(Un) Lucky Number Thirteen

So I had the worst possible day today. My air compressor in my car has gone out. In July. In Texas. July+Texas+no A/C= worst possible mood of my life. Oh, and it will be about seven hundred dollars to fix. So, I'm thinking today, I will just bust my ass to make as much as I possibly can on a morning shift. Henceforth, when I had a table of thirteen come in today, I was delightfully pleased because I had the biggest table of the restaurant in my section.

Needless to say, this group of all men was a ton of work. I held my composure when we had a curly fry mix-up and even when I was being demanded that I take every single one of the thirteen credit cards all at once, although I needed to get two lunches comped, because of an offer we had going on. Long story short, by the end of the two hours, I was in tears. Literally, bawling in my managers office. Four men skipped out on their tab-and the group as a whole only left me, maybe ten dollars (I think it was actually eight). Somehow, I owed Hooters more than what I had actually been tipped, and they were my only table. GM R-the cute manager- let me go home. I don't really know if it was pity or if I was suppose to go home. Regardless, I hopped and skipped my crying behind out of Hooters so fast, the tacky orange was a blur to me.

You never know if your tip is paying for somebody's rent, food for their children, or if they are depending on you to be decent enough to at least tip fifteen percent per person in order to get their car fixed so they can get to and from work and school. Be nice. Don't be one of these douche bags that make your waitress cry. No matter how shitty your day has been, tip based off service. In an establishment like Hooters, anywhere from twenty percent (for average service, which I made certain that I went above and beyond for these fellows) and on is acceptable. Never tip less than %15, unless the service is just awful. If the server is just totally rude and doing a bad job on purpose then it's appropriate to leave whatever you choose, although, you should leave a note or let someone know why your tip is so small. There is a point where tipping is insulting. For example, on of my tips off that table was one dollar on a twenty seven dollar ticket. Just keep your lousy freaking dollar. Honestly, it won't do shit. That's insulting on so many levels. Just don't tip. Check this out. http://www.lousytippers.com/database1_interface/Results/results_page.asp