I had no words

[DocRafiki]

so $0.94 for 30 seconds of work... that's equivalent to... $112.80 and hour!!! (am i right?) Man, I don't make 1/4 of that, and I don't think those kids had to spend 8 years and $110K to learn how to pour coffee! You WON'T find me tipping them. It pains me to tip bartenders (since my bartender friends make more than me). (and yes, I worked plenty for minimum wage)

 

[abaldacci]

I would e-mail DD and tell them what happened I beat they don't even supose to have them in the store.

 

[Deb in IA]

Actually, I would have said, "Excuse me. I would like MY change back. Please get it for me."

And I would have waited for HIM to get it back for me.

 

[Mickeyfaniam]

I would have stood there waiting for him TO HAND ME MY CHANGE and then AFTER he put it in my hand ....without taking my glaring eyes off his eyes....I would hold up one penny....and still glaring drop it in the cup....then turn and exit

 

[WillyJ]

Wow!! That certainly took a lot of cajones . . .

I probably would have reacted like you did Jan. . . but I do agree that you should probably let the owner/manager of the place know what happened. It's not so much the money, but that I'm sure they like to be aware a doofus like that is alienating their customers.

You might even get a free dozen of glazed doughnuts or a cup of that 397 degree coffee they serve in those places out of the deal. . . LOL!!

 

[dmslush]

I would have dug my change out while muttering something about Mickey Mouse, change jar, gotta save money, ain't stealing my trip away LOL!

 

[Leota]

Geesh! I think Doc Rafiki is on to somethin here - Maybe I should get a job at a Dunkies or Brueggers where I can make $112.80 an hour for having no skills, no school, no brainpower........

I would have made him take the change out, count my money & give it to me, then asked for a tip for my trouble. It's not too late for you to talk to the manager of the store at the least.... I'd come armed with Doc's calculations too...

 

[ennazus]

I probably would have been too stunned to say anything, but if I could get any words out, it probably would have been what Deb in IA said.

 

[MeanLaureen]

Hmm... wonder how much my employees can start raking in for bagging cards and Yankee candles

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Originally posted by Deb in IA
Actually, I would have said, "Excuse me. I would like MY change back. Please get it for me."

And I would have waited for HIM to get it back for me.

Yep, that is what I would have done too.

 

[zurgswife]

I think my hand would have continued to stay out until they fished my money out of the cup....The DD tip cup bothers me...I've worked many tipped positions...where my income to clear minimum depended on tips...but these Fast food type places requesting tips really annoys me...

 

[Saffron]

LOL dmslush!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Okay, I want all the back tips I'm owed from all those years I worked at McDonalds while in college.

Seriously, though -- I would have handed the food back to him, and asked for my $5.00 back (let HIM dig into the tip jar and get the change to make his drawer even out), and asked for the name of his store manager or district manager.

I admit I've dropped change (maybe a quarter) in tip jars in the past, but now knowing they aren't at wait staff wages I don't.

Someone pulls that on me and they will lose not only my business but the business of everyone I tell as long as they have those tip jars there.

 

[PandyPaws]

That's just ridiculous, and takes some nerve!

I've had two different Burger Kings in the past year try to short me 3 cents by telling me they've "run out of pennies" So?? Short the store, not the customer. Neither one said anything, just handed me the change minus the pennies, until I questioned it. It's not a ton of money, but it's the principle of the matter. It could add up to quite a few bucks by the end of the day....money that BK doesnt need to be stealing ffrom people!

 

[luvdsny]

How rude of him! Those tip cups frustrate me!

 

[crazyme5kids]

Well the kid would have shorted himself some money if he waited on me. I always give a dollar. Actually he would have gotten a little more for that transaction, and I would have told he he just shorted himself by assuming he could tip himself. If he caught me on a day I was in a bad mood, I would speak to the owner/manager.

 

[Kitty 34]

How rude!!! Knowing me, I probably would have said something!!

 

[kylara]

I think the guy is betting that most people will be like the original OP...to stunned to say anything and then figure it isn't much so they leave. I know I probably would have done the same thing and then never returned to the DD again...after all, depending on where you live, there might be one on every corner.

I have never noticed a tip cup at DD before. Must be up to whoever the manager is or whoever owns that franchise. Personally, I think DD should have it in their franchise contract that they are NOT allowed. I do think they alienate customers, 'specially those whose livelyhood relies on tips. I know that DD workers don't make much more than minimum wage in most cases, but that is more than the waitress hoofing it and carring lots of hot plates or trays at the local resturants.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

Jan.. I think I would have been in shock myself.. but my dismay would have made me recover fast and say something... I always tip.. my Mom was a waitress.. now in saying that it is my choice to do so.. That person took away your choice.. I would have asked for my change back.. Do you think it was an oversight and he/she thought you said put the change in the cup??? Seems rather pushy for anyone to do.. Actually it shocks me too.. and usually nothing shocks me..

I probably would have to say something to the owner of the DD....that is just not fair.

 

[Teejay32]

I had no words either, I stopped at Dunkin Donuts on the way home from my Gramps' house. I pass it every night on my run over there and back, and never stop. Donuts = Bad. None of us need them. I stopped tonight though, got two coffees and asked for 4 donuts.
"How about a half dozen? Almost the same price" the woman says. I said hmmmmOK. "Is it alright if I put them in a bag?" I said fine, (?) no problem. "I'll give you extra," she says. (??)Alright.
She's there a while, and hands me this bag stuffed full, brimming, and charges me for a half dozen and two coffees, and says have a good night.
I know I'm leaving with more than a half dozen, so I put a buck in the tip cup. I get home, look in the bag...13 donuts. What the...? I now have 9 (nine) superfluous donuts.

This doesn't happen to most people, I take it. I'm on my third one now. %$!#&.