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Restaurant blasted for publicly shaming customers with tipping demand — but they’re not having it: ‘F- -k right off’

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Restaurant blasted for publicly shaming customers with tipping demand — but they’re not having it: ‘F- -k right off’

By Asia Grace Published June 18, 2026, 11:28 a.m. ET

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Furious foodies are at tipping point. 

Publicly shaming patrons into leaving hefty tips for waiters is, apparently, not the slam-dunk strategy one restauranteur had hoped it would be. Now, cheesed-off chowhounds are viciously, virally blasting the boneheaded boss for bullying customers to pay his staff a decent salary. 

“Our servers make $3.50 [per hour]…If you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to dine out,” reads a bulletin crudely taped to the window of unidentified eatery. In New York, the hourly minimum wage was recently set to $17 in the five boroughs and $16 throughout the rest of the state.

Restaurant posts sign saying servers make $3.50 an hour. 4
The restaurant owner’s sign has sparked a contentious debate online, dividing the internet over “out of control” tipping culture. @KhanSaba1278/X

The unmannerly missive, presumably penned by the establishment’s management, is trending online, scaring up more than 2.6 million X views from a divided digital audience, debating the do’s and don’t’s of tipping culture. 

Although it’s customary for most restaurant-goers to gift their waiters a few extra bucks for good grub and sublime service, tipping has become a bone of contention for US diners over the past few years. 

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