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Poor Waitress

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Lizmo:
So on New Years Eve my boyfriend and I went out to eat a one of those chain sports bar and grill restaurants.  I couldn't help but notice the table that was on the other side of my boyfriend.  They were ridiculously loud and obnoxious, and I'm pretty sure they were between 16-20 years old. Their server seemed really sweet, she was quick with their refills.  She had a smile on her face the whole time.  I remember this because I was thinking to myself I'm not sure I could be that nice to them.  So after she brings them their change, they are joking about not giving her tip, or just leaving her a quarter.  Then they get up and leave, bumping into other people having dinner as they leave.  I looked on their table and they didn't even leave the poor girl ANYTHING for a tip.  I think that is horrible!  They knew better than that, b/c they were JOKING about not leaving her anything.  I felt so bad I threw five dollars down on the table.  GRRR!

She later came up to me and told me thank you, she'd had a really bad day and it meant a lot to her.  So I felt happy.  But still, I wish those people hadn't been so rude. 

melodrama:
Comfort yourself with the thought that one day those rude, obnoxious kids may have to work as servers, too.  Karma will certainly remember them...

hobish:

Lizmo, that was really nice of you.

I've been in that poor girl's shoes many a time, and someone like you would have restored my faith in people for a while.

fklwmn:
ugh, they are the reason that waitresses HATE to wait on a table of teenagers. Even the ones who know better don't really understand why a proper tip is so important.

Lunadiana75:
My friends and I have over tipped a waitress to compensate for bad tippers before.  I'll never forget a New Years many moons ago, my friends and I were at a 24 hour placed after midnight and it was PACKED to the gills.  Our poor waitress ran her ever loving behind off and still kept a big smile on her face through the entire ordeal.  The kitchen got backed up (naturally) and our waitress apologized to all the tables for the delay.  My friends and I weren't worried, we knew stuff like that was out of her control, and it was only to be expected on crazy nights like this.  Instead she kept those coffee refills coming, and kept us posted on the wait.  Well, we over heard the table next to us decide to stiff the poor thing on her tip because, yep you guessed it, the food took too long!!!!  Might I add it was a table of well dressed adults who should have been more mature!

My friend's boyfriend and myself had to hold my friend back from unleashing seven demons on the table (she was a waitress at the time).  Instead we all reached into our pockets (a bunch of poor college students who worked retail) and pitched in an extra tip to compensate for the table.  I'll never forget how much that woman appreciated what we did.  We were absolutely livid on her behalf. 

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