‘I paid for everyone’s meal’: Family tip $1 after daughter’s fiancé pays for restaurant meal, protest when he refuses to do it again

When a relationship gets serious, one of the trickiest things about it can be surviving the introduction to your significant other’s family. You’ve got to somehow pass the test of acceptability based on standards and values that you may only know basic information about. This is something that many try and fail at. Sometimes, the …
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‘The math ain’t mathing’: Fan calls out Harry Styles for leaving $5 tip on $70 takeout order

Of all the many, many, MANY topics that get social media users hot under the collar, the great tipping debate has to be one of the most contentious. Nothing threatens to start up WW3 between the US and Europe like each side sharing their opinions on whether you should tip food service workers (and how …
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21+ Memes for Bartenders Who Worked New Years Eve

Bartending is already a chaotic storm most nights. Add a party holiday into the mix and it is pure pandemonium. If you have never worked a shift like New Year’s Eve behind the bar, than you may be lucky. Or weak. Only one way to find out… And then there are the senior bartenders who …
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“Next we’ll have food rentals”: Stingy restaurant charges bizarre fees for taking food to go

Going out to eat is an expensive venture these days. In my city, you can hardly get away from a dinner with a friend for under $50, and I’m just talking about your portion. Eating at restaurants is one of life’s greatest joys, though. I’m sometimes convinced that it’s the reason I was put on …
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Top 24 Things Americans Do That Other Countries Find Weird

Home of the brave, land that I love, my country ‘tis of thee sweet land of liberty… In other words, hi there, I am American. We have earned ourselves quite the reputation, but let’s put all the obvious things aside for a moment, and take a look at the more humoristic side of things. Why …
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‘[I] really milked it’: Server pulls cheesy dad joke on a large party with a $7,000 bill, pays off big time and table leaves 55% tip in cash on top of the 22% gratuity

Order up! Corner. Behind. BEHIND! Hot plate! Check’s been dropped for 10. Etc. Etc. If any of those words felt triggering to you, then you most likely worked in the service industry. Hello my fellow traumatized people! I worked in a fancy pizza place all throughout college and that place not only gave me lifelong …
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American Claims That Europeans Should Tip in the US Because of «Transcendentally Better» Service, Takes Transatlantic Tipping Discourse to Wild New Levels

Most online arguments kind of feel like the banging one’s head repeatedly against a wall, but few are better at this than tipping discourse. Usually, the whole thing starts when an American server complains on Twitter about serving a table of Europeans who don’t tip. People from Europe take issue with this tweet, and list …
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Customer Stiffs Dine-In Movie Theatre Waiter Because He Served Them While They Were Crying

There is a lot of contentious discourse about tipping these days. I believe there’s some merit to the idea that you should not have to tip after every transaction. However, if you’re sitting down and being served by a waiter, it is your duty (at least if you’re an American) to tip your server.  Dine-in …
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Stingy Customers Spark Backlash After Trying to Give Server Negative Tip

One particularly negative thing about tipping culture is that it allows customers to be petty. If some entitled person eats at a restaurant and not everything is to their liking, they can hit their server where it hurts when it comes to the check. It might be bad manners to skimp on a tip, but …
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‘Most people wouldn’t behave like this’: Local celebrity gorges on free food at restaurant that sponsors him, cuts the line, and refuses to tip servers

This server isn’t holding back — they’re spilling some piping hot tea about a local celebrity who’s acting like a jerk at their restaurant.  This VIP is drunk on power, as the OP, u/Capnmcquacken, shared to r/TalesFromYourServer. As the fed-up server writes, the restaurant they work at is a super popular taco spot in Michigan. …
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