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I'm a waiter, and this is what a customer left me for a tip. (imgur.com)

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[–]Cadrid 129 points130 points ago

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Well, at least they weren't penny loafers..

[–]SalemDrumline2011 25 points26 points ago

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You're right, they're goody two-shoes.

[–]Crossbowshootr 7 points8 points ago

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Cash-shoes. Get it? Get it?

[–]anonymous-coward 1 point2 points ago

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That's not peanuts.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Man, that was gold.

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[–]DownvoteAttractor 30 points31 points ago

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Some novelty accounts just aren't meant to be.

[–]Tinkerboots 12 points13 points ago

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I live in the UK so my tips are coins :(

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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But you get paid more than US waiters, right? hopefully?

[–]neuromonkey 1 point2 points ago

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In real terms, yes, but the cost of living is similarly higher.

[–]live3orfry 9 points10 points ago

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... That depends entirely where you live.

[–]neuromonkey 0 points1 point ago

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Well, sure. Every time I've traveled in England, things have cost a fair bit more than they would have in the US. When I traveled around Ireland in the 80's, things were pretty cheap. This is aside from the exchange rate.

[–]heatheranne 0 points1 point ago

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Except for servers in the UK are paid minimum wage at the lowest. In the US they rely on tips to bring their wage up to minimum.

[–]neuromonkey 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, well, try and have a decent pizza delivered.

[–]Tartickle 0 points1 point ago

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In the US they rely on tips to bring their wage up to minimum.

Employers are legally required to bring their wage to minimum wage if the tips don't cover it.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

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Only bad servers in the US don't make minimum wage. A good server can make $100-$150/day.

Servers in the UK are hardly ever tipped except when a customer receives exceptional service.

[–]Neltech 10 points11 points ago

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My buddy has made many a t-shirt dollar. Never saw the matching boots. Awesome!

[–]GeneralWarts 9 points10 points ago

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Now you can make the shirt too!

[–]thebrokendoctor 1 point2 points ago

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Damn, Canadian money is too thick to do it :(

[–]GeneralWarts 1 point2 points ago

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Sorry.

[–]nefffffffffff 8 points9 points ago

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oh god here comes another reddit argument about tipping

[–]3DPK 5 points6 points ago

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I've been leaving origami tips for about 20 years now. My mom worked at a bank and had my original pieces on her desk, I sold a lot of those things to her customers. http://www.origami-resource-center.com/money-origami.html These are just a few. I've found all sorts of books.

edit: not my website, just the one I use when I forget a step or two.

[–]armchairepicure 5 points6 points ago

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You should check out Folding the Universe by Peter Engel for THE BEST dollar origami i have ever had the pleasure of folding: the crab.

Sadly, i cannot find an image of the awesome crab, and my cameraphone is a potato. But let me assure you, it is worth the cost of the book.

Edit: plus, every time i give it out, i can say that i'm giving a waiter crabs.

[–]KeythKatz 3 points4 points ago

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How do we make it?

[–]conservativecowboy 13 points14 points ago

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Here's a link to make the boots

[–]voteddownward 5 points6 points ago

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That must've been written by the same person who wrote the instructions on how to put my desk together...

[–]kelseyxiv 1 point2 points ago

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Here's an actual link to it. I just made them and strutted them in front of my mom - she enjoyed it.

[–]alphanovember 0 points1 point ago

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I don't know, but this was way funnier than it should have been. I've been on reddit all day long every day for the last few weeks and this is the funniest I've seen, for some reason.

[–]jokrsmagictrick 13 points14 points ago

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Before I opened the link I thought it was a pair of shoes for your feet.

[–]mrmadwolf92 0 points1 point ago

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I thought the same thing after I opened the link.

[–]Droidaphone 21 points22 points ago

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$2???? WOOOHOOOO!!!

[–]katlaish 32 points33 points ago

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The meal could have been $10 or less. In which case that is 20% or higher tipping.

[–]dexterduck 5 points6 points ago

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Or he could have been given the rest of the tip in normal cash, along with the cash-shoes.

[–]dukishlygreat 11 points12 points ago

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Origami, helping people be cheep for hundreds of years.

[–]mcchubby 16 points17 points ago

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Seems a bit early to call fowl when we don't know the size of the bill.

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[–]mcchubby 1 point2 points ago

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dukishlygreat's comment is "people be cheep "

[–]Maxcorpse 0 points1 point ago

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Meh, I used to try to leave $10 shirts.

[–]iamadogforreal 2 points3 points ago

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"Wow how do you do that? I feel like I need a third hand to do all the folding!"

