Banker leaves waitress 1% tip, complete with insulting footnote

[SuperFerret]

Part of me thinks that this is going to turn out to be a hoax just because no one could possibly be that ignorant or rude.

I've known someone who has written "Not a chance in hell" in the Tip line before. I've known people who have refused to tip because they do more important work and don't get tips for their service. Hell, while I was once a (terrible) waiter and usually tip well, I've withheld tips for poor service once or twice. This isn't news.

 

[Lighthouse]

It's this kind of fake **** that kills good causes. And even if it was real, its an example of cherry picking.

 

[zanos]

Guys, read the link Terry posted. It's a hoax. Why people make this stuff up I'll never understand. They must not get a single ounce of attention in their real lives. The irony is, things like this probably happen all the time.

 

[bullets]

Ok, then what exactly is evil?? You have people like Hitler and Hussein for examples, but for me evil also includes people that are so greedy they don't care who's lives they destroy or **** up. I think there are different levels of evil out there and it's all a matter of opinion and not a right and wrong kind of thing necessarily.

I think your right about there being different kinds of evil. Someone doesn't have to be a murderer they could easily just be a selfish son of a b**** that will run other people into the ground and leave them without a dime to their name.

 

[WildcatNC]

The latest Romney gaffe I assume.

 

[Morg]

I'm not even joking, they are true evil.

especially bots *boots*

 

[Zanham]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trendin...ncites-class-warfare-between-1-164624882.html

Being a waitress is more of a real job than being a banker.

If it were me, depending on the day, I might just grab a pot of hot coffee bust it over his smug head, grab a knife and slit his worthless throat. I don't care what someone like that does for a living, I don't need him or his demeaning opinions one bit. That goes for anyone who thinks they're 'doing something good for society.' That dumb banker could die and get out the way and then he'd be doing more than he thinks he's doing.

I swear some of these arogant evil corporate bastards should be executed by the people like they used to do back in the day over in Europe. I'm not even joking, they are true evil.

The people can't unite and off every one of them until we get the police to remove their heads from 'Uncle Sams' ass.

The United States of America will not survive a lot longer without a major shake up.

 

[chaseter]

People can't read yet they have the power to vote. Fantabulous.

 

[SuperFerret]

Oh, and the banker was totally wrong. Waiting tables is a real job. It's just not a real career.

 

[Hobgoblin]

This instance may be a hoax but I'm sure things like this do actually happen. Waiters/waitresses get treated like crap.

 

[Lasirius]

Why would you tip someone who's doing things you could do yourself? Doctors that pulverize your kidney stones, now that's who you tip. Unless you can do that.

 

[Morg]

This instance may be a hoax but I'm sure things like this do actually happen. Waiters/waitresses get treated like crap.

Used to work in the restaurant business and seen some of my friends get shafted by jerks all the time. Oddly enough I noticed women seems to do it more often then men when they give lousy tips or none

 

[Hotwire]

I'll admit, I've left crappy tips several times. However, they were always in response to poor service. Most recently, on Valentines Day. I was at a nice restaurant with my wife and another couple. Our waitress hardly ever checked up on us, our entrees took almost an hour and a half, she forgot my soup, and just seemed to have a poor attitude overall. Not to mention people who arrived after us got their food before us. And it wasn't even that busy!

So, I rounded the bill up to the nearest dollar and we left. Even left a note about how bad the service was.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Why would you tip someone who's doing things you could do yourself? Doctors that pulverize your kidney stones, now that's who you tip. Unless you can do that.

Because waiters get paid a heck of a lot less than doctors do.

 

[SuperFerret]

That in and of itself isn't a reason to leave a tip. A tip is a reward for good service, not something that should be expected.

 

[Hotwire]

That in and of itself isn't a reason to leave a tip. A tip is a reward for good service, not something that should be expected.

Seconded!

 

[Hobgoblin]

Expected? No. Callous to not do if service has been acceptable or or better? Absolutely.

 

[SuperFerret]

Well, yeah. Nobody's saying that, but "acceptable" is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[lordofthenerds]

That in and of itself isn't a reason to leave a tip. A tip is a reward for good service, not something that should be expected.

In the case of the rich, I think tipping really just depends on how charitable they are. There's no reason why they shouldn't tip even if the service is mediocre. If they truly think they'll make the waiter work harder by not tipping, they're ill-informed.

 

[SuperFerret]

Mediocre = average = (to most) acceptable.

And "the rich" aren't much different than everyone else, despite what you may have been lead to believe. The key difference is the scale in which their stinginess/generosity is measured. A poor cheapskate is less noticeable than a rich one, while a generous man with little to give makes a larger sacrifice (and is likely to be looked upon more favorably) than a generous man who is wealthy.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Well, yeah. Nobody's saying that, but "acceptable" is in the eye of the beholder.

Certainly. I work in retail and I can see how customers would get angry with poor service, just like I have plenty of stories about rude, ungrateful customers. Sometimes its a fine line.

 

[Schlosser85]

If I spend $20 on dinner, I leave $5.

There have been two times I've left without tipping at all, and one time I had a $300 dinner and left the guy $20, and those were in response to extremely rude service.

 

[Octoberist]

Certainly. I work in retail and I can see how customers would get angry with poor service, just like I have plenty of stories about rude, ungrateful customers. Sometimes its a fine line.

As a person who has worked in retail and dealt with insane customers, it comes down to one thing: Self-entitlement.

 

[SuperFerret]

On both sides of the equation.

 

[Schlosser85]

It seems to me that the very young and very old customers have the biggest sense of entitlement. With the young ones, they have that "arrogance of youth" where they do whatever they want, and with the old ones, they treat everyone like their personal servant.

Some old customers are also the most polite ones you'll ever have though.