‘Don’t Call My Husband Sweetheart’: Wife’s Rude Note For Waitress Has Internet Fuming – News18

An aggressive note, reportedly left by an angry wife for a waitress, has prompted a discussion on tipping culture and what is and isn’t appropriate when it comes to flirting. Recently, a photo of a $32.76 bill (approximately Rs 2,700) was posted on Imgur, a photo-sharing platform. The ‘Tip’ corner on the bill read, “Don’t call my husband sweetheart” and no tip was added to the bill. This undated photo was titled, “Well, it may be a tip but she’s just trying to make a living.” No background or context was given alongside this photo and yet people were quick to comment on it.

Well, it may be a tip but she’s just trying to make a living.

An Igmur user referred to the wife who left the rude message for the waitress as “insecure” and wrote, “What an insecure b*tch. On a side note, tipping should be abolished. Pay your staff a living wage. Servers shouldn’t be held hostage by assholes like this woman.” Another person sarcastically remarked, “The nerve of that server to be hospitable to their guest.”

Someone expanded on the point about reforming the tipping system and wrote, “Having lived in countries where tipping exists and where it is INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE FOOD, I can safely say North Americans are so victimised they don’t realise it’s the employer’s job to meet the standard of living and the government’s job to enforce it. If waitstaff (for example) also wants to benefit from undeclared earnings to pay fewer taxes, then you want your cake and eat it, too. Tips are a very, very bad system.”

People also spoke about how in many places servers refer to everyone with terms of endearment as it’s the norm in that area. Echoing this view, a person wrote, “In the southern US, everyone is called “Honey, Sweety, Sweetheart” and my personal favourite Sugar”.

Making a similar point, another person wrote, “You know how many times I’ve been called hon or sweetie, or sweetheart by a waitress? 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.”

People also spoke about how they do not like the flirtatious nature of servers but still tip them well out of decency. “I don’t like being called with terms of endearment by anyone but my partner. But stiffing a tip for that is really douchey,” wrote an Igmur user.