"Easy, step 1, wrap the dollar bill around your penis."

[–]Twaddles 2 points3 points ago

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I hope the bill was no more than $10.

[–]diggitydan 2 points3 points ago

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walkin' on a four inch third pan I see. or I guess I can't tell if it's a 9 pan.... either way HOTEL PANS!

[–]FairlyGoodGuy 2 points3 points ago

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Hello my baby! Hello my honey! Hello my ragtime gal!

... Admit it, OP. That's the first thing you did, isn't it?

[–]05wilchrc2 4 points5 points ago

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I actually thought it was someone was running on a treadmill

[–]Avelle 0 points1 point ago

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Lol same, I thought the customer gave her a treadmill :P

[–]SaphiraArach 1 point2 points ago

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lol I wish I had taken a pic. A customer did a similar thing to me, only it was folded like a little shirt. Too fun. :p

[–]idoubtthestars 1 point2 points ago

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Haha, my favourite part of this picture is actually the metal insert that your fingers are posing on. I work in a restaurant too and it's always interesting to see how similar all the equipment is- I didn't know what an insert was until I started working in a restaurant.

EDIT: Grammar.

[–]nefffffffffff 1 point2 points ago

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you guys every restaurant uses these, they're standardized.

[–]idoubtthestars 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, it's just interesting because a person who isn't familiar with the industry wouldn't necessarily know what they were called. When I was a hostess, I had no idea what they were. I only learned about them when I became a server/expediter. It's a just a minor detail I noticed.

[–]nickkline 0 points1 point ago

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They're also not called metal Cambros. They're 1/3 pans or hotel pans. Also known as steam table pans.

[–]idoubtthestars 0 points1 point ago

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Oh, cool! We just call them "inserts" here.

[–]folderol 1 point2 points ago

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That looks aboot right.

[–]feodoric 1 point2 points ago

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Are you sure your customer wasn't a cobbler elf?

[–]ToastedForks 1 point2 points ago

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Customers believe whimsy pays your rent.

[–]kringlebomb 1 point2 points ago

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+2 boots of fungibility.

[–]mauvalous1 1 point2 points ago

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These boots were made for walking...

[–]johnrauda 1 point2 points ago

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2 bucks? im guessing their bill was under 10?

[–]swimshoe 1 point2 points ago

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shut up and make my money!

[–]kcinaz 0 points1 point ago

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thought it was gonna be a rude note. this is pretty cool!

[–]littlemissdangerous 0 points1 point ago

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I had a table build be a giant pagoda out of bills once. I wish i still had the pics. I actually felt bad about deconstructing this thing to pocket the money.

[–]Sunflwrstarz010 1 point2 points ago

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That's sounds pretty cool. I would have felt kind of bad too. But what else could you do?

[–]NewRoc914 0 points1 point ago

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were they Asian or just AWESOME?

[–]giveitago 0 points1 point ago

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http://vimeo.com/29805315

[–]phorkor 0 points1 point ago

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mini chuntaro boots?

[–]Majormajora 0 points1 point ago

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Pulling...them...OFF!

[–]skamoan 0 points1 point ago

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they left you a hand?

[–]BrandoomEnt 0 points1 point ago

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A proper pair of greaves to fight demons with! Huzzah!

[–]StoryGopher 0 points1 point ago

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And you'll never ever spend them.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I hope that when you unfolded them they weren't the phony bills with Bible verses.

[–]Kodiac136 0 points1 point ago

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For high school junior prom, we went to dinner and what not. We left the guy dozens and dozens of dollar bills tied like little bow ties, and just piled them up in the center of the table. As we were leaving, the waiter was just standing over laughing at the pile of bow ties. It was glorious.

[–]Capper22 0 points1 point ago

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Alright serious question, I can do some decent dollar origami, would you rather your tip be normal bills or shirts/pants/boots/spaceships etc.?

[–]icecreamguy 0 points1 point ago

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Hah, nice, though there is a caveat. I used to leave part of the tip in the form of an origami peacock at restaurants until one day, as I was leaving, I saw the waiter trying to unfold it and accidentally tear the crap out of the bill. Whoops!

[–]scisrbeatpapr 0 points1 point ago

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ah! i've never gotten boots before that's awesome. I have gotten butterflies and stars out of money though. always fun.

[–]shawtywtits 0 points1 point ago

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I threw a bachelorette party for a friend and we started with dinner. I really wanted to do something creative like this with the tip money since we'd been flirting with the waiter all night, but I have no creative genes. I folded a dick and balls for him. So sexy.

