Two Credit Cards Are NOT Better Than One.
Note: This didn’t happen to me. It happened to a co-worker, Mallory. It just better encapsulated “idiot” better than anything else that happened to me tonight.
So we have these coupons all over town that give the customer five dollars off any purchase over 25 dollars. Sounds good, right? And like any other coupon, you can only use on per customer per visit. Just like ANY OTHER COUPON.
Well this jackass, who had bought dinner for him and his wife/girlfriend/whatever, had a bill for over 50 dollars. He also has two coupons. Any normal-thinking person in this same situation would just use a coupon and save the other for another time. Not this douche.
He asks Mallory to split the check in half so he’d have two seperate checks at over 25 dollars and tries to beat the system that way. My manager April says, “No dice.”
So he then uses TWO DIFFERENT CREDIT CARDS for the two seperate checks and then argues a little to get his way. All in all, he saved five bucks.
Dang, I wish I could post his frickin’ credit card number on this site so bad and get away with it. Who the hell does something like that? Some people are just cheap. That’s cool. Be broke. Postpone that shower until you can run to Target to get soap. But don’t be purposefully cheap when you’ve got the money, douche. Don’t try THAT hard. And especially, don’t try that hard in front of a woman you’re trying to impress. Think women like sex with cheap guys?
September 24th, 2006 at 12:17
No normal person would want to keep the coupon until the next visit, which may never happen. Good for him for pawning off both coupons in one night. There was nothing wrong with what he did.
September 24th, 2006 at 3:51
The point of coupons like this is for repeat business. If this guy is going to put up a stink like this then you don’t want him back anyway. What a pain in the ass people are…I hate cheap sons of bitches like that.
September 24th, 2006 at 5:27
Sam, you obviously have never been a server before. I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re the guy who tried to use two credit cards.
September 24th, 2006 at 9:58
What I realllly hate is when people come in with their gift cards and use them on a 100$ bill, which you worked your ass off for, and then they see on the slip that they technically only paid maybe 9.38$ cents of their own…and tip 4.00$. When they knowwwww that you were the shit…and they actually enjoyed your service…
thats the cing on the cake…
oh and Sam prob. has never had a serving job before thats my guess. He is prob. also 38, single and usually eats frozen tv dinners. Either that or he is a spoiled little rich kid…who needs to get a clue…
September 25th, 2006 at 4:34
Stumbled here off of facebook. Just wanted to say thanks for totally making my day. I work in an asian restaurant too.. I just have to shitty luck of splitting my tips evenly with the other waiters/waitresses (i dont mind that too much), but the cooks and receptionists/cashier too. so technically i usually end up with 10% of the tips. so i can work my ass off for 11-12 hours and the most ive ever gotten is about…oh say.. 28-34 bucks.
September 25th, 2006 at 2:40
I found this through facebook too… I used to wait tables and this stupid stuff happened all the time! I hate cheap people… one time I posted on craigslist.com just ranting about how people need to learn to tip at least 15% because that is customary because they are only making themselves look stupid and you would not believe the amount of people that posted responses and were just total assholes trying to justify their sorry broke-ass lifestyle. It really gets people fired up!
September 25th, 2006 at 10:17
I’m in school now, but when I’m at home I’m a server. I work at a friendly’s, which is really big on coupons, so I couldnt tell you the amount of times this has happenned to me. Whenever someone is that much of a pain in the ass about getting an extra 3 bucks off their meal I know right away that my tip will be shit and I shouldnt have spent the last 45 minutes making sure they had good service. This is even worse when people find out before they order if they can use all of their coupons and then base how much they order around that including their waters.
Now on the other hand, if people are nice and they say I have these coupons, sometimes I will take off a second coupon if its taking off for something different (like one might be 5 off a 25 dollar purchase, and the other might be a free kids meal) because essentially they thinking I’m ‘hooking them up’ and it increases my tip. I know whenever I have money taken off of my meal I feel obligated to tip a little extra. AND FOR ANYONE THAT READS THIS, IF YOU HAVE MONEY TAKEN OFF OF YOUR CHECK YOU TIP BASED ON YOUR CHECK BEFORE THE DISCOUNT, if you were served 25 dollars in food and got 5 dollars off, don’t leave a 3 dollar tip, cause thats bullshit.
I’m sorry about my lengthy comment, this happens to be my biggest peeve about serving and I could go on about it, because I’ve had customers complain to managers cause I wouldnt let them take off 3 coupons off of their 20 dollar check, and unfortunately my managers are so spineless and afraid of corporate complaints, that they give customers whatever the fuck they want…..its sad.
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