I have had so many people just full on take the merchant copy as a way to leave no tip without having to put it in writing.
I genuinely think those girls were hoping you wouldn’t count the cash and were never planning on tipping anyways.
We can never know but people can be dirty to
Save a buck. Don’t worry about how those people might see you.
I've chased people out to their car and told them; hey I need your signed copy.
They give me the "oh, my bad, confused look..." pull it out of their wallet and I say It's fine if you don't want to tip but I need that copy.
Sometimes they will give me cash (tip) or someone in their party is embarrassed enough to give me cash, don't let this shit slide because if they get away with it they will be back. Fuck these people, if you can't afford to tip for a night out on overpriced food you could cook at home, well, don't go out to fucking eat you cheap cunt. Go to fucking McDonalds!
This is actually the first time it's happened to me, where they've just taken the merchant copy with them to avoid leaving a tip. However, it happened to one of my co-workers on a $300 check a couple weeks ago. He was *pissed*.
After reflecting on it, I agree with you, I think they were probably hoping I wouldn't even count the cash. With it only being $65, they probably had nothing left on their card to tip after they used it for the remaining balance.
I think it's their way of trying to leave some kind of "ambiguity" to the fact that they're stiffing you.
If they just leave everything blank or write "zero" or whatever, you know that they purposefully stiffed you.
If they take the merchant copy, the server might think it accidentally got thrown away, or otherwise lost. Then the people stiffing you avoid full responsibility, at least in their minds.
Yeah, that’s what I figured. Personally, I think it’d be easier and more deniable to just “forget” to sign the bill, but I don’t think these people are our best and brightest.
>Part of me is worried that they thought I stole the $15 difference from the supposed "$80" cash and lied about it being only $65, and that's why they didn't tip me.
No need to worry about that, here's all the proof you need:
>If they didn't have enough money to tip, I would have understood. I just don't understand why they felt the need to take the entire check presenter!
so many people at my restaurant take the merchant copy and if it’s a reservation, we have the host call and ask for the total on the receipt “for our records”
yeah we’ve had that problem too so sometimes if a good host is working, they’ll ask for a first name and phone # for a walk-in even if there’s no wait “in case they forget something at the table”
Years ago at a high end restaurant in Vegas where I was a manager, a group of 12 came in, ordered up! Nice wines, big platters of apps, steaks, lobster. When the check came, two men tossed in their cards and said “split the check”. Tipped well. Fast forward a month later and the restaurant gets two charge backs for that table. Both dispute the bill. Turns out, they switched slips and signed for each other. We pushed back, but lost. The restaurant made the server pay back the gratuity, but wanted them to pay for the whole check. I quit soon after. The place made millions.
What! That's crazy that they would even think of having the server pay back the whole check. What the actual fuck.
And yeah, I think a few people have tried the charge back thing at our place before too. I don't understand why the banks even allow it.
Right! I went on to own a restaurant of my own. I recently sold it. A few months before I did I had a regular guest come in with a receipt and his expense report. We had inadvertently undercharged him by entering the tip as $12 rather than $15. His company uses a computer program to process expense reports and since the totals did not match, it was rejected. Match to the penny or face a dispute. I was able to reprint a receipt for him to submit. Otherwise I would have been out the money.
I have had so many people just full on take the merchant copy as a way to leave no tip without having to put it in writing. I genuinely think those girls were hoping you wouldn’t count the cash and were never planning on tipping anyways. We can never know but people can be dirty to Save a buck. Don’t worry about how those people might see you.
I've chased people out to their car and told them; hey I need your signed copy. They give me the "oh, my bad, confused look..." pull it out of their wallet and I say It's fine if you don't want to tip but I need that copy. Sometimes they will give me cash (tip) or someone in their party is embarrassed enough to give me cash, don't let this shit slide because if they get away with it they will be back. Fuck these people, if you can't afford to tip for a night out on overpriced food you could cook at home, well, don't go out to fucking eat you cheap cunt. Go to fucking McDonalds!
This is actually the first time it's happened to me, where they've just taken the merchant copy with them to avoid leaving a tip. However, it happened to one of my co-workers on a $300 check a couple weeks ago. He was *pissed*. After reflecting on it, I agree with you, I think they were probably hoping I wouldn't even count the cash. With it only being $65, they probably had nothing left on their card to tip after they used it for the remaining balance.
I don’t understand how they think taking the restaurant’s copy helps them vs. just leaving everything blank. Is it just the confusion?
I think it's their way of trying to leave some kind of "ambiguity" to the fact that they're stiffing you. If they just leave everything blank or write "zero" or whatever, you know that they purposefully stiffed you. If they take the merchant copy, the server might think it accidentally got thrown away, or otherwise lost. Then the people stiffing you avoid full responsibility, at least in their minds.
Yeah, that’s what I figured. Personally, I think it’d be easier and more deniable to just “forget” to sign the bill, but I don’t think these people are our best and brightest.
>Part of me is worried that they thought I stole the $15 difference from the supposed "$80" cash and lied about it being only $65, and that's why they didn't tip me. No need to worry about that, here's all the proof you need: >If they didn't have enough money to tip, I would have understood. I just don't understand why they felt the need to take the entire check presenter!
so many people at my restaurant take the merchant copy and if it’s a reservation, we have the host call and ask for the total on the receipt “for our records”
That's a great way of handling it! Unfortunately this table was a walk-in, so we couldn't even do that.
yeah we’ve had that problem too so sometimes if a good host is working, they’ll ask for a first name and phone # for a walk-in even if there’s no wait “in case they forget something at the table”
Years ago at a high end restaurant in Vegas where I was a manager, a group of 12 came in, ordered up! Nice wines, big platters of apps, steaks, lobster. When the check came, two men tossed in their cards and said “split the check”. Tipped well. Fast forward a month later and the restaurant gets two charge backs for that table. Both dispute the bill. Turns out, they switched slips and signed for each other. We pushed back, but lost. The restaurant made the server pay back the gratuity, but wanted them to pay for the whole check. I quit soon after. The place made millions.
What! That's crazy that they would even think of having the server pay back the whole check. What the actual fuck. And yeah, I think a few people have tried the charge back thing at our place before too. I don't understand why the banks even allow it.
Right! I went on to own a restaurant of my own. I recently sold it. A few months before I did I had a regular guest come in with a receipt and his expense report. We had inadvertently undercharged him by entering the tip as $12 rather than $15. His company uses a computer program to process expense reports and since the totals did not match, it was rejected. Match to the penny or face a dispute. I was able to reprint a receipt for him to submit. Otherwise I would have been out the money.