Impatient Customers Attempt To Give Waitress Fake Tip, Other Customers Intervene

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    Font - AITA for telling my mom she's just as bad as the people who leave fake tips? Not the A-hole This happened yesterday and my mom is saying l'm an because I didn't mind my own business. I don't think I'm in the wrong but maybe I am. Yesterday my mom and I went out to a restaurant to get some dinner. We haven't been out to eat since pre- pandemic so this was a treat for us. We got there before the dinner rush so about 10 minutes after we were sat and ordered tons of people started turning up.
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    Font - Our waitress was swamped, her whole section got filled in the span of 5 minutes so I didn't blame her for being stretched thin. But the dad next to us was audibly complaining about the 's it-tier' service. I heard him say "I know how to get her attention" before we saw him pull out what I thought was a $20. But then I saw the other side of it and it was white with some text. I instantly knew what it was and was appalled. I watched him fold the "20" in half and tuck it under the ketchup. T
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    Font - I was disgusted because I was a server for 10+ years so I've had people pull that on me and it's DEVASTATING to be paid pennies and think "oh i'm getting a good tip!" only to have the rug yanked out from under you with one of those fake money bible verse pamphlets. I told my mom I was going to tell the waitress but she said for me to mind my own business. I told her what they were doing was sh y and despite her hushing I waved the waitress over when my drink got low and gestured for her t
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    Font - Afterwards it was pretty obvious that that table was getting the least amount of attention she could get away with giving them. She didn't ignore them but they were definitely her absolute last priority. I guess they didn't like that and left asap, leaving the fake 20 there. And yeah I saw her pick it up, check it, then toss it. I felt really bad for her, she was clearly busting her left her a really good tip, 3x the usual amount I leave. So l On the ride home my mom and I got into an arg
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    Organism - She yelled for me to not raise my voice Oh the irony... NTA, you did a good thing. But even if your mother disagrees, why is she meedling in things (as in your actions) that don't concern her? G Reply 4.3k 3
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    Rectangle - PamphletHamlet21 · 3d Partassipant [1] As a former server and just a decent human thank you. You did the right think. NTA at all. The world needs people like you. Not meddlesome but doing the right thing. They deserved it for having that kind of audacity. G Reply 4 2.2k 3 ...
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    Font - 7 Awards NTA. And bless you for having that poor woman's back. I've never worked for tips, but know what it feels like to be promised an award (horseback ride for cleaning my room to Mom's satisfaction) and get trash in return (Coin op horsey machine in front of KMart). Bait and switch sucks. 6 Reply 4 17k 3
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    Font - NTA, Bible verses disguised as money suck especially because l've found them in the donation box at the animal rescue I volunteer at. We use that donated money for things that aren't covered by government funding like toys so the animals can have more than just the basics of food, water, vet care and cages/kennels met. 6 Reply 4 596 3 ..
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    Font - NTA. Telling her didn't just help the waitress. It helped every patron in her section. She was able to better balance her service. If you hadn't said anything your service would have been slower while she catered too them. They would have gotten priority service while the real tipping customers got second best. She also would have lost tip money from every single table that felt ignored in favor of that group. Remind your mother that poor girl will be taxed on estimated tips, which means
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    Rectangle - NTA - you're very kind. G Reply 1 30 3 ...
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    Font - NTA...Good to see someone treat waitstaff like human beings. G Reply 29 3 ... +
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    Smile - NTA. You didn't have to, but you did her a solid. The non-tipper reaped what he sowed. Your mom and brother are free to mind their own business. G Reply 4 146 3 ...
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    Font - NTA. Thank you for being a decent human. G Reply 4 22 3 ...
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    Smile - squishbunny • 2d NTA. And people wonder why the restaurant industry is having such a hard time filling jobs these days? G Reply ...
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    Font - NTA That would have been a good time to remind your mother that it happened to you, and how it felt. I would have done the same. Those people are disgusting. G Reply ...
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    Rectangle - LucyLovesApples · 2d Nta you did the right thing. Wait I'm staff are taken advantage of enough in USA without extra people scamming them G Reply + ...
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    Rectangle - el_gilliath · 2d NTA. Been a server for 18 years, thank you on behalf of all who's been on the other end of that fake tip and no one bothered to tell us G Reply 1 19 3 ...
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    Rectangle - AnastasiusDicorus · 2d NTA, no way!! You rock and I wish I could have been there to put my 2 cents in. If you can't tip for basic service, don't go to restaurants. Tip more for great service. G Reply ...
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    Handwriting - CosenAngel · 2d NTA. You did good. You did the right thing. You probably made the waitress day way better both with the info and the extra tips. G Reply ...

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