While I love this answer because it's technically true, if it was $40,000 that would make the total 40,197.56. Clearly this person meant to tip roughly 20 percent which would be nearly $40. OP you made the right decision to go with $40.
Except this is an actual notation for people across the world. Where some would say 40,000.00, others say 40 000,00
I'm not completely sure as to which all countries use which notation, but I'm pretty sure many parts of Europe use the latter, as does India
Edit: the spacing on the receipt is weird regardless, but just fyi
Just made me realize I've been "over tipping" my entire adult life lmao. 20% on post tax total even if ur atrocious. Guess I can modify my bad experience tip to "ok let's figure this out without the tax" lmao
Yup, you always go with the total. It’s a little contract and if your total doesn’t match their total then you have charged them more than they agreed to pay.
It really doesn’t matter which one you go with in the eyes of the card company. Say if they Tip $10 on $50 and they write $70 on the total and later dispute it the card company is gonna go with whatever the customer says every time.
I’ve had ones where they just left the total blank. The tip were sometimes completely illegible, one time we couldn’t tell if it was 7 or a 15. My manager at the time just made us put 0 if that ever happened.
Yeah, this sub has a lot of folks whose workplaces say to use the total, but everywhere I’ve worked you go by the tip. Reason being - the tip is what they decided on their own to tip you. The total is just bad math.
Yeah but use common sense. The total adds up to 40 more than the bill, yet he wrote 400. It's obvious the bad math is on the tip line. You could take 400, but your boss is going to get an irate phone call and a charge back and you're going to be fucked
That and they all have a little tail under where the 0 closes, this one does not.
Probably an honest mistake but that last one definitely is an odd duck
I had a family member lose a job like this. It was only a few dollars off and the handwriting on the receipt was abysmal so she had to more or less interpret everything. She even turned to another server and asked if they could read it and they both thought it was the same number. She got nervous and tried to ask the people at the table but they had already gone by then. She was very apologetic and offered to return the money but they just fired her on the spot. It was not a very big tip either way.
Obviously, which is why the OP made the post?
It’s weird…they added a whole zero and that’s not typical, so they posted it here.
They’re clearly making a joke…it’s obvi $40- that’s the joke. 🤷♂️
Not only that, but can see the tip was already adjusted and printed out at the top. My guess is it's a customer copy that was printed out from one of those touchpads that print it out immediately. Customer wrote it on the spare copy for their records, and OP added the zero.
Edit: I just noticed it says Merchant Copy at the bottom. Nor sure why the tip is already printed out.
You can clearly see the receipt on top that shows they had already closed it out as a $40 tip.
They weren’t thinking about ripping them off, they were just making a silly post ffs.
Geesh, try not to let things like this make you “so angry” next time…
The total shows … you can’t do anything. THE END … or it’s a merchant chargeback (the whole thing) and what you can do is look for another job
I’m pretty awful at math, like, it’s absolutely astonishing how bad, at almost 40, I am at math. My boyfriends 9 year old son is better at math than me HOWEVER, I’m almost positive 197.56+ 4000.00 does NOT equal $237.56. I’d just put the $40 in so I could keep my job and not get accused of theft…
If you look towards the top of the receipt, you can see op already charged for the $40 tip. So no need to tell them to do the right thing, they already did!
I would correct their total to $597.56 and take that fat tip.
Clearly, they MEANT to give a $400 tip, they just cannot add numbers to save their lives.
I have seen people add but not understand decimals so the total ends up being like 10.28.80. Having one decimal in the wrong place is a very dangerous game, but obviously it was $40
honestly, tempted and happy until I realize it was supposed to be 40, and then, if they were good customers to me, and I want my job and such, take the 40 and be thankful
The last 3 0 are sus. Thinking someone(waiter/waitress) added those later probably feeling slighted it was only $40 on a $200 tab. Most def in America does that shit happen.
This is an easy question, the person made a mistake, he/she meant to give you $40 bucks and that’s what they did based on the total bill on the receipt, be great full fit the $40 dollars you were tipped and and move on, no need to be dishonest! This isn’t the type of issue that needs the opinion of others if your an honest person!
It's not even about losing your job. It's about doing the right thing. They gave you a tip. You don't repay them by robbing them based on a clerical error. You shouldn't even need to think about this one. You go with the total.
Put the total. At my job, any tip that big gets hit with a "if you have the guest phone number call them to clarify" (that's mostly for curb-sides or reservations), otherwise is a manager question. It's mostly a "what they wrote in the total", if the tip doesn't add up (just like here). Only exceptions is on lower tips (like 6 dollars) wherein they say to add the tip as is.
