Like why tip at all?? #hospitality #serverlife #server #servertok #serverstories

I had a table split their tip for ways tonight over $1.20. Let me explain. So I'm at Longhorn and I get sat this table of four college kids. Super sweet the whole time, honestly. Great energy, laughing, asking me questions about the menu, tipping me compliments the whole night. My gosh, you're the best server we've ever had. You're so on top of it. I'm eating that. Like, okay, this is a good table. It's going to be a good check. They split three entrees and one appetizer between the four of them. It waters super easy low maintenance table. Check comes out to like $68 total. They ask for it split four ways, which is totally normal. Literally do that all the time. Each of them hands me their card separately. I run it four times. And when I go to close it all out, each one left me 30 cents. 30 cents times four is $1.20. On a table that told me I was the best server they've ever had, like four separate times. Like, if you're going to leave me $1.20, don't also tell me I changed your whole night. I'm genuinely so scared to see how this changes my tip max average. Right. Compliments don't pay bills, but okay.