Coworker Claims My Tips
Customer service is only developing in my country (Georgia). We don’t tip usually, as people from USA are used to, but it’s an ongoing process and people are learning from tourists and start to tip too. Here a waitress doesn’t have her own table. Everyone goes to everywhere. One waiter can take an order, another will deliver it, the third will bring drinks and another one will change your plates.
Usually customer service is bad here too. Foreign people often ask on my country’s subreddit about “what’s wrong with customer service in Georgia?”. Usual answer is that people are underpaid and don’t have mental state for smiling.
On the other hand, I’m a very active, smiling and nice person. I’m always smiling and have a jumping rabbit attitude where I’m greeting guests, take order and immediately jump on ladders, quickly come back etc. I’d say I’m average in terms of looks. 540
I also have that silly buzz to pixie cut that I’m desperately growing out so imagine my mental state within beautiful coworkers. However, due to my personality and generally attractive behavior I just steal the show. Yesterday every table was directly calling me just to say how cute I am and some even called me “very beautiful” which shocked me.
Enough with background. As I said, we don’t have our own tables and any table is typically served by multiple servers. That’s not a huge deal to begin with as the tip is collected and put into a box and shared at the end of the week. However, I faced multiple situations yesterday at a new place I work that almost every table I served solely and put my soul into it, giving my best and receiving the same compliments from guests about how different my service is, was billed and more importantly closed by my coworker who at the end of the day said “Ah, I made so much tips today, what a day!”. I was like lol, what? You’re just taking back to the office the bills with tips I got and I said thank you for. Of course I did not say that to her but anyway.
All I’m saying here is that yeah, it’s not a big deal as long as tip is a tip and it is split evenly at the end of the week no matter who brought it but I’m just curious of how would you handle this situation? I don’t think she’s mean or anything. I also think she believes it’s really her getting those tips for bringing a glass of water to my tables or taking the bill to the office in the end after me serving it for an hour.
They say “You don’t bring your rules to a stranger monastery” so as a new girl I’m just standing and watching, never engaging in a drama or anything. Due to my age and shyness to stand my ground I’m here for your advices. 201