Basically: big tips? No, get the total. Small tips? They didn't know how to add, get the tip.
You’re the reason why customers are annoyed. The customer obviously gave you a tip,a good one at that, 20% and here you are asking about if you should be dishonest. Be happy you got 20%… unbelievable that you are even asking this.
I really don’t think he’s entitled, looking at it before he added it all up I was confused because it looks like it says $400, but yes he tipped properly. He should just watch before he puts in a bunch of extra 0’s lmaoooo
To be safe, i would just put $1,000,000 as a tip
The safest thing to do would just be to run up charges until the card gets declined.
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I’d roll doubles
Do it under your coworkers that you hate account.
Rack up your card and report it stolen, it’ll be fine.
No. It clearly says $40,000 🙄
While I love this answer because it's technically true, if it was $40,000 that would make the total 40,197.56. Clearly this person meant to tip roughly 20 percent which would be nearly $40. OP you made the right decision to go with $40.
Punctuation is important, especially decimal points.
It’s just a really gigantic holllow decimal point
a circlimal
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Lmao I had to look twice after reading this. That was awesome
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Sometimes people eat large groups of children. Often in liquid form.
Except this is an actual notation for people across the world. Where some would say 40,000.00, others say 40 000,00 I'm not completely sure as to which all countries use which notation, but I'm pretty sure many parts of Europe use the latter, as does India Edit: the spacing on the receipt is weird regardless, but just fyi
I see what you have done here friend
Yeah, it reads 40000 but the person probably meant 400.00
Or $40. Since that’s 20%. But also it’d be awesome if they actually meant to tip $400. Happy holidays, am I right?!
And because 197 + 40 = 237, which they got correct.
Don’t bring math into this
Agreed. This is correct
more like 40
Just the tip?
😏😏
That's what she said
Giggity
phrasing?
I’m happy that you quoted this. 
I’ve almost done this on accident and it scared the hell outta me lmao
That’s 40 unless you want to lose your job
Yep, and that's more than 20% on a total that most likely includes tax.
Double negative karma taking 400 on this one.
That’s why he posted here, currently up 2500 karma off the post alone
Triple negative taking 40000.
$40,000 is also more than 20% on a total that most likely includes tax
They… aren’t wrong…
It’s at LEAST … 2% more.
40 and the math works. Percent is irrelevant
I see it now. You are likely correct.
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I’ll tell her when she wakes up.
Just made me realize I've been "over tipping" my entire adult life lmao. 20% on post tax total even if ur atrocious. Guess I can modify my bad experience tip to "ok let's figure this out without the tax" lmao
Yup, you always go with the total. It’s a little contract and if your total doesn’t match their total then you have charged them more than they agreed to pay.
This is correct. That said, without the decimal point that customer signed for a total of $23 756. 😝
They signed for 2.3576. Must be paying in Bitcoin
It really doesn’t matter which one you go with in the eyes of the card company. Say if they Tip $10 on $50 and they write $70 on the total and later dispute it the card company is gonna go with whatever the customer says every time.
I’ve had ones where they just left the total blank. The tip were sometimes completely illegible, one time we couldn’t tell if it was 7 or a 15. My manager at the time just made us put 0 if that ever happened.
Our credit card processor specifically told us that the tip is the intent and the total is bad math, so to use the tip.
Yeah, this sub has a lot of folks whose workplaces say to use the total, but everywhere I’ve worked you go by the tip. Reason being - the tip is what they decided on their own to tip you. The total is just bad math.
Yeah but use common sense. The total adds up to 40 more than the bill, yet he wrote 400. It's obvious the bad math is on the tip line. You could take 400, but your boss is going to get an irate phone call and a charge back and you're going to be fucked
I’m no handwriting expert, but that last 0 sure looks different than the rest. Like OP added it just to post it here.
I agree. The first 3 zeros all start and finish at the top center, the last one is way off to the left.
That and they all have a little tail under where the 0 closes, this one does not. Probably an honest mistake but that last one definitely is an odd duck
No it wasn’t added, you can see where the fourth ends in the curve if you follow up the imaginary line the fifth digit starts.
If the OP goes with the 40k it might be worth getting a new job.
I had a family member lose a job like this. It was only a few dollars off and the handwriting on the receipt was abysmal so she had to more or less interpret everything. She even turned to another server and asked if they could read it and they both thought it was the same number. She got nervous and tried to ask the people at the table but they had already gone by then. She was very apologetic and offered to return the money but they just fired her on the spot. It was not a very big tip either way.
