If you've ever worked in the service industry, you know how annoying it can be when customers don't tip. Also, if you've ever worked in customer service you're probably really good at leaving generous tips for your servers. Obviously, the people responsible for these tips have never had to work in a restaurant or other establishment where employees rely on tips.
Keep reading to see some of the most infuriating customer interactions on the internet.
Not Very Nice
![](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22try-a-different-job22-written-in-tip-spot-17137.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=380&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
Even if your waiter is being particularly slow or they forget something that you ordered, that doesn't give you the right to be rude to them.
Maybe they were having an off day.
Safety First
![](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22dont-run-with-scissors22-written-on-bill-54927.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=37&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
I don't know if this waiter was actually running with scissors or if this customer just wanted to give them a tip that wasn't a monetary tip.
Either way, tip your waiters and don't run with scissors.
A Rude Message
![I make more than you written on bill I make more than you written on bill](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/I-make-more-than-you-written-on-bill-74265.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=430&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
I don't care how much you make, nobody's time is worth more than anybody else's.
Also, if this person makes a lot of money, that means they should be able to tip.
You Can't Win
![angry message on bill angry message on bill](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/angry-message-on-bill-20012.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=353&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
Sometimes people just say things because they're trying to be nice. Should people stop saying "bless you" after you sneeze, too?
That was a pretty big bill. What did they order that was over $200?
What Does That Mean?
![one percent tip one percent tip](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/one-percent-tip-90581.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=236&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
Excuse me, but being a waiter is a real job. Somebody has to bring you your food after you order it.
Does this person think that waiters shouldn't exist anymore?
That's Not A Tip
I'm sorry, but "Trump 2020" isn't a tip. I don't care where your politics lie, you should still tip your waiters. These people depend on tips to survive.
It's not a perfect system, but it's what we have to work with.
I'd Rather Just Have A Tip
![get paid daily fake tip get paid daily fake tip](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/get-paid-daily-fake-tip-11747.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=263&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
This seems nice and all, but I highly doubt that anybody is going to make any money through this endeavor.
I'm sure that this server would have preferred an actual tip.
A Messy Situation
![tip amount written in ketchup tip amount written in ketchup](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/tip-amount-written-in-ketchup-61615.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=525&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
Not tipping is one thing, but destroying your whole bill with ketchup is another thing entirely.
Now this whole bill is invalid, so this person basically didn't pay for their meal at all.
That's Not How It Works
If this waiter had let a kid who was under 21 order drinks, he could have lost his job.
He has to follow the rules. He can't make exceptions— especially for rude people.
Playing With His Head
![tip explanation person explaining their method of tipping by removing bills from the table to incentivize server](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/tip-explanation-13199.jpg?width=800&height=1087)
This guy came up with a rude game where he puts five one-dollar bills on the table.
Every time his waiter does something that he doesn't like, he takes one away.
That's Not An Excuse
![single mom sorry written on bill single mom sorry written on bill](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/single-mom-sorry-written-on-bill-22102.jpg?width=800&height=533)
This person tried to use her kids as an excuse to avoid paying a tip, but she seemed to have enough money to pay $138.45 dollars for her meal.
That seems like a lot.
Support The Troops
![angry note on bill angry note on bill](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/angry-note-on-bill-11323.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=475&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
This army veteran was really upset that he wasn't able to get a discount at this sports bar.
So, he decided to leave an angry note on his bill instead of a tip.
That's Not A TIp
![messages written on napkin messages written on napkin](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/messages-written-on-napkin-42159.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Instead of leaving an actual monetary tip, this person decided to leave another kind of tip all over this napkin.
Even if this person thinks they're being helpful, I can assure you that this is not helpful.
Another Veteran
I'm sure that for the most part, veterans are very kind and generous people.
We just happen to have two on our list who don't know how to tip their servers.
Wanna Play A Game?
This person actually did tip their waiter, but they left the tip in an overturned glass full of water surrounded by a mess of ketchup.
That wasn't a very nice thing to do.
That Postscript Wasn't Necessary
Look, if you actually don't have enough money for a tip then that's fine. Stay at home.
And you don't need to go out of your way to comment on someone else's body.
That's Not Even A Whole Dollar
![ripped one dollar bill ripped one dollar bill](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ripped-one-dollar-bill-93769.jpg?width=800&height=533)
This person left half of a one-dollar bill as a tip. That little "thank you" is the icing on the cake.
I'm sure nobody was thankful for this rude gesture.
