Originally Posted by newB

I worked in the restaurant industry all through college - first as a waiter and then later as a bartender. I remember when two black servers - a guy and a girl - were splitting a large section. The hostess sat a table of black customers in the section and the guy flat out refused to wait on them. He was saying some pretty racist stuff about waiting on black people, and the girl was furious because she didn't want to wait on them either.

I got stiffed by black people, and I got stiffed by white people. I made some great tips off black people, and I made some great tips off white people. People are people and if you decide to give crappy service then you should accept a crappy tip.

We had this black couple that would regularly come in on monday nights for 99cent domestic draft night. They sat behind the taps by the service window, so there was no way to miss them. I have no idea why, but those fuckers would never tip me. They tipped the other bartenders, but not me. The thing is, they would usually pay with a $50 or a $100, so I made sure they had the change. One night, they left a mound of cash on the bill, and as I counted it I realized it was $1 short. NO FUCKING WAY WAS I GOING OUT OF POCKET FOR THESE FUCKS! I raced after them and caught them in the parking lot with the bill and their money in hand to show them they were a dollar short. Oh sorry, and they pulled out another $1 for me and left. I went back to the bar and there on the floor where they were seated was the other $1. Not even remotely sorry.

A year or so later, I was working all day and the guy from that couple came in and placed a to-go order, and paid with a credit-card. He put a big tip on the card and asked if he could have it as cash. Sure, no problem, whatever (though I would have to claim it for taxes you ass!) Anyway, he said he would come back for the food in a bit. I never saw him again. The next day the manager had pulled the receipt and said the guy called and claimed that I had written the tip in because why would he leave a $40 tip on a $7 order and wanted me fired. Fortunately for me, he was stupid enough to do the exact same thing at our other location that same day. I think he was leaving town and the money was for gas or something, because I never saw either of them again after that.