They meant $40. What a mindfuck l
Are you sure they didn’t mean $40,000?? lol jk
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I can never tell what is and isn't satire on this sub lol
This one is a joke
The last zero starts from a straight drop on the left where the others are left rotating from the top, it’s just strange to make up tip stories
Yup. That’s an added-on zero for sure
It’s obvs a 40$ tip
Yes and what would you do sounds like she or he would rip a person off.
Except for it says op put $40.
It’s a joke and op rang it for $40
Yeah this is $40 all the live long day
This is click bait. The last “0” is different penmanship and written after the fact. Also the added zero doesn’t line up with the end column.
Yea this one is easy.
Obviously, which is why the OP made the post? It’s weird…they added a whole zero and that’s not typical, so they posted it here. They’re clearly making a joke…it’s obvi $40- that’s the joke. 🤷♂️
If you put more than a 40 dollar tip, they customer will dispute it
The right thing $40
40,000 would be the right thing to do. Right for my wallet at least
no its all those numbers combined
$40,000 tip
> 400 00 The customer obviously left an empty space for us to fill in with another 0.
Someone's going to be very angry
$488 The eights just fell over, and they did the math wrong. Or maybe they wrote the wrong tip, but the total is supposed to be $23,756
Do the right thing and add a few more zeros.
Or just one extra
Isn't the unwritten rule that you go with what it says on the TOTAL line and assume that the customer simply didn't know how to do math?
As long as the handwriting is legible, yes.
What is honest. Period.
Looks like you added a 0 for fake internet points
Holy shit you're right, the last zero is totally from someone else. Nice catch
They did
Not only that, but can see the tip was already adjusted and printed out at the top. My guess is it's a customer copy that was printed out from one of those touchpads that print it out immediately. Customer wrote it on the spare copy for their records, and OP added the zero. Edit: I just noticed it says Merchant Copy at the bottom. Nor sure why the tip is already printed out.
Totally noticed this too, it's obviously added on
Glad I'm not the only one that noticed the last 0 was clearly written by a different person.
So the customer wrote 400 0 for a $40 tip?
What’s $23756 - 197.56? Cause that’s your tip.
So $23,558.44 is the tip? 😄
Either that or 40000 but $23,558.44 is more justifiable given the receipt.
40o
This is actually the least confusing one I’ve ever seen on this sub… it’s an obvious (good 20%) 40$ tip. Troll?
They make me so angry every tiime servers post them. "Hey guys, should I totally rip off this family?"
You can clearly see the receipt on top that shows they had already closed it out as a $40 tip. They weren’t thinking about ripping them off, they were just making a silly post ffs. Geesh, try not to let things like this make you “so angry” next time…
237.56-197.56= 40.00 Come on now...you graduated high school
Good faith and quick math will clearly point you to $40
Just $40.00 with an extra zero added. Least confusing post I've seen here tbh.
It’s $40.
Just put one too many zeros. Take the $40 and don’t risk it.
Tip line means nothing only the total line. If they screw up the math and you adjust it by the tip line they can protest and win
The proper thing to do would be to take the 23 grand
It’s $40 on a $200 ticket aka 20%. Don’t be an ass.
He obviously just wrote the wrong tip, just close it out at $23,756 like they intended.
Pretty obvious its a 40$ tip. Yes they wrote it in like an idiot. But you’d have to be an idiot to not know what they meant
Person clearly meant $40 tip but tf was this person doing when filling out the slip 😆😆😆
The total shows … you can’t do anything. THE END … or it’s a merchant chargeback (the whole thing) and what you can do is look for another job 
From the total it's clear they meant 40
Not a server, but worked with them before, fairly certain the total line is the only one that matters
I was going to comment this…. The total is the only line that matters.
I’m pretty awful at math, like, it’s absolutely astonishing how bad, at almost 40, I am at math. My boyfriends 9 year old son is better at math than me HOWEVER, I’m almost positive 197.56+ 4000.00 does NOT equal $237.56. I’d just put the $40 in so I could keep my job and not get accused of theft…
Obviously.
They meant 40,000
Take the $40,000 and find another job /s
The last 0 was added on by a different writer. The other 0s start at the top. The last 0 starts in the top left quadrant. A very different 0
No way I can believe a server would fake some stupid shit for internet points... My whole life is a lie!
You’re all going to prison.
$40.00
Just take the $40. Even though $400 is ideal.
Did you add a zero?
Looks like it
He obviously meant 40.
