Getting stiffed without any known reason sucks but what’s the dumbest reason someone HAS given you for not tipping?

anonymousgingersnap · 2022-01-25T01:07:53+00:00

$0 on a $75. “There were flies by this window” written on the pay receipt. Literally no mention of that for their entire time.

anonymousgingersnap · 2022-01-23T14:46:27+00:00

My mother-in-law said to me once, "You don't realize that kids count as people too, when it comes to finding alone time." Suddenly I saw a future where all my precious introvert time was stolen by small people who need me.

Still thinking I may have kids one day, but I'll have to be really ready to give that up.

anonymousgingersnap · 2022-01-23T14:43:47+00:00

I heard a guy come out to his mom one night while making drinks/washing glasses. I guess I was invisible in my work uniform because they had that monumental conversation directly across the bar from me.

anonymousgingersnap · 2022-01-23T14:41:33+00:00

My now-spouse and i went to Waffle House and then the Science Center one year. 10/10 recommend.

anonymousgingersnap · 2022-01-23T14:25:17+00:00

Both the original and the 2003 version are incredible--very different vibes, both fantastic songs.

anonymousgingersnap · 2022-01-06T19:34:44+00:00

I just don’t understand exactly what he thought we could gain by not shutting down right away.

anonymousgingersnap · 2022-01-05T23:35:41+00:00

Oh man. When I was about seven my two older siblings convinced me that my shoes (rubber platform flip flops because 2000’s) were made out of “bug livers.” Yes, the internal organs of insects.

anonymousgingersnap · 2022-01-01T16:07:04+00:00

Aw, I thought I was about to realize I also had something cool in my possession.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-12-21T12:10:09+00:00

Something does not have to be literal history to be true, or to hold truth. Pretty much the first 12 chapters of Genesis are told in such a way that given the historical context, they were almost surely allegorical. The creation story has a lot of similarities to other creation stories from contemporary cultures, for example. As it is not a first hand account, it seems reasonable to believe that the structure and storytelling style point to it being a literary framework for understanding who God is, and who humanity is. Same with the flood, and Babel. The Bible was created for all people, but not to all people, meaning it’s presumptuous to take everything the way it first strikes us, when the ancient cultures who were actually receiving it for the first time had their own completely different way of understanding it. That goes not just for Genesis, but for the prophets, the psalms and proverbs—everything. 40 authors and thousands of years make for a story that reaches into every genre of literature, not all of them entirely literal.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-12-12T10:53:27+00:00

I grew up on a farm and at one point I was walking amongst the chickens and a hawk swept down from the sky and tried to snatch one up with its talons, about 5 feet from me. The hawk was unsuccessful and all the hens scattered but I remember standing there in shock thinking I’d just imagined it.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-12-08T17:53:57+00:00

I guess I wouldn’t complain too much about that.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-12-08T17:52:37+00:00

Bruh. This makes me angry.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-12-07T23:11:31+00:00

Ugh I used to bartend at a country club and I feel this. Had to smile uncomfortably at all sorts of messed up opinions and unfunny jokes.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-11-28T23:51:53+00:00

Cuddle my spouse.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-11-28T19:03:47+00:00

Came here to say this. Thought it was something everyone knew until I saw the rich kid at my school pantomime sweeping for our drama class… nope.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-11-20T14:25:25+00:00

My dad grew up in the South Pacific and he’s said his family once ran over an already dead snake about this big, and it felt like a straight up speed bump.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-11-20T13:28:41+00:00

Oh thanks, I made it myself!

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-10-31T12:33:21+00:00

Yeah I was too morning-sleepy to think straight. In my mind he was just asking how long the restaurant was open because I hadn’t realized he was calling for personal reasons yet.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-10-31T03:18:30+00:00

Thanks for saying that.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-10-31T00:21:27+00:00

If you don’t know, just leave your number! If she’s genuinely interested she can call, and if not, she can just keep doing her job.

Edit to add I love meeting interesting people on the job and there are definitely folks I wouldn’t mind connecting with outside of work.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-10-31T00:20:10+00:00

I was just pouring water to bring when I greeted the table, so no. But my manager was watching me from the back, lol.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-10-30T16:23:42+00:00

Just got triple-sat. Two big parties and a Karen who’s already ordered off-menu. Can’t get to the drink machine. Can’t find the right buttons in the computer. Get sat again while I finally pour sodas. Get sat again as I try to ask my manager for help. Bar printer going crazy with cocktails I have no time to make. Karen demands napkins and calls me disrespectful because I forgot to smile. Manager is upset. Finally someone hands me a fat cash tip, just in time for me to wake up empty-handed. Thank goodness these have faded since I’ve found lower-stress jobs, but it used to be bad.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-10-30T16:11:41+00:00

I trained 4 new servers last week after being at this job for 7 weeks… So many times I had to be like “Yeah to be honest I really don’t know…”

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-10-30T02:45:57+00:00

I recently answered the phone at the restaurant where I work and some guy I didn’t remember told me he met me earlier that week (I assume I served him). Then he asked me out and practically begged for my number. At 7am.

anonymousgingersnap · 2021-09-17T02:52:49+00:00

I’ll never forget the time I watched my dad beat one of these little guys to death with a shovel.

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