She served up sass — and got served a pink slip.
A fired-up waitress has gone viral for calling out a diner who “stiffed” her on a tip — and then getting fired after she refused to apologize for it.
TikTokker @picklejuicelover33 shared the drama in a now-viral video that’s racked up over 2 million views.
In the clip, the ex-server explained that after joking around with a couple she’d been waiting on, she was stunned to discover the man left nothing but crumbs — no gratuity, despite the good vibes.
“I said, ‘Hey, was my service bad or something?’ and they were like, ‘No.’ And I go, ‘Well, you didn’t leave me a tip,’ and he was like, ‘I left you $7,’” she recounted in her video.
She wasn’t buying it.
“And the blatant lying pissed me off,” she continued. “And I was like, ‘No, you didn’t,’ and he was like, ‘Yes, I did,’ and I go, ‘Here, look,’ and he was like, ‘Well, it must have been an accident.’”
Things got even messier when the man’s date asked if he really hadn’t tipped.
The TikTokker confirmed it — and that’s when the diner claimed she was being “very rude” and insisted, “I’ve never had someone do this before.”
Her response?
“‘Well, you know, you cost servers money when you don’t tip them,’” the server said to the diner, as explained in her video.
The customer then ran to the manager, and when the restaurant worker refused to apologize, she said she was promptly “fired.”
The backlash, however, was served piping hot — in the comments section.
“Was a $10 tip worth losing your job though,” one person asked.
Another pointed fingers not at the cheapskate, but at the system: “Blame your government for not creating a livable minimum wage, not the random person who has paid for their meal and isn’t responsible for your salary.”
Others doubled down on diner’s rights.
“You’re not entitled to someone else’s money?? He paid for the service, anything extra is a kind gesture but NOT A REQUIREMENT,” one wrote.
“It’s rude not to tip but i think approaching him to ask is even ruder tbh,” another added. “Tips are at their discretion… I think saying anything to him was unacceptable tbh.”
“It’s extremely tacky to talk to guests about tipping unless they ask,” one chimed in, while another sniffed, “Risking a job over $7 is wild.”
Still, some stood by the server’s stand. “Honestly calling people out for not tipping should be allowed because it’s warranted…”
But perhaps one viewer nailed the vibe best: “Crazy he didn’t tip. Crazy you did that. Crazy you got fired for it. Tipping culture is crazy. Mixed emotions over here.”
Tip or no tip — this tale definitely left a bad taste.
As previously reported by The Post, a cocky crew of teens went viral this spring for stiffing a struggling waitress — and rubbing salt in the wound with a four-word zinger scrawled on the receipt: “Wear a life jacket.”
The 22-year-old server, who goes by Janet and slings plates at a chain spot “in the southern Midwestern area,” said she’s no stranger to tipless tables.
But this one didn’t just leave her empty-handed — it left her insulted. “It comes with the territory of being a server,” Janet told Newsweek after posting a pic of the receipt to Reddit under the handle u/Wrong_Confection331.
Ultimately, while some might say that tipping may be optional — also, apparently, basic decency is as well.
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