'I want to fight you out back': Waitress calls out customer who tipped 10% after praising her service
A waitress's viral call-out of a table that left her a 10% tip after openly applauding the service they had has sparked a conversation about service and tipping on TikTok. The video was posted by @cantstopthiswap and has received over 295,000 views on the website. She claims in the video that the client who left her a 10% tip had spoken highly of her service.
She explains, “I just want everyone to know that if you tip 10%, but before you tip 10%, you say, ‘oh my god, thank you so much, everything was great and we had such a great time, you made me feel great,’ and you suck my titties with praises, and then you tip me 10%? That’s so rude.”
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She continues by saying that if they were going to dip so low, she would have rather that they treat her badly. According to Bankrate, the industry average for good service is between 15 and 20 percent. “I would so much rather you stand up from your table and smack me across the mouth and say, ‘you are ugly, you are stupid, this was the worst service I have ever had,’ and then leave me $10 on $100. I would so much rather that and respect it because you looked me in the eyes like a person, and you stood up to me. But no, if you actively tell me, ‘you did a great job,’ and then you tip me 10%, (I) want to fight you out back,” she said in her video.
Many viewers who had their own encounters with unfriendly customers sympathized with @cantstopthiswap. “And those be the same people that leave their number on the receipt thinking you’ll hit them up later,” one commenter wrote. “And that 10% gets divided by the bar and the busboy and sometimes the host. Yeah thanks also making $2.65 an hour. Girl I feel you! Wish people knew!” another said. “Especially when they embellish the tip receipt with hearts and smileys and ‘you’re awesome!’ and random inspiring hashtags like what,” a third added.
Some viewers, however, objected to the notion that waitstaff should get tips despite delivering a service. “Girl at least they tipped you at all,” one person commented. “Unfortunately there’s a recession. Not everyone has that extra money. The food already cost a lot. Ask our government for more money,” another argued. “But sometimes it’s all I have, or I’m on budget and I can’t tip more, we’re all struggling here my dear,” someone else pointed out.