Status: 16.01.2024, 19:17 PM
By: Sandra Sporer
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A waiter simply charged this guest almost 25 percent tip without being asked – which didn't even appear on the guest's bill (left). © Screenshot/Reddit
If the service is good, there is a tip. However, a waiter took this decision away from the guest – and put the tip on the bill without being asked.
Washington D.C. – When you go to a restaurant, you look forward to good food. But the service also plays a not insignificant role in making you feel comfortable. If a waiter makes an effort, you usually reward it with a tip. How much tip is appropriate varies from country to country. In America, it is almost obligatory to leave a tip to your waitress, because many waiters only receive a very low salary and are therefore dependent on the additional income to make ends meet.
However, the waitress of an American restaurant definitely went too far. She simply secretly put a tip on the bill herself and then tried to hide it from the guest. He then described the unpleasant experience in a Reddit post.
Waiter tips himself – but the restaurant guest notices the rip-off
According to the guest, the waitress could have saved herself the fraud. "I used to work in the restaurant industry and I always tip about 15-20% regardless of service," reads the Reddit post in which the guest describes the incident.
The account continues: "After the meal, [the waitress] took my card, put it on the receipt (left) that showed $34.39, and said, 'All right, you can go!' I was confused and thought maybe she didn't bill it since I couldn't tip, so I checked my bank account and saw a $42.68 charge."
He then tried for ten minutes to wave the waitress over again to clear up this inconsistency. It wasn't until he reached out to the store manager that the waitress came back and explained that the machine had automatically charged him a 20 percent tip when he'd been distracted. However, this can't be entirely true, because then the charge would have been only $41.27.
Rip-off attempt "simply unacceptable" – users urge guest to report waitress behavior
Since the guest did not want to make a scene, he had the correct invoice (right), which included the gratuity, printed out and left the restaurant. He then vented his disappointment in a Reddit post. In the comments, many shared his anger. "This is illegal and simply unacceptable," is just one of many angry comments.
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Several users also asked the guest not to leave the matter as it is and to report the incident to a higher authority. For example, one user writes: "Report this to the company. This has happened to many others, especially older people who tip cash."
Under a similar comment, the author of the post confirms that he did just that: "You're absolutely right. We're going to contact the company and we're going to call the restaurant tomorrow to talk to a manager." Unfortunately, it is not possible to determine whether the company has responded and there were consequences for the waitress.
Again and again, restaurant bills cause trouble – for a variety of reasons. For example, a family man could hardly believe what he was supposed to pay for his meal in a restaurant on holiday in Greece. And a Wiesn bill also went viral – it corresponded to almost a whole month's rent. (sp
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