) I work as a caricature artist so maybe I annoyed someone real bad.
April Pickett 1 year ago
You can still spend it. I'd take it to the bank and ask them to replace it.
#46
What Even
Chatted up this really cute guy at my bar all night. He left this as a note, great tip, but I just don’t see the point. Like just because you wrote that doesn’t mean we don’t have to tax the tip still uhhh sir what.
#47
This Is The Tip My Friend Got As A Waiter
#48
My Coworker Got This As A Tip On One Of Her Checks, Any Clue What It Is Or What It's Worth?
1 free entry into heaven.
#49
Someone Left A Handful Of Antidepressants For Us As A Tip
#50
A Customer Left This On My Coworkers Receipt. I’m Sorry, But How Insecure Does This Guy Feel?
#51
This Pos Is Proudly Bragging On Facebook About Not Leaving A Tip
#52
Using Having Kids As An Excuse Not To Tip Servers Who May Also Have Kids To Feed
#53
It’s Always The Extra Nice Customer Who Asks For Extra Sides When You Check On Them
I’m done with this industry.
#55
This Is Not A Tip! I Work Part Time At An Automatic Car Wash, And Some Douches Handed Me This
#56
Well At Least I Still Make $2.13 An Hour
#57
Please Help Mi Wit This Mystery
customer told mi I had pretty eyes
norabest321 1 year ago
Sorry I couldn't read your writing. I had to assume it was a traditional 20% tip.
#58
While We Were At Olive Garden Last Night, My Friend Found This On The Ground And Wanted To Leave It As A Tip... So She Did This
April Pickett 1 year ago
Don't take your "friend" out with you anymore if she thinks this is funny. It's not.
#59
Thats Messed Up
OzzyTheMano (They/Them) 1 year ago
imagine not getting a tip because there's no f**king umbrella? at this point, the customer deserves walking around in chronically wet socks.
#61
Pizza Delivery Driver Got Tipped With A Baggy Of Coins Containing Loose Tobacco
#62
$1 Tip On $500+ Bar Tab
norabest321 1 year ago
I went to U of I, the proud home of Kams. This is one of the worst bars in Champaign known for the worst kind of college fraternity/sorority trash that comes in. We didn't go there much bc it was NOT a safe place to put your drink down. I can imagine the worst kind of over privileged, ignorant, binge drinking elitist larva that spent this much there and didn't tip. I would love to see how many redbull vodkas were on that tab.
#63
Negative Tip?
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
Automatically added tip (Gratuity) $4.10 minus customer's "Adjustment" to automatic tip: -$2, equals $2.10 tip. Not much but not negative.
#64
Why Blame Me?
Like OK, yeah, I guess it could be annoying? But there was nothing wrong with the food, the speed, or the service. Just admit you were never going to tip.
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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
i counted the ones that had to do with not tipping and saying something about religion instead, there was 7 or 8 of them. why do people do this??
WindySwede 1 year ago
"we must save you from atheism/wrong religion, and drag you down with us to be a bad human to others"
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Susie Elle 1 year ago
Honestly, at this point, I don't know how my American fellow humans are doing their daily grind anymore ...
Don Adams 1 year ago
All good comments about the issues with tipping/servers wages and all that. Look at it from this perspective: why are you going to a restaurant? You are trading up for a short time. Have a nice meal, maybe a drink or three, a generally pleasant time. You are able, for a few hours, to just focus you. You are avoiding shopping for/preparing/cooking and cleaning up, and having people serve you as you wish. Those people deserve more than a perfunctory thank you. When you were younger, and maybe helped a neighbor with some task, like yardwork or shoveling, and they slipped you a $10 or $20, you liked it, and accepted it. No different with a server. These people are working hard for an increasingly grumpy clientele, and they have rent and bills to pay also. Many have lost "real" jobs and are doing the best they can at the time. Helping them is not a hand out, it is a hand up. Also, imagine the cost of a meal should they start paying decent wages and benefits. A whole new bitchfest.
Jrog 1 year ago (edited)
Cost of meals in Europe, where tipping is generally an exception and rarely exceeds 5%, are on average 40 to 50% lower than in the US, pre-tips. Servers make a living wage, have healthcare, PTO and retirement benefits; restaurants pay higher taxes on average (4-10% VAT). Yet they turn a profit without screwing over their personnel or force them to panhandle.
Load More Replies... TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
i counted the ones that had to do with not tipping and saying something about religion instead, there was 7 or 8 of them. why do people do this??
WindySwede 1 year ago
"we must save you from atheism/wrong religion, and drag you down with us to be a bad human to others"
Load More Replies... Susie Elle 1 year ago
Honestly, at this point, I don't know how my American fellow humans are doing their daily grind anymore ...
Don Adams 1 year ago
All good comments about the issues with tipping/servers wages and all that. Look at it from this perspective: why are you going to a restaurant? You are trading up for a short time. Have a nice meal, maybe a drink or three, a generally pleasant time. You are able, for a few hours, to just focus you. You are avoiding shopping for/preparing/cooking and cleaning up, and having people serve you as you wish. Those people deserve more than a perfunctory thank you. When you were younger, and maybe helped a neighbor with some task, like yardwork or shoveling, and they slipped you a $10 or $20, you liked it, and accepted it. No different with a server. These people are working hard for an increasingly grumpy clientele, and they have rent and bills to pay also. Many have lost "real" jobs and are doing the best they can at the time. Helping them is not a hand out, it is a hand up. Also, imagine the cost of a meal should they start paying decent wages and benefits. A whole new bitchfest.
Jrog 1 year ago (edited)
Cost of meals in Europe, where tipping is generally an exception and rarely exceeds 5%, are on average 40 to 50% lower than in the US, pre-tips. Servers make a living wage, have healthcare, PTO and retirement benefits; restaurants pay higher taxes on average (4-10% VAT). Yet they turn a profit without screwing over their personnel or force them to panhandle.
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