[–]grohlbarkermescudi 0 points1 point ago

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I usually do this but make it into a ring

[–]Optimisto1820 0 points1 point ago

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Please tell me you are in downtown Tampa...

[–]DynamiteSweats 0 points1 point ago

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Gator needs some walking around money!

[–]Lukeejay 0 points1 point ago

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I think that means you took to long :-P

[–]chytri 0 points1 point ago

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She cut off her hand?!?!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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And now I have my own pair http://i.imgur.com/Eae3a.jpg

[–]charlemang 0 points1 point ago

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Those metal containers look familiar... I used to be a dishwasher at Steak and Shake.

[–]buzzen15 0 points1 point ago

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Does your cat make too much noise? Try Kitten Mittens.

[–]PseudoEngel 0 points1 point ago

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As a waiter in the past, I would have greatly enjoyed this. I try to leave my tip in unique ways. I've made stars, hearts, and elephants for great customer service.

[–]MUSHROLEM 0 points1 point ago

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If you live in "the valley", im 99% sure I know who did this...

[–]Spants23 0 points1 point ago

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shoes for those damn underwear gnomes

[–]Skittles017 0 points1 point ago

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http://www.instructables.com/image/FIXH47XFWS6L9IX/Dollar-Bill-Origami-Heart.jpg

my boyfriend always leaves this for our waiters/waitresses :D

[–]Ragefacesoflucy 0 points1 point ago

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did he include the hand?

[–]goofyasiankid -1 points0 points ago

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If he got anything more than an appetizer, I'd be more pissed about the shitty tip.

Maybe this is how they get away with tipping poorly...

[–]tatskaari 0 points1 point ago

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only $2? I think that I may have missed the point.

[–]Mixed-Signals 0 points1 point ago

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+2 radius to gold pickup

[–]arcsesh -2 points-1 points ago

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But how much is it actually? It appears to only be two dollars, in which case, fuck that.

[–]Annakha 6 points7 points ago

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I'm surprised everyone is so happy about this tip. I always tip 20% unless the server was completely retarded. I see older folks get away with tipping 2 bucks all the time and people shrug it off as, oh they're old they don't realize that the times have changed. Of course they fucking know that things are more expensive, they just paid $15 for a steak that used to cost $3. Instead of tipping 20% I guess I need to learn dollar bill origami and then my server will be just as happy.

[–]wx3 7 points8 points ago

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Yeah there's no way the tab was $8.00 and it was a 25% tip or anything

[–]I_Key_Cars 4 points5 points ago

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You can eat breakfast at Denny's for less than $8.

[–]Annakha 1 point2 points ago

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You must not be seeing groups of 4-6 people leaving $2-3 tips as often as I do then.

[–]magictoenail -5 points-4 points ago

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I love it when retarded shit like this makes the front page

tl;dr: I actually hate it

[–]Joke_Getter -1 points0 points ago

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Start saying, "I wait tables," which describes what you do, not who you are.

[–]anonymous4315 0 points1 point ago

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maybe he/she likes being a waiter!

[–]Joke_Getter -1 points0 points ago

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It's still just a job. It's not a career except for a very few.

[–]shawtywtits 2 points3 points ago

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that's still part of who OP is. maybe "he's a joker, he's a smoker, he's a midnight toker" and also he's a waiter.

[–]Joke_Getter -1 points0 points ago

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Yeah, a small part. I'm trying to help the guy up, why are you so determined to hold him down? "I'm waiting tables right now." What's wrong with that?

[–]shawtywtits 1 point2 points ago

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what's wrong with being a waiter? no one cares how you say it, it doesn't change anything. trying to force accuracy of language isn't going to affect things. people speak according to ease- it's short to say "I'm a waiter" than to say "I'm waiting tables right now, but someday I'm going to run away to las vegas and be an actor, don't forget that I'm a human being with hopes and dreams."

[–]Joke_Getter 1 point2 points ago

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As you've just demonstrated, the rest of that sentence after "I'm waiting tables right now" is implied and doesn't need to be said. Thanks for the agreement! Let's hope the OP takes us up on it.

[–]shawtywtits 0 points1 point ago

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I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that that was intentional stupidity to make a point.

[–]Joke_Getter 1 point2 points ago

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That that that that.

[–]shawtywtits 0 points1 point ago

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ok good, then I'll just upvote you, cause I'm running out of retorts.

[–]onlysame1 -2 points-1 points ago

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I fucking hate when servers complain about the tips.