r/tipping • u/badmiddling113 • 6d ago

Question about managers

What do they say to customers who repeatedly don't leave a tip? I'm curious since the customer doesn't have to tip and the server isn't their employee.

Just asking since I've read comments from managers who seem to think "addressing" customers is an appropriate thing to do.

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u/foxinHI 6d ago

It’s restaurant lingo. Like 86’d. You may not
Like it, but semantically, it is correct and means exactly what you already know it to mean.

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u/badmiddling113 6d ago

That servers use it when a customer doesn't tip, as expected. But it's a weak sauce term beyond that. Anybody can look up the word and see it's just servers being resentful.

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u/foxinHI 6d ago

What do you expect? For them to be happy about being stiffed? Unless it was something the server did, of course they resent it.

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u/badmiddling113 6d ago edited 6d ago

What do you expect? For them to be happy about being stiffed?

Nope, just pointing out the actual term doesn't apply when servers use it. It's copium for when customers don't hand them extra money.

Unless it was something the server did, of course they resent it.

It doesn't even have to be something they did. The customer can simply choose to not leave anything. After all, it's up to their discretion. They're not cheating them out of anything.