Server earns $2500 tip on a $150 meal, restaurant manager refuses to pay it out to them: 'I feel like I just got robbed'

Working in the service industry is no walk in the park. It's exhausting, often thankless work. Long nights, annoying customers, and lower back pain from standing all day-- service workers are no strangers to these. But it can all feel worth it when you have a particularly meaningful interaction with a customer that results in a particularly meaningful tip. The bad thing about tipping culture is that it puts the burden of salary on the customer, who cannot always be trusted. The good thing about tipping culture is that sometimes people get to feeling generous and you have the potential to earn a life-changing tip.

If you work in the industry, you've definitely heard stories (if not witnessed yourself) of thousand-dollar tips from unassuming customers. I once served a customer at a coffee shop who wanted to pay with a $100 bill, and when we informed him we didn't have enough change and asked him if he had a different payment method, just told us to keep the change. On like a $5 coffee!

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The server in this story got to live out one of those famed stories and received a life-altering tip. But they ran into trouble when they tried to clear it with their manager. Read on for the details and see exactly what happened.
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Server earns $2500 tip on a $150 meal, restaurant manager refuses to pay it out to them: 'I feel like I just got robbed'

Guest tipped $2,500 and restaurant refuses to pay me!

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Server earns $2500 tip on a $150 meal, restaurant manager refuses to pay it out to them: 'I feel like I just got robbed'

Guest tipped $2,500 and restaurant refuses to pay me!

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