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Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

Server reveals the real reason you shouldn’t leave the tip on a card

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‘Even if it’s $5’: Server reveals the real reason you shouldn’t leave the tip on a card

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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Charlotte Colombo

Hotel worker praises guests for leaving a tip for her in this ‘secret’ place

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‘Humanity and well-traveled guests love it’: Hotel worker praises guests for leaving a tip for her in this ‘secret’ place

Vanessa St-Amand was a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot based in South Florida. She has an extensive background in online marketing and spends her free time discussing intriguing topics for the terminally online.

Vanessa St-Amand

Customer catches nail tech upcharging $45

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‘I cannot believe that just happened’: Customer catches nail tech upcharging $45

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

DoorDash customer says not tipping backfired in a big way

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‘Never NOT tipping again’: DoorDash customer says not tipping backfired in a big way

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

Bojangles customer gets asked to leave a tip

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‘Rightttt like what ..why am I tipping to-go ?’: Viewers split when Bojangles customer gets asked to leave a tip

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‘Tipping is a choice, not a requirement’: Domino’s driver delivers $100 worth of pizza to a church. They can’t believe their tip

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

DoorDasher shares how she got revenge on customers who didn’t tip on $980 Smoothie King order

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‘You sure showed them!’: Viewers divided after DoorDasher shares how she got revenge on customers who didn’t tip on $980 Smoothie King order

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‘They were hoping you didn’t catch it’: Woman says IHOP threatened to call the cops on her after she refused to pay gratuity

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

olive garden tip screen with caption "20% of $33.30 is not $8.95" (l) olive garden bag with caption "okay so i'm over here at olive garden" (c) olive garden tip screen with caption "they trying to scam us all now I don't like it" (r)

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‘What’s with these calculators?’: Olive Garden customer notices something unusual when she tries to leave a 20% tip

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Server shares how he 'punishes' guests who seat themselves

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‘And they ALWAYS pick the dirty table?! Why? How?’: Server shares how he ‘punishes’ guests who seat themselves

Man says server added 20% automatic gratuity because of his 4 kids

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‘She’s valid for that’: Man says server automatically added 20% gratuity because of his 4 kids

Server makes $392 during shift when she changes her hairstyle

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‘The server hair theory’: Server makes $392 during shift when she changes her hairstyle

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‘The entire demeanor and personality of this person changes’: Woman says Starbucks barista broke character when she refused to tip him

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‘That’s why I started paying in cash again’: Chili’s customer says Ziosks are now forcing you to tip 20%, won’t let you choose ‘custom’

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

Waitress tells customer to go get her own spoon. So she gives her tip to someone else

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