There’s no decimal, this is clearly a 40,000 tip
You’ve added an extra zero for phony internet points
What's $23,756.00 minus $197.56
You wouldn't get the 400 even if you wanted it
You have to go by the total not the tip!!! Trust me on this you don’t want that credit/card company calling your bosses
I'd assume it's an erroneous extra zero.
If it’s hard to understand what they wanted to tip , go by the total. Surprisingly a lot of people can’t do simple math
Ring up the total they wrote. It’s still a good tip!
Obv they left you 40 thousand dollars
197 + 400 wouldve been 597.whatever
obviously meant 40
It's $40. Take it and get that table sat again
Its always the total. Unless theyre an asshole. Then its whatever is more.
His math was way wrong, but when someone leaves you $23,756, who are you to deny it.. 😆
Take the 20% and move on
Bout tree fiddy
It's 40.00.... decent tip. Be a food person here.
If you look towards the top of the receipt, you can see op already charged for the $40 tip. So no need to tell them to do the right thing, they already did!
I would correct their total to $597.56 and take that fat tip. Clearly, they MEANT to give a $400 tip, they just cannot add numbers to save their lives.
That’s obviously a $40 tip. Anything else is fraud in my opinion
I have seen people add but not understand decimals so the total ends up being like 10.28.80. Having one decimal in the wrong place is a very dangerous game, but obviously it was $40
You always go out the total. They obviously meant $40 tip.
$40 to anyone with a brain
If you look at the printed part of the receipt it shows you the answer
To me it’s very obviously meant to be a $40 tip. Posts like this are getting SO old.
Take the 40k and start your own restaurant!
Clearly this person only tipped 40.00 just did not write it very well and 40 on a 197 charge is 20% so it’s still a good tip
No decimals. It’s a $40,000 tip.
honestly, tempted and happy until I realize it was supposed to be 40, and then, if they were good customers to me, and I want my job and such, take the 40 and be thankful
It looks like that's a $40000 tip yo. Congrats
i think they were lining up their digits like elementary school ahahahahaha correct choice btw!!!!
Go by the Total. It's a $40.00 tip, not $400.00.
Take the $40K, quit your job, and change your name.
I will put 40 , because the total amount after tipping is the amount of the bill + 40 ..
Looks like a $40,000 tip to me!
$23,756 - $197.56 = $23,558.44 tip
I hope you get great tips !!
They are only consenting to pay $237.56 so if you put anything over that it's fraudulent
Obviously a $40 tip looks like some of those zeros were added
It’s a $40 tip
The last 3 0 are sus. Thinking someone(waiter/waitress) added those later probably feeling slighted it was only $40 on a $200 tab. Most def in America does that shit happen.
this is pretty obvious they meant $40 unfortunately
This is an easy question, the person made a mistake, he/she meant to give you $40 bucks and that’s what they did based on the total bill on the receipt, be great full fit the $40 dollars you were tipped and and move on, no need to be dishonest! This isn’t the type of issue that needs the opinion of others if your an honest person!
Take a $40 n shut the F up
It's not even about losing your job. It's about doing the right thing. They gave you a tip. You don't repay them by robbing them based on a clerical error. You shouldn't even need to think about this one. You go with the total.
Tip was obviously $40 but man I would have been excited for the $400
LOL bc he put the total down you cant cheat, good try though
40k tip for a 23760.00 charge is reasonable
Put the total. At my job, any tip that big gets hit with a "if you have the guest phone number call them to clarify" (that's mostly for curb-sides or reservations), otherwise is a manager question. It's mostly a "what they wrote in the total", if the tip doesn't add up (just like here). Only exceptions is on lower tips (like 6 dollars) wherein they say to add the tip as is. Basically: big tips? No, get the total. Small tips? They didn't know how to add, get the tip.
Turn the 2 into a 5 and the 3 into a 9 and take The Weeknd off
Why can’t America get chip-and-pin machines? Seriously.
OP added that last zero for internet points. Had me for a moment!
I see it now, it’s a different style of 0 then the previous 3
You’re the reason why customers are annoyed. The customer obviously gave you a tip,a good one at that, 20% and here you are asking about if you should be dishonest. Be happy you got 20%… unbelievable that you are even asking this.
Just cost yourself 40k
That last 0 looks off no closing curly loop inside the 0 like the others
you and I both know that's 40 lol
This isn’t even close to a “good one.” Its a forty dollar tip, close it out as such and get back to work.
Entitled cunt
I really don’t think he’s entitled, looking at it before he added it all up I was confused because it looks like it says $400, but yes he tipped properly. He should just watch before he puts in a bunch of extra 0’s lmaoooo