Karen says she won't tip me because of my service, but a 20% tip is required at my restaurant.

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This happened to me a few years ago and I just remembered it recently.

I was working at a restaurant waiting tables in a very affluent area on the Jersey shore.

We had our fair share of entitled people who were under the impression that if you threw enough

money around, you could do whatever you want and treat people however you want.

And when your income depends on their tips, you kind of just have to deal with it.

The restaurant had an outdoor dining and bar area that overlooked the ocean with an amazing

view.

During the summer, this was pretty much where everyone wanted to sit rather than our indoor

dining area.

And for anyone who works someplace with outdoor dining, you know the one monkey wrench that

can ruin a very profitable dinner shift is the weather.

No matter how accurate the forecast says it's going to be, you can never know for sure.

For the most part, we never had an issue, because if it started to rain abruptly, there

would usually be more than enough room inside for all the people who are sitting outside to move

in. It's usually a mind freak to try and keep track of which table moved where, but we always

handled it without any issue.

Until that one day, we had a large party booked one day in our indoor area that took up

more than half of our tables, a 50th birthday, I believe.

So our indoor capacity was limited. And even on top of the party,

there were customers who were weary about the weather, so they decided to sit inside also.

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