She Purposely Gave Her Brother’s Friend Bad Service While Dining At Her Restaurant Because She Knows He Never Tips
This young woman is currently a waiter at a small restaurant, and like most servers, she gets “tipped out” at the end of every night. So, if any customers do not tip, it quite literally costs her and the other staff members to serve them.
“I hate it, but there are no other jobs, and I have bills to pay,” she said.
However, her specific restaurant has an interesting policy where, if a customer isn’t known to tip, then they will basically only receive their food and no other additional service.
For instance, those patrons will have to refill their own drinks and walk up to the register if they need anything else.
“Because it costs us money to wait on you. It’s basically like the service you’d get at a fast-food restaurant,” she explained.
“You’re also encouraged to try to take out, which we don’t accept tips for.”
It seems that not everyone is accustomed to this type of treatment toward non-tippers, though, because there was some drama after her brother’s friend, Jake, visited her restaurant for the first time.
It all began a couple of weeks ago when she waited on Jake during a meal. He was actually super complimentary of her service, but he also made some uncomfortable remarks. For instance, a joke about taking her “back to his place.”
Even so, Jake actually didn’t tip at all – which shocked her. Then, she decided to ask her brother about it, and she found out that Jake never tips at any restaurant.
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That’s why, when Jake came into her restaurant again this past Friday, she provided him with the “fast food service.”
“I simply gave him his food, didn’t check up on him, etc.,” she recalled.
She later found out from her cashier that Jake really wasn’t happy about this. On top of that, after her shift, he actually found her on Facebook and messaged her – asking her what her “problem” was.
She asked if he’d seen the literal plaque in their restaurant, which details the kind of service that non-tippers will receive. Still, Jake reasoned that not all customers could afford to tip. In response, she said there was nothing she could do about that, and Jake’s reply shocked her.
“You seem like a very unhappy person. I hope you can get help,” he wrote.
Afterward, she decided to just block Jake online and show his messages to her boss. Thankfully, her boss agreed that Jake had gone too far by contacting her outside of work. Since then, he’s no longer allowed at the restaurant.
“The thing is that my friends who have worked in the service industry say I didn’t do anything wrong, but the ones who haven’t said I was rude and that we’re basically manipulating people into giving us tips,” she vented.
Not to mention, Jake won’t even speak to her brother anymore after this – despite being friends with him since the second grade.
Now, she can’t help but wonder if purposefully providing bad service to her brother’s friend because she knew he never tipped was justified or really made her a jerk.
Do you think her restaurant policy is fair? How would you have handled this situation?
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