Pile Up of Untipped DoorDash Orders Ignites Debate About Service Charges

It’s a painful fact that the U.S. service industry runs on tips. Whether we’re eating out or ordering in, we have to expect that we will be topping up the bill so that the people who serve us can afford to eat, too.  However, not everybody subscribes to this philosophy — especially when it comes …
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Shady Customer Tries to Cancel Generous Tip While Date Isn’t Looking, Server Humiliates Him

When I was a bartender, customers would often rack up huge tabs over several hours, ordering martinis at the busiest moments and shots for everyone at the bar minutes before closing. The most ostentatious customers were usually the ones who would ditch the bar without closing their tabs, and 90% of the time, those cards …
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People Observe Things That Are Uniquely American in Interesting Thread

As an American who recently moved to the United Kingdom, a lot of the funny observations in this amusing Reddit thread about uniquely American things really resonated with me. For example, when someone asks me where I’m from, my first instinct is to say, «well I grew up in California, but I just moved from …
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Hooters Waitress Refuses Alcohol To Entitled Minors, Faces Petty Revenge

Any server can tell you that there are a hell of a lot of stingy people out there. Apparently, the fact that somebody can afford the luxury of going out to eat doesn’t mean that they’re willing to pay for everything involved in that.  When customers are difficult to boot, it only makes the whole …
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Servers Earn More Than Managers Thanks to Big Tips, Boss Responds by Cutting Wages

Tipping is a strange, yet highly normalized custom in American culture. Do you ever stop and wonder about the origins of gratuity in America? The history is pretty damn dark. Nevertheless, tipping workers for their service is deeply embedded into our society and it isn’t going away, unless of course, employers start to pay service …
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Shady Customer Tries to Cancel Generous Tip When Date Isn’t Looking, Server Humiliates Him

When I was a bartender, customers would often rack up huge tabs over several hours, ordering martinis at the busiest moments and shots for everyone at the bar minutes before closing. The most ostentatious customers were usually the ones who would ditch the bar without closing their tabs, and 90% of the time, those cards …
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Restaurant Causes Controversy Over «No Tipping» Sign

It’s one of the cornerstones of going to any kind of company that provides a service to you: it’s imperative that you leave a tip. This is especially true when it comes to something like a restaurant or café, where it’s basically expected that the customer makes up the wages of employees.  Plenty of places …
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Hooters Waitress Refuses Alcohol To Minors, Faces Petty Revenge

Any server can tell you that there are a hell of a lot of stingy people out there. Apparently, the fact that somebody can afford the luxury of going out to eat doesn’t mean that they’re willing to pay for everything involved in that.  When customers are difficult to boot, it only makes the whole …
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Deceitful Customer Tries to Cancel Generous Tip When Date Isn’t Looking, Server Brutally Exposes Him

When I was a bartender, customers would often rack up huge tabs over several hours, ordering martinis at the busiest moments and shots for everyone at the bar minutes before closing. The most ostentatious customers were usually the ones who would ditch the bar without closing their tabs, and 90% of the time, those cards …
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Guy Sparks Outrage After Trolling Server With Tip He Knows Will Get Declined

It’s one of the most basic rules of dining out etiquette: when you pay for your meal, you make sure to leave a decent tip. Being a server is not an easy job at the best of times, and relying on the generosity of strangers to make up your wage is not a fun way …
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