Customer removes 15% automatic tip after server refuses to give him tap water FlickrA Reddit user has gone viral after they shared a bizarre experience where a waitress simply refused to give them tap water. They got their revenge by refusing to tip. The subject of tipping has been debated endlessly, both on the part of the customer, and the server. In November, for example, we saw a waitress go viral when a couple refused to tip her, simply because she could not adjust their bill. In December, we saw a delivery driver charge a woman three times for their services, even though they failed to successfully deliver her order. Now, a customer has gone viral on Reddit, explaining their strange tipping situation. \u201cI went to dinner by myself at a sit down restaurant. I noticed on the menu that 15% auto gratuity would be added to every bill,\u201d they begin. \u201cI ordered an appetizer and a meal and requested water to drink. She brought me a bottle of water and I told her I\u2019d prefer a glass of tap water. I kid you not she said \u2018we don\u2019t have water\u2019. I asked if there was a sink and she said no. I argued with her about surely there\u2019s a sink she can fill a glass from and she flat out refused saying they only have bottled water.\u201d \u201cWhen I paid I requested the gratuity to be removed and the guy that rung me out apologized on her behalf explaining the owner doesn\u2019t allow them to give free water\u2026 it was by far the strangest interaction I\u2019ve had in a restaurant.\u201d Reddit weighs in on automatic tip removal After the user posted their story on the platform, many were quick to sympathize: \u201cNot having running water would be an osha complaint.\u201d Many agreed, asking how the waiting staff even managed to wash their hands. Some thought the server was to blame, writing: \u201cShe messed up. She had the opportunity to throw the owner under the bus and say \u2018sorry, they don\u2019t allow us to give free water. We can only sell by the bottle.\u2019 Loss of the tip might make her reconsider the response.\u201d \u201cIf they had liquor in the establishment they have to give out free water. That\u2019s ridiculous. You should shame them on yelp for it,\u201d another asserted. \u201cMost states have a law that if alcohol or food is provided they have to provide a source of free water,\u201d another told the Redditor. Another customer went viral in January, when they raged at staff at the Sugar Factory, after an automatic tip racked up the price of her bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Customer removes 15% automatic tip after server refuses to give him tap water FlickrA Reddit user has gone viral after they shared a bizarre experience where a waitress simply refused to give them tap water. They got their revenge by refusing to tip. The subject of tipping has been debated endlessly, both on the part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}