'So I left 10 cents': Resort custodian gets passive-aggressively called out about tipping a fellow resort employee, then matches the bartender's energy afterwards by deliberately leaving lousy tips

Custodians get no love from their coworkers. However, in the world of hospitality, what goes around comes around. So after this janitor went to the resort bar after a particularly long shift and found that the bartender wasn't exactly hospitable to his efforts around the workplace, he decided to remind her—on a daily basis—how much her job was really worth. And apparently that's only about 10 cents…

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  • Sometimes after a really hard day, all we want is a little treat to soothe our souls. However, if you've ever worked in the hospitality industry, particularly on a resort, you know that you've got a long way to go even to get back to your car in the parking lot. So when you've gotta get a little treat ASAP, and you're clocking out of your shift, odds are, you'll be cruising one of the local resort watering holes. 

    This janitor was swamped after a hard day and ordered a $9 pre-mixed drink from the bar. Knowing their prices were overinflated, he hardly thought he should tip—especially considering the bartender just poured his drink into a glass of ice. But after she noticed he “failed to tip,” she called him out, passive-aggressively pointing out that the tips go around to the rest of the workforce. 

    Well, little lady, they're not being tipped out in the custodian department, are they? 

    Perhaps she should have thought twice before making an enemy in janitorials…

  • "Got guilt-tripped over a tip, so I left 10 cents instead."

    I work in custodial at a resort. I clean puke, sh in both " guest and employee bathrooms, including the ones the bar staff use. One day after work, I went to the resort bar (not a sit-down
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  • place) and bought a $9 premade drink. The bartender just poured it over ice with a bit of oat milk. I didn't tip, I usually don't for counter service, especially when the food/drinks are already overpriced.
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  • As I was waiting, I saw her glance at the receipt, then she turned to me and said, "What department are you in?" I said I work in cleaning. Then she hit me with: "Well it's really important to tip because it goes around."
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  • I was honestly shocked. It felt super passive-aggressive and like she was calling me out. I didn't even order food, just a drink she poured from a bottle. I don't
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  • believe tipping should be treated like an obligation especially when I do some of the dirtiest work at the resort and don't get tips myself.
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  • So later that same day, I went back and ordered another drink and this time, I tipped exactly $0.10. Not out of malice, but just to make a point. If you're going to shame me for not tipping, I'll still tip, but on my terms.
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  • Ever since then, she's been cold toward me and avoids talking to me. But I have no regrets. Don't guilt-trip the janitor; we've seen too much.
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  • mqueef I would never have a coworker tip me. I would feel guilty even letting them pay for the drink. She is a poor sad b.
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  • Lone-flamingo It goes around? What, like she'll give you a tip for cleaning up after her? Will she dirty things up less if you tip her better? What does that even mean?
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  • nbajads ⚫ She shouldn't expect tips from co-workers. And if she wouldn't show that attitude toward a resort guest who didn't tip her then she shouldn't be showing it to you.
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  • Ydain Ask her why you're not getting a tip every time she uses the bathroom. Give her dirty looks every time you see her in one.
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  • Gean-canach. When i worked as a bartender I never accepted tips from back of house. If anything i bought their drinks. I saw how hard all ye folks work for sh
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  • _wildwing_ If it were me, next time I clean the bathroom nearest her I'd walk up and hold my hand out. When she asks why, I'd tell her "I'm waiting for my tip for cleaning your bathroom."
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  • Dopper33 Even that 10 cents is generous, I'd tell her the tip is she has a clean bathroom to use
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  • Meincornwall After they pick the coin up.... You'd never guess where I found that.
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