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Imagine working in a position where a good chunk of your income comes from tips. It would help you appreciate just how important tipping really is.

What would you do if your dad treated your family to dinner, but you didn’t think he was tipping generously enough? Would you insist on helping with the tip or let him do what he wants without complaint?

In this story, one man who works as a dealer at a casino is in this exact situation, and it made him feel like a kid in the worst way possible.

Keep reading for all the details.

My parents refuse my card, wants to stiff with my employee discount

Got off my dealer grave shift at the casino.

Parents ring me to meet them for the brunch buffet in the steak house. It’s a wonderful spread of crab, lobster, oysters and the works. Tons of staff.

Cheque comes for our table of five, my parents have three vouchers (they don’t gamble, gifts from friends) so we need only two covers and they asked for my employee discount.

Our bill goes from $320 to $100.

They disagreed about the tip.

I toss my card to the end of the table and my dad refuses.

I say I want to help pay and tip.

Dad says, “I got this 15% is $45 that’s enough.” I say “not even close this meal was nearly free let me tip $20 a head I got this.”

Again I am refused and he said “ok 20%.”

He let his father win this time.

My father argued me down and stiffed my coworkers. He is a moron. He then gave me the “we work hard for our money, and so does Server” talk.

No fn way you are going to use my 15% discount on a 2/5 priced tab and tip 15%. Why do heck would you not let me pay and reciprocate the generosity that I live off of.

I get that he wanted to treat his son to a nice buffet. But to be so ignorant to argue with me about over tipping when I am a tipped position. I was exhausted from my workday and I didn’t think it worth it to fight with my parents at work. I felt like a kid again.

I need to bring cash IF I go out with them again.

That sounds really frustrating. The dad should’ve let his son help with the tip.

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This is what I thought he was going to do.

Another person doesn’t think he really undertipped.

I think he should tip on the total price before the discount, but 15% for a buffet and increasing it to 20% doesn’t sound like a bad percentage to me. It’s not like it’s table service. You do most of the work yourself at a buffet.

If he feels this strongly about it, next time he should bring cash.