He Posted This On Instagram
![kyle massey instagram story kyle massey instagram story](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kyle-massey-instagram-story-68553.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=788&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
Former child actor Kyle Massey (who played Corey on That's So Raven) didn't leave a tip at a restaurant, then took a picture of his bill and posted it on his own Instagram account.
Dude, this really isn't something to brag about.
Not As Nice As It Looks
![fake tip under ketchup bottle fake tip under ketchup bottle](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fake-tip-under-ketchup-bottle-25292.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=0&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
At first glance it looks like this person left a generous tip under a ketchup bottle, but this $20 dollar bill isn't actually a bill at all.
This is just plain mean.
What Would Jesus Do?
![note on fake money note on fake money](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/note-on-fake-money-71037.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=248&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
Look, if you're really all about Jesus Christ, you should do what Jesus would do.
I'm pretty sure that Jesus would always tip his servers (if they had servers back then).
That's Not A $20 Bill
![trump 2020 bill trump 2020 bill](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-2020-bill-53415.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=661&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
This person initially put the five-dollar bill on top of the Trump money, so this server got really excited when they thought they were being tipped $25 dollars.
Then they moved the five-dollar bill...
Why Though?
![zero dollar tip zero dollar tip](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/zero-dollar-tip-72863.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=657&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
When somebody spends over $70 at your establishment, you probably expect them to tip. That's just the appropriate thing to do in our society.
This is unacceptable. Tip your waiters!
Rude And Racist
![](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/22learn-english22-written-on-bill-31999.jpg?width=800&height=533)
Not only is this person racist, but they kept trying to give the underage girl at their table glasses of alcoholic beverages.
That's just not okay. Of course, these people didn't leave a tip.
You Should Still Tip
![using kids as an excuse for no tip using kids as an excuse for no tip](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/using-kids-as-an-excuse-for-no-tip-74458.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=304&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
Even if you can't afford to tip the whole 15-20 percent, you should still tip something.
You can probably spare a dollar tip if you can afford to go out for a meal.
All For A Lemon
Apparently, this person really likes to have lemon slices in their drinks.
They like it so much that if they don't get their lemon, they refuse to tip. That's just not reasonable.
Masks Are Kind Of Necessary
![receipt that says receipt that says](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/receipt-that-says-22get-rid-of-masks22-94662.jpg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=239&left=0&zoom=1.14285714286)
What is it with people having a problem with masks?
They literally just exist to keep you safe while there's a very contagious bug going around. This is so annoying.
People Who Work In The Service Industry Share Their Stories About Tough Customers
![Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.14.53-AM-65534 I worked at a movie theater & aman came in late and yelled at me bc I was filling his soda too slowly. I explained the soda machine only has one speed. he paid in change & DROPPED it all on the counter so I had to pick some coins off the floor. Then he complained to my manager!](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.14.53-AM-65534-77828.jpg?width=800&height=342)
This man wanted a soda, and he wanted it right now.
He didn't care that the machine had a natural and perfectly acceptable flow rate. He wants what he wants.
An Act Of Theft
![Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.15.55-AM-52179 I worked as a customer assistant in Morrisons at the butcher department and once gave a woman a burger for FREE because it was the last one and she submitted a formal written complaint about me to the duty manager saying I involved her in an act of theft without her consent.](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.15.55-AM-52179-69358.jpg?width=800&height=336)
Well, that's the last time anybody at that shop is going to do anything nice from this woman.
She should have just taken her burger and ran. Who has time to write a formal complaint, anyway?
A Rude Question
![Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.16.58-AM-47493 17 years in customer service and only a handful stand out. The wrost was a regular that came into the bank, came to my line and said](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.16.58-AM-47493-69369.jpg?width=800&height=388)
Hey, everybody reading this: Never ever ever ask a woman if she's pregnant. Even if she looks like she's about to give birth, you keep your mouth shut.
Do not even imply that she's pregnant unless she tells you she is.
Throwing Chairs
![Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.17.55-AM-55257 Worked at a home appliance and decor store. Had a lady try to return a patio chair either without a receipt or way past the cutoff date. When we told her she couldn't, she said it was worthless and literally THREW THE CHAIR ACROSS THE ROOM and then stormed out.](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.17.55-AM-55257-36286.jpg?width=800&height=397)
We thought people only threw chairs across the room in overdramatic soap operas.
Clearly, this lady has been watching way too many overdramatic soap operas. She could have hurt somebody.
