Wow

[RB TexLa]

[Brickbat]

1. You're still around? Wow, indeed.

Did you know that anyone can write anything they damn well please on a receipt? IT'S TRUE.

[jsaro]

2. Bogus?

No one would write that for real.

[yewberry]

3. Have you ever waited tables?

I had people write "God bless you" in the tip line back in those bad old days. And I was a terrific server.

[WinkyDink]

4. You've been had:

http://www.salesreceiptstore.com/fake_receipt_templates.html

http://salesreceiptstore.com/photos_images_fake_receipts.html

[joshcryer]

14. I don't see that template on those pages.

Do you have a direct link?

[Robb]

5. Single moms are also responsible for AK-47s on the streets!

See, now you have something in common with Mitt Romney.

[NashvilleLefty]

6. I thought this had been debunked as not real.

[Ikonoklast]

7. Easily suckered, I see.

Either that, or you think no one else here knows how to use Teh Goggle.

[RB TexLa]

9. I just saw it. if it's not real, I'll delete it

no one said anything on here

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/single-mom-leaves-outrage_n_2051354.html

[TBF]

12. See post #4. nt

[RB TexLa]

13. I didn't see it on that site

[Ikonoklast]

15. The signer was a male, based on the handwriting style. Women seldom scribble like that.

The 'single mom sorry' printing does not match the printing style under the signature.

Someone else put that on the tip line.

The tip might have been paid in cash, and the meal put on the credit card, leaving that line blank.


This looks like a repeat of the debunked 'get a real job' receipt punk job that the gullible swallowed whole.

[joshcryer]

17. That's what I'm inclined to believe as well. They did it for "lulz."

Possibly mens rights misogynistic crap since this was originally posted to Reddit.

[Barack_America]

21. I often leave the tip in cash.

I know servers get paid shit. And while I *hope* they claim my cash tip for tax purposes, I'll leave that up to them.

[joshcryer]

23. Same here, they can use some disposable income at the end of a long day.

Though servers can get paid way more than even the managers if they're really good. Tipping is still the right thing to do.

[savebigbird]

8. I don't understand

How you could rack up a $140 restaurant bill and not even consider beforehand how much tip to leave. Clearly they don't value being waited on.

[Change has come]

10. See post # 4

This appears to be fake.

[savebigbird]

11. Yes I saw that...

...but this stuff goes on all the time for wait staff.

[joshcryer]

16. This is basically a ticking time bomb of drama.

Single mother? Spent that much on one meal? Couldn't tip $10? Waiters in the US getting half minimum wage, relying on tips? etc, etc.

This hit Reddit a week ago and the drama way intense.

I think it's probably real (that is, someone wrote that on a receipt), but whether the story itself is real is questionable.

[Panasonic]

18. Dude.

That's old. That's a fake.

Debunked a long time ago.

[joshcryer]

19. Do you have a link to the debunking?

[Panasonic]

20. Yeah. I seem to recall a similar signing

that caused an uproar against the 1% until it was discovered that it was fake.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107738/Receipt-1-percent-tip-fake-restaurant-says.html

[joshcryer]

22. Ahah, yeah, that's what I'm thinking this is too.

Having seen that one again it does seem like photoshop could come into play here, it doesn't look photoshoped to me, but I could be wrong. But I never bought the story.

[eqfan592]

24. Do a google search for "fake receipt."

There are various generators out there that could easily produce a receipt like this. Without more information, there is no reason to believe in this pictures authenticity, as it is too easily faked.