Diners refuse to leave gratuity after fight over paltry portion size and many agree that theyre in the right: Normalize not tipping bad service
They won’t be guilt-tripped for leaving no tip.A diner sparked a raging debate about gratuities after refusing to tip a waitress over a stingy portion of fajitas, as detailed in a video with over 2.6 million views on TikTok.“I went to dinner with my parents last night and we did not tip our server,” Jenna Simpson declared on camera.
“I want to know what you would have done in our situation.”The ordeal occurred while the unhappy customer was dining with her family at the Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio.Simpson and her mom had reportedly ordered espresso martinis while she chose a steak salad for her main.Her mom was mulling ordering the $26 chicken fajitas but thought the sprawling portion depicted on the menu might be too big to tackle by herself — so her dad offered to split it.When they asked the server if it was enough for both of them, she replied that it was a “ton of food” and would therefore suffice, so they went ahead and ordered it.Their meal went awry early on after the waitress failed to put in their espresso martini order, which the waitress chalked up to an issue with the machine.That’s when her parents’ main course arrived and they felt like they’d been culinarily catfished.
“This was my parents ‘ton-of-food fajita,’” snarked the unimpressed gal, before panning to a measly mound of chicken and veg that looked nothing like the photo on the menu.The waitress eventually arrived with their espresso martinis some 10 minutes later, which is when Simpson’s parents informed her of the fajita fiasco.“My parents are like, ‘Hey, so like, this is not what we ordered,” she recalled.“You said it would be a ton of food.
You said it would be like the picture.This is not like the picture at all.’”Unfortunately, the waitress disagreed with their assessment, so they decided to speak with the manager, which is where “everything went very south,” she said.
According to Simpson, the boss started “talking ...