Woman leaves ‘single mom sorry’ tip on $138 bill

[R8RFAN]

A photo of a receipt allegedly left by a single mother at a restaurant has gone viral after it was posted on Reddit.

The bill, which shows a charge of $138.35, has a note that reads “single mom sorry” on the tip line – implying whoever signed the bill did not have enough money to tip the waiter or waitress.

The caption with the photo on Reddit reads: “I’m sure $140 could have gotten you and your kids a week worth of groceries, but instead you spend it one one meal?! For shame!”

http://myfox8.com/2012/11/02/photo-w...p-on-138-bill/

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by R8ers

Yea but if they put waiters and waitresses on salary, the food would be so high they wouldn't have anyone to wait on and they would all go broke.

I never treat a server as a second class citizen and always say thank you for everything...

Precisely.

Don't pay a tip, that's fine, it's a free country.

But don't bitch when your $8 taco plate is $15 the next time you eat there.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by phisherman

I love how noone wants to put any blame on the restaurant owners that are shafting their employees by not even paying a living wage.

The customers subsidize the difference.

Boo hoo, I was a server/bartender in college and for a short time afterwards and even though it burnt me to get a bad tip, I still never felt right blaming a customer for not giving me extra money that they didn't have to give.

Besides, the attitude of most servers these days is that they deserve a high tip all the time, simply for doing their job. Nope, sorry charlie.

Some people just aren't good tippers, that's a fact that servers have to deal with. But what's ****ed up here is this lady actually tried to justify stiffing the server with that garbage. And on a $138 bill no less, I doubt this was at a ****ing Denny's.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

This is how I tip.

[stevenidol]

Canadians.

[BlackHelicopters]

I'd like to help that single mother. Anyone know how how to contact her?

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Some people just aren't good tippers, that's a fact that servers have to deal with. But what's ****ed up here is this lady actually tried to justify stiffing the server with that garbage. And on a $138 bill no less, I doubt this was at a ****ing Denny's.

I think a $138 bill at a Denny's would justify a larger tip than a $138 bill at an upscale steakhouse.

I could easily blow $138 on myself at a high end restaurant, and it wouldn't take much attention from the waiter(ess).

Denny's would be a challenge, and would require a lot of work with multiple orders per customer at the table.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by OmahaChief

For all I know this lady had six kids with her and the service was terrible. She took her one kid out for his birthday and wanted to have a great time but the service was so terrible it ruined the whole experience. She could have wrote no tip, your service was terrible but instead wanted it to seem nicer so she wrote the whole single Mom thing.

Tips are for doing a good job not just doing the bare minimum in my opinion and I was a server in high school and college for 7 years. I have never understood these servers that exepct a customer to just give them a tip if they do just enough to get by.

I think you are just forecasting how you are. Not the fact the mom also left a note at the bottom on the service.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Valiant

I think you are just forecasting how you are. Not the fact the mom also left a note at the bottom on the service.

Exactly.

If the service was terrible, she wouldn't write "thanks it was great!"

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I think a $138 bill at a Denny's would justify a larger tip than a $138 bill at an upscale steakhouse.

I could easily blow $138 on myself at a high end restaurant, and it wouldn't take much attention from the waiter(ess).

Denny's would be a challenge, and would require a lot of work with multiple orders per customer at the table.

That's a fair point, but either way it's pretty messed up.

[HMc]

Originally Posted by R8ers

Yea but if they put waiters and waitresses on salary, the food would be so high they wouldn't have anyone to wait on and they would all go broke.

have you ever left America?

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by R8ers

Yea but if they put waiters and waitresses on salary, the food would be so high they wouldn't have anyone to wait on and they would all go broke.

I never treat a server as a second class citizen and always say thank you for everything...

Holy shit, r8ders talking common sense about what would happen if salararies were in place? ****, the really do suck, if that is happening.

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Exactly.

If the service was terrible, she wouldn't write "thanks it was great!"

And the fact that she does not appear to be shy would make me tend to believe she would have had no problem whatsoever to bring someone down to justify her actions.

[HMc]

Originally Posted by OmahaChief

For all I know this lady had six kids with her and the service was terrible. She took her one kid out for his birthday and wanted to have a great time but the service was so terrible it ruined the whole experience. She could have wrote no tip, your service was terrible but instead wanted it to seem nicer so she wrote the whole single Mom thing.

Tips are for doing a good job not just doing the bare minimum in my opinion and I was a server in high school and college for 7 years. I have never understood these servers that exepct a customer to just give them a tip if they do just enough to get by.

interesting take, given the note at the bottom in large text praising the service

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by HMc

have you ever left America?

Never

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Precisely.

Don't pay a tip, that's fine, it's a free country.

But don't bitch when your $8 taco plate is $15 the next time you eat there.

And don't bitch when they are slow and have minimal wait staff because no one can make a living there.