This 46-year-old guy decided to order pizza and some wings from a local restaurant last night. So, he called to place his order and paid ahead via credit card.
Then, when he arrived, a person behind the counter just handed him the food.
“And like most takeout places these days, they had a tip jar sitting out front,” he recalled.
Now, he does not really believe that customers should be expected to tip if they order takeout. However, he realizes that workers at pizza joints don’t make a ton of money, which is why he never minds tipping “an extra buck or two.”
So, he took out his wallet with the intention of tipping, but he realized that he only had a $5 bill.
“I also work hard for my money, and I didn’t think I should pay $5 to anyone for simply handing me my order,” he reasoned.
Still, he didn’t want to stiff them out of a tip, either. That’s why he hesitated for a moment before throwing the $5 in the tip jar. Then, he grabbed three singles from the same jar to essentially make himself change.
Well, after he did that, the woman working behind the counter looked at him– totally horrified.
“What are you doing? You can’t take money from our tip jar! That’s stealing!” she said.
He tried to explain how he was not stealing whatsoever. In fact, he had actually added more money to the tip jar.
Still, the worker threatened to call the police, and he wasn’t having it.
“And tell them what? That I gave you two bucks?” he responded.
Afterward, he proceeded to walk out of the restaurant, and that was the end of it.
In hindsight, he does realize that what he did might have been a bit weird.
“But I don’t think it was wrong, per se, as I ultimately gave the employees their money,” he vented.
Still, ever since the awkward interaction, he’s been left wondering whether making change using the tip jar money was wrong and if he should’ve just not tipped at all.
Was he wrong for wanting to tip $2? If not, was it still wrong to try and use tip jar money? Why didn’t he just ask for some change from the worker to avoid confusion?
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