Tipping

Some Redditors used the post as an opportunity to vent about tip culture and slammed the server for taking their anger out "on the wrong people."

"The wealthier the client, the cheaper the tip," one Reddit user commented.

"Why are you with a sneaky thief like this?" asked one commenter. "You need to go to the restaurant, give this woman your tip and apologize."

"We believe all restaurant employees should be able to afford [to live] in the city where they work," the restaurant said.

"I've literally never heard of less than 18% as the norm, these comments are shocking," one commenter said.

The two servers showed the money they took over a Saturday night shift in a Florida restaurant, serving just two table sections.

"I tipped above 25%. Don't like it, don't take the order," the woman said to the driver.

"That money, it's more than a couple of shifts," said the gracious waitress. "I mean it helps out, everything helps out."

"[W]e can no longer act like a daycare, student lounge, or student cafeteria when school lets out each day," the restaurant said in a Facebook post.

"The server refuses to give me another drink because he says we are sharing drinks and [they are] watching our table like we are little kids," the man said.

"They are the worst," a TikToker commented. "Literally every time, someone left my coworker a pamphlet for their church as a tip Lmao."

"We need to stop normalizing tipping before the service is completed," one person said about food delivery apps.

"Instead of paying these food runners an hourly wage, they're paying them $2.13 per hour, and their tips are coming out of my tips," the server vented.

"Friend, that's more than mildly infuriating. 'm sorry you have to deal with such toxic bs at work," one commenter said.

"You know what I do when people don't tip?" a TikToker commented. "Just don't accept it and take a better order."

The customers received heat from online commenters who felt that the game was "disrespectful."

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that 10 employees were not paid wages or overtime and were forced to live off tips.

"No matter what you do, you're not going to please everyone, so just do you," the TikToker said in a follow-up video responding to the criticism he received.

"The whole point of tipping is to base it on the quality of their service," said one commenter.

"That kind of 'game' is only played by rude folk who have no respect for those they deem 'below' them," said one commenter.

"He who brags, usually actually has nothing to brag about...," said one commenter about the man's attempt at trying to impress his date.

"Next time you leave your number make sure you leave a tip," the server told the customer via text.

"Thank you! Not enough people like you!" said one commenter about the TikToker's tipping practices.

"I did not trick you," Madison Montes shouted. "It is your fault that you hit the 18 percent button."

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"I just needed a [little] extra money and there's nothing wrong with that," the woman told Newsweek.

"Homegirl, what am I gonna tip you for?" the customer asked the camera after receiving her order.

"Tipping shouldn't exist at all. Just pay the workers properly," one user commented.

"I thought it was some piece of legal document us employees needed to sign or something," the chef admitted.

"Ban tipping. Force the restaurants to pay servers living wages," one viewer suggested in the comments section.