She Thinks Tipping Culture Is Out Of Control And Left Only $3 At A Restaurant Where She Barely Had A Waitress

Zamrznuti tonovi - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Zamrznuti tonovi - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

Nowadays, many people have started getting angry about the tipping system in America, as you can be expected to tip people for just about any and all tasks today.

One woman recently admitted to being fed up with ‘tipping culture’ and only left $3 after a recent restaurant visit.

She’s 24-years-old and has a history in the service industry, as she’s worked as a waitress at three different restaurants.

She feels she has a decent understanding of how tipping should work in this country. If someone is doing a lot of work to provide her with something, like food at a restaurant, she’ll tip them.

However, if hardly anyone is involved in serving her, she doesn’t see the point.

Recently, she had a wild experience at a restaurant with her little brother.

After walking into the restaurant, there was no hostess there to greet them, so they eventually sat themselves.

“After 15 minutes of awkward waiting, the ‘waitress’ approached us and asked why we hadn’t ordered yet,” she recalled.

“Confused, I said no one had taken our order, and she pointed to a QR code and told us to use it. I laughed and asked politely if we could place it through her, as we know our order by heart. She scoffed and told us no.”

Zamrznuti tonovi – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

It took her and her brother around 20 minutes to order, and it was extremely frustrating, as the restaurant QR link made her give them her email address, personal information, and credit card on top of her order.

When the food came out around 30 minutes later, it was poor quality, and she was very angry. Then, when she and her brother were finished, their bill was texted to her. Not once did anyone go up to their table to check on them.

“A tip was required, [and] my brother and I laughed, saying, ‘Who are we tipping, ourselves?'” she recalled.

“We sat ourselves, ordered ourselves, and checked ourselves out. I’m so tired of the industry nowadays. It’s so lazy. What is happening?”

She decided to leave $3 behind for the one person who refilled her and her brother’s waters.

She’s very fed up with tipping expectations these days but wonders if she was rude for only leaving a few bucks at that restaurant.

Should she have left a larger tip, or was it not worth one?

You can read the original post on Reddit here.

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