A server finishes a $75 bill, then looks at the payment tablet and sees what the customer left her. Her reaction: ‘I will remember ur face’

A server says a customer paid a $75 bill by card except for 13 cents, covered the rest with a quarter, and left the change as her tip. According to BroBible, server Jenn Kelson shared the moment in a TikTok. The clip features a payment tablet with a notice that the customer still owed 13 cents, and a quarter resting in front of it.

In text overlaying the video, Kelson writes sarcastically, “Thank you for your generosity, it was a pleasure serving you.” She follows with a promise to give “the service this tip deserves next time.” Her caption explains that the customer covered nearly the whole check by card and left the remainder on the table, and that she kept the change as her tip.

Kelson adds, “I will remember ur face and will adjust my service accordingly.” She presents herself there as a longtime server. In a Bankrate survey published in 2025, 63% of Americans reported at least one unfavorable opinion of tipping. YouGov ran the online poll of 2,445 adults for the outlet.

Surveys and guidelines show typical tipping

Pew Research found that 92% of U.S. adults who eat at sit-down restaurants always or often tip, including 81% who always do. For an average meal, a quarter of Americans would leave 20% or more, 12% would leave 18%, and 57% would leave 15% or less.

Habits vary by service. Pew found that 78% of customers always or often tip for haircuts, 76% for food delivery and 70% at bars. The figure drops to 25% at coffee shops and 12% at fast-casual restaurants. A more recent poll measured changes in tipping habits. Restaurant Dive covered a Popmenu survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers in which 35% reported tipping less often or in smaller amounts at restaurants this year. The share who tip servers 20% or more fell from 45% to 41% over six months.

One guide recommends leaving at least 18% of the bill before tax at a sit-down restaurant and notes that tips make up most of waitstaff pay there. NerdWallet suggests 15% to 20% before tax, with more for service that goes above and beyond. On a $75 check, 15% to 20% comes to $11.25 to $15. For over-the-counter orders, the same guide describes tips as discretionary, from $2 to $3 up to 20%.

Federal law lets employers pay tipped workers as little as $2.13 per hour in direct wages, the Department of Labor states. Employers can claim a tip credit of up to $5.12 per hour, which is the gap between the $7.25 minimum and the $2.13 cash wage. If wages and tips do not reach the $7.25 federal minimum, the employer must cover the difference.

Small tips have drawn attention before, as when a server reported that a customer left $2 on an $825 tab.