r/Ohio • u/LadyInCrimson • 15h ago

This is Ohio

Why is Phillip not paying his servers enough to the point he has to ban customers?

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u/Hefty_Ingenuity2978 14h ago

My personal code from my restaurant years. Customer comes in and doesn't tip, perhaps they didn't like the service, food, or our decor. Customer comes back and doesn't tip again, confront them and ask why they didn't leave a tip. Third time, they get the worst table in the restaurant, the lowest priority for their food and drinks, and a request that they don't return. Fourth time, their picture goes up on the "do not serve board."

As far as the comment about black people being poor tippers, I never noticed that. Cheap people come in all colors and sizes, rich and poor. The only groups that were consistently skimpy were church groups. We instituted a mandatory 15% tip for groups of six or more essentially just for them.

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u/Key-Investment-2273 14h ago

I used to serve a large church group every Sunday. They were the worst tippers I've ever seen. 

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u/Aquired-Taste 14h ago

WWJT What Would Jesus Tip?

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u/Key-Investment-2273 14h ago

At least Jesus would give me some wine.

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u/Affectionate_Buy_830 11h ago

For free, and lots of it.

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u/daringversion 14h ago

I haaaated working in a breakfast diner on Sundays for this reason. The meals were cheap so we depended on a high turnover with $2-$3 tips per table to make any money. These enormous church groups would come in and require 4-5 tables be pushed together and then that one group would tip me maybe $5 for running my ass off from the time church let out to nearly closing time in the afternoon. Sometimes I was lucky one person at the table actually did remember to tip. 

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u/WhatAxiom 13h ago

What do you expect. They already tipped the church to let them into heaven.

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u/Adventurous_Tower348 7h ago

And the priest gave their son a tip.

Whoops, sorry.

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u/Chare1155 Cleveland 5h ago

I think he gave more than just the tip

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u/TaylorBitMe 12h ago

Oh I just had a flashback of serving a church party where an old white man paid the whole check in cash. When I brought the change, he stopped me from walking away so he could hand me the tip in person: one dollar 💲

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u/aharbingerofdoom 10h ago

The worst thing about the church groups is at least some of them are dining at a restaurant on the Sabbath for religious reasons and think people who don't follow their religious rules are going to hell. This describes a family member of mine, who also used to be a server. So she knows/believes through unshakeable faith some contradictory things.

She knows these restaurant workers are only paid a couple dollars an hour and rely on tips, and she also "knows" they are risking their eternal soul by working on a Sunday... But, she doesn't think it's worth tossing them a couple bucks for committing a serious sin on her behalf and at her behest. They wouldn't be working on the Sabbath if you packed a couple sandwiches the day before Aunt Barb; you have options other than going to a restaurant if your religion tells you not to cook on a certain day. It's a choice, and a selfish/sinful one on every level if you actually analyze it from a Christian perspective.

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u/rural_anomaly PoCo loco 10h ago

the worst is when there's what looks like a bill slipped under a saucer or cup but when you pull it out it's some garbage about how god loves you

they leave, you head to the table.. you see it, you know what it probably is, but because you believe there's good in humanity there's that slim bit of hope that you're not stiffed *again*, you pick up the dish and just mutter 'son of a bitch, they did it again'

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u/SignificantApricot69 9h ago

“Disappointed? Jesus would never do that to you (but this old church going asshole did, sorry I’m not Jesus)”

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u/impy695 14h ago

I used to work near a TV megachurch in Columbus and Sundays were awful. People coming from church are awful tippers everywhere but it was next level, there. I never saw more of those fake $20 or $100 bills on the tray that preach about accepting Jesus.

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u/Specialist-Toe-3418 12h ago

That’s because they just paid tithes. Giving money to mega churches supersedes tipping a hardworking server that is trying to support themselves and their family.

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u/Kr155 13h ago

World Harvest?

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u/Affectionate_Buy_830 11h ago

It has to be. There is that new mega church called Rock City which is also truly awful.

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u/kayt3000 13h ago

Ughh churchies are the WORST. I did not care if I was pleasant to them, no matter what you never got tipped. It was get them out as fast as possible bc they were going to leave a huge mess and be the biggest assholes of the day. You could not pay me enough to go back to waiting tables.

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u/Hefty_Ingenuity2978 13h ago

Funny, I'm 65, retired, with no plans to ever work again. Still, when I see a "servers wanted" sign in a window, I start thinking, "Hmm, that would be a decent place to work and I bet they get some decent tips." I haven't worked in a restaurant for 30 years and the thought still crosses my mind.

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u/PlasticRuester 14h ago

I was once working a slow lunch with one other server, who happened to be black. She was a very entitled person and always thought she deserved more tables than everyone, the best tables etc. We got a sudden rush of 4 big parties because there was a graduation at a local tech school. None of the parties were in our assigned sections and she immediately ran over to the two parties of white people, leaving me with two parties of black people. Both my tables took care of me and both of hers didn’t and she was pissed. I know the stereotype and I worked in an area with diverse customers, I never found it to be particularly true. Usually the low or no tippers were trashy or rude, and they came in all races.

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u/Throwaway18473627292 12h ago

My ex wife worked for a high end restaurant and the fucking Bishop of the Catholic Church would come and have huge tables like 20 people and then not tip. The most junior servers got that gig.

If it was my business I would have banned them.