A woman has gone viral on social media after sharing a photo of what she "tipped" a waitress who got a little too flirtatious with her husband. Many people on the internet are split, with some defending the actions of the waitress and others outright agreeing with the wife's decision.
In the photo, the bill shows an amount due of $32.76. In the space where it asks for a tip, the wife simply left the waitress a tip that didn't include any money. "Don't call my husband sweetheart," she wrote, then writing in a total of $32.76.
The image was posted alongside a caption of, “Well, it may be a tip but she’s just trying to make a living.” But it wasn't long before people jumped in to defend the waitress.
“What an insecure [expletive]," one person wrote. "On a side note, tipping should be abolished. Pay your staff a living wage. Servers shouldn’t be held hostage by [expletive] like this woman."
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More people chimed in defending the waitress as well.
“In the southern US, everyone is called honey, sweety, sweetheart and my personal favourite, ‘sugar,’” one person noted.
“You know how many times I’ve been called hon or sweetie, or sweetheart by a waitress?" another person asked. "Well, not a lot. But, when it happens it’s always because it’s so into their vocabulary that they say that to everyone. It’s just how they end certain sentences. I didn’t think much of it."
One woman who used to be a waitress gave some insight from her perspective. “I was a waitress for 5 years while in high school & college, and even then I knew that usually if the wife or gf liked me/my service, it was going to be a better tip,” she wrote. “Was always careful not to do anything to make anyone feel disrespected. Saved the pig tails and flirty banter for when the sports teams came in after a game or table full of just men.”
"I’m interested to know if the server also called the wife some kind of endearing pet name or just the husband," someone wondered.
“Context matters," another person added. "If somebody was clearly disrespecting our relationship by openly flirting with my boyfriend and calling him pet names in front of me, I wouldn’t be nice about it either.”
Others on social media continued to assume that this incident took place somewhere in the South, where words like "sweetheart" or "dear" are embedded into the everyday language.
“I have to say, I don't like it when random people call me pet names," someone commented. "But I wouldn't not tip if a server did it.”
While this was definitely a surprising "tip," it's not the first nor last of them. What do you think? Would you have tipped or not tipped?
