A TikToker has sparked debate on the platform after sharing an Applebee’s receipt exposing a customer’s substandard tip.
The user @kingj24__ posted footage of a receipt from a franchise location in Staten Island, N.Y., showing a $6.55 tip left for a server named Dana G. The total bill plus the tip is $80, meaning the cost of the meal was $73.45. The tip comes out to around 9% of the bill. That’s significantly less than the standard 20% tip, which would have been $13.49 in this instance.
It is unclear if the TikToker who shared the receipt is the server in question.
The customer also left a hand-written message on the receipt explaining the low tip.
“You [were] great,” they wrote. “Holidays are just rough right now.”
They added in an arrow pointing to the tip and a frowning face.
TikTokers were divided in the comments of the video, which has since racked up over 711,000 views. Some pointed out that the customer, who seemed to be going through some financial struggle, did at least leave a tip, albeit a small one.
“It’s only $4.45 less than the typical 15% average tip,” one user commented. “But at the same time, you don’t know that family’s struggle. [At] least they left you a tip.”
“The nerve of some of y’all,” wrote another. “Gatekeeping taking your family out to dinner for the financially blessed. What type of BS is ‘stay home if you’re broke.'”
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