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Waitress Ignores Sober Guy All Night, So All Of His Friends Refuse To Leave Her A Tip
Tipping can be tricky, especially when there’s a gap between what the servers think of themselves and the way you see them. Redditor Nerd_Rat shared a story about a night out with friends at a club, where he couldn’t drink due to medication. Despite ordering a simple soda, the waitress repeatedly ignored him while attending to everyone else. When it came time to pay the hefty tab, things took an unexpected turn as his friends decided to unite and teach the employee a lesson on customer service.
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These situations can’t be judged in a vacuum. According to a new report from personal finance company WalletHub, which examined Americans’ current attitudes toward gratuity, nearly 9 in 10 Americans think tipping culture has gone too far—a sharp increase from the around 75% who thought the same last year.
According to WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo, a huge part of people’s frustration is that they no longer know who to tip or how much to tip.
“You’re tipping for personal service. If you have a cup of coffee pushed to the end of the counter or someone’s handing you a bag of fast food through a drive-thru window, that’s not traditionally what tipping should be about,” Lupo explained. “If they feel like these tipping screens are invasive, these respondents say they’ll tip less or not even tip at all.”
This “tipflation” can backfire and result in workers, who would traditionally receive a fair tip for their service, getting less—or nothing at all—as customers grow increasingly frustrated and start pushing back across the board.
So, the key point in our story might not even be whether the waitress deserved $0, but that tipping has become so overused and unclear that even well-meaning customers feel pushed to make a statement.
Most people who read the guy’s confession think he did nothing wrong, including those who work in the industry
But some believe the group overreacted
A few say he was right to be upset, but that his friends took it too far by not tipping at all
Then there are those who say everyone’s to blame here
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Michael Largey 6 months ago (edited)
The problem is the waitress deliberately and systematically insulting the OP, not tipping.
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Kit Black 6 months ago
The most screwed up thing, the hospitality industry has done was convince people that if you don't tip waitstaff didn't make any money that night and they will starve... it is federal law that in any pay period where someone paid under waitstaff wages rules does not make a total average of minimum wage when hourly PLUS ACTUAL TIPS RECEIVED are added up, the restaurant must add sufficient compensation so that the number of hours worked = federal minimum wage. this is also why wait staff complain that they should not have to report cash tips and are campaigning to have tips tax free - anythingThey don't report, doesn't show up on wages.And the restaurant has to pay them more per hour. And think of any other job where you would say that it's totally okay for them to report less than a third of their income for taxation??? It's nuts.
Jihana 6 months ago
I didn't know that, but I'm not from the US. But that's very interesting, thank you for explaining it.
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Boo 6 months ago
I've been a waitress, bartender, barmaid and banquet server in the US and NTA. If you can't remember (or be àrsed) a single drink order, then you are in the wrong job and to expect to be tipped for shìtty service? Naw...that's not how this works. For his mates to not tip on their bill....tipping is discretionary. They saw their friend receive no service and they were tipping accordingly. And before anyone comes at me saying. ..that's just the way things are, thats how servers get paid etc, get bent. If you want tips, you give good service.
LookASquirrel 6 months ago
If a group was drinking and someone ordered a sprite or a Coke I wouldn't even charge them. I always said with a wink, nudge nudge, order your shot with ginger ale chaser. Then it is free. Also when I was a designated driver and only ordered water i always got good service and tipped. interesting that this was a server in a bar and not the bartender. Unfortunately some servers are greedy and the bartenders do a lot of the work.
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Michael Largey 6 months ago (edited)
The problem is the waitress deliberately and systematically insulting the OP, not tipping.
Load More Replies... Kit Black 6 months ago
The most screwed up thing, the hospitality industry has done was convince people that if you don't tip waitstaff didn't make any money that night and they will starve... it is federal law that in any pay period where someone paid under waitstaff wages rules does not make a total average of minimum wage when hourly PLUS ACTUAL TIPS RECEIVED are added up, the restaurant must add sufficient compensation so that the number of hours worked = federal minimum wage. this is also why wait staff complain that they should not have to report cash tips and are campaigning to have tips tax free - anythingThey don't report, doesn't show up on wages.And the restaurant has to pay them more per hour. And think of any other job where you would say that it's totally okay for them to report less than a third of their income for taxation??? It's nuts.
Jihana 6 months ago
I didn't know that, but I'm not from the US. But that's very interesting, thank you for explaining it.
Load More Replies... Boo 6 months ago
I've been a waitress, bartender, barmaid and banquet server in the US and NTA. If you can't remember (or be àrsed) a single drink order, then you are in the wrong job and to expect to be tipped for shìtty service? Naw...that's not how this works. For his mates to not tip on their bill....tipping is discretionary. They saw their friend receive no service and they were tipping accordingly. And before anyone comes at me saying. ..that's just the way things are, thats how servers get paid etc, get bent. If you want tips, you give good service.
LookASquirrel 6 months ago
If a group was drinking and someone ordered a sprite or a Coke I wouldn't even charge them. I always said with a wink, nudge nudge, order your shot with ginger ale chaser. Then it is free. Also when I was a designated driver and only ordered water i always got good service and tipped. interesting that this was a server in a bar and not the bartender. Unfortunately some servers are greedy and the bartenders do a lot of the work.
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