Fan Sign Contest! $25 Amazon.com Gift Certificate

amazon 300x190 Fan Sign Contest! $25 Amazon.com Gift CertificateI’d like to spruce up the site with some new fan signs. All fan signs submitted between now and Midnight Tuesday, January 31st, will have a chance at winning a free, $25.00 Amazon.com Gift Certificate.

All you need to do is make a creative, fun, and/or sexy fan sign and submit it using the link below. I’ll put all the fan signs up to be voted on. The fan sign with the most votes, by the end of the week, will win the $25 Gift Card!

What are you waiting for? During your next shift, take a creative fan sign pic! Maybe you’ll do some planking. Or, how about taking a picture with one of your favorite guests. Heck, stand behind your manager and take it. The possibilities are nearly endless. Just make sure you are holding a napkin with “iGotStiffed.com” written on it and an upside down dollar bill.

Feel free to submit more than one fan sign:
http://www.igotstiffed.com/fan-sign/

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It’s Amazing To Me How Many People Don’t Know Simple Math.

I can’t help but notice how many phones get whipped out when it’s time to pay for the check. The amount of people, both young and old, who can’t figure out what 15 or 20 percent is really blows my mind. It also makes me wonder why people need an app to tell them how much to tip.

For me, I like to tip a minimum of 10% of the bill for bad service. Seriously, the service has to be REALLY bad for me to tip 10%. If the service is fine, I’ll leave 20%. Both of these numbers are really easy to figure out.

If my bill is $75.00, I simply move the decimal to the left one spot. From there, I either multiply by 1 or 2. Multiplying by 1 means I received poor service and will leave $7.50. Multiplying by 2 mean I will leave $15.00. If I’m feeling really generous, or feel like the server went out of his or her way to make sure I had a special meal, I’ll just tack on some money to the 20%.

Why is it so hard for people to figure out how much to leave for a tip? Oh, and don’t get me started on people who can’t figure out how to split their own bill.

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And Now I Feel Bad.

This guy and his lady-friend came in the other night when the restaurant was super busy. He seemed drunk, was very picky, and wouldn’t shut up. He kept making the most lame jobs, weird requests, and overall annoyed me. Like I said, we were busy, and he was just burying me further into “the weeds”.

A coworker told me I was lucky because he was a good tipper. Usually “good” tipper really just means he’s going to tip 20%. I had to start avoiding this table because he just wouldn’t let me walk away and tend to my other tables. When I would visit the table, I would have to just turn and walk away, sometimes mid-sentence, because all of the ques normal people understand as, “Hey, I’m very busy.” just weren’t tipping this guy off to what was going on. I guess these two were forever alone together, and just wanted to talk to me. I can understand that, and if we weren’t so busy, I would have been happy to chat more…..it’s part of my service to my guests.

When it’s all said and done, the bill is $82.00. The guy had left $120.00 and didn’t want any change. That was pretty damn awesome. I’d be more than happy to let this guy talk my ear of any time he wants to.

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