Never Work With Children
![Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.21.05-AM-50907 when i managed a shoe shop I nicely asked a small child to stop kicking me in the face while I fitted his shoes and his dad told me that I 'shouldn't be working with children'](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.21.05-AM-50907-56766.jpg?width=800&height=348)
They say you should never work with children or animals, but what they should really say is that you should never work with parents.
Maybe this parent should tell his kid to stop kicking people in the face.
She Was Having A Bad Day
![Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.26.34-AM-21854 Used to be asst. manager at a college bookstore. A professor screamed at me for 20 min because the looseleaf textbook her son had bought for a class](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.26.34-AM-21854-94385.jpg?width=800&height=388)
There's no other explanation for this outburst other than this professor was having a really bad day.
She may have been screaming about the paper, but internally, it was about something else.
Angel Hair Pasta
![Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.27.39-AM-44282 Once I had a woman ask for a dish with angel hair pasta. I brought it out and she said,](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.27.39-AM-44282-53681.jpg?width=800&height=395)
The difference between angel hair and spaghetti is so slight that even if I had been served spaghetti instead of angel hair, I would just eat it without complaining.
Does it really matter?
All Over A Caramel Latte
![12@sarahmanleyyyy-Twitter-16648 once when I was working at a local coffee shop we had run out of caramel, and the lady who wanted a caramel latte was so mad she flipped a table and left. I wish I was kidding.](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/12@sarahmanleyyyy-Twitter-16648-84705.jpeg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=0&left=0&zoom=1.108033241)
Do people flip tables in real life? Well, this woman did. And she did it over a caramel latte.
We get that caramel lattes are good, but are they really worth flipping tables over?
Going To The Gays
![13@JeffFromOhio-Twitter-96215 I was waiting tables and a woman yelled at me because we served Pepsi. She demanded water instead because she didn't want her money going](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/13@JeffFromOhio-Twitter-96215-24286.jpeg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=0&left=20&zoom=1.16375545852)
I don't know about her reasoning, but she was probably better off having water anyway. There's too much sugar in Pepsi.
We're glad that justice was served in the end here.
Why She Didn't Like Her Peanut Butter Shake
![13@Karnythia-Twitter-94228 The single worst customers I ever encountered were when I worked in food service briefly. The customer that made me decide never again made me make her a peanut butter shake over & over. None of them were right according to her. Then she announced she didn't like peanuts.](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/13@Karnythia-Twitter-94228-19871.jpeg?width=800&height=533)
This woman made this poor barista make her a peanut butter shake several times before telling her that she didn't like peanut butter?
Was she even aware of what she ordered?
Not A Chair
![Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.20.19-AM-51227 I worked in the Card Factory and was knelt down filling the drawers. Someone sat on my back because 'they were tired.' When I pointed out I was not a chair, they said](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2020-07-16-at-9.20.19-AM-51227-83619.jpg?width=800&height=392)
What's worse than a customer throwing a chair? How about a customer insisting that you ARE a chair.
This is another level of insulting. What is this world coming to?
A Purple Cover
![14@travismcelroy-Twitter-54652 I'll never forget the lady who came in to BestBuy to buy a movie for her grandson. She didn't know the title/genre/stars/plot/year it came out/anything about it except](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/14@travismcelroy-Twitter-54652-72619.jpeg?width=800&height=536)
You'd be surprised how often people do this. It also happens at bookstores.
People will come in knowing nothing about the book other than the color of the front cover.
The Magnificent Magic Mike
![18@austinblm-Twitter-96228 Working at a movie theater: A grandmother buys 3 tickets for Magic Mike. I'm thinking to myself,](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/18@austinblm-Twitter-96228-82820.jpeg?b=0&c=0&width=800&height=533&top=0&left=0&zoom=1.1315417256)
Clearly, Magic Mike wasn't what this grandmother thought it was.
If she had known that it starred Channing Tatum as a male stripper, she would never have taken her grandchildren to see it.
We Need To See The Computer
![18@OhHeyDJ-Twitte-10926 A customer got mad at me because they said their iMac wasn't working and I asked them if they brought it with them. They said no. I told them I can't troubleshoot a computer that isn't here and they got mad at me and stormed out of the store.](https://www.giveitlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/18@OhHeyDJ-Twitte-10926-81135.jpeg?width=800&height=533)
How did this customer expect a technician to fix their computer if they didn't have the computer with them? Were they supposed to fix it by magic? Were they just supposed to guess?