Oddball tip jars

[Becks]

I keep threatening to have a tip jar/cup at work. I bet management would be less than amused.

[angelkirie]

I always like the signs on the jars at Taco Del Mar

"Employee Therapy Fund"

[GayleShy]

They never sang when I went there!!

I told them that I was paying them not to sing. They laughed and looked happy.

[repsac]

There's a chinese restaraunt I go to regularly that has a tip cup.

[HoppiLoco]

The oddest place I've ever seen a tip jar was outside of a toilet in Italy. It wasnt even in a city, it was in an archeological zone-- There was some guy who sat there (immediately outside of the stall, very awkward), and ran into the stall to very frantically mop every time anyone used it. He had a plate out which was marked "tips" next to the sink... I thought it was very odd and somewhat sketchy, but I felt kinda bad for him so I tipped anyway.

[ominousoat]

I've never seen an oddball tip jar (although I did once set one up at the gas station I worked at, it said "Gas station employees need to buy gas too"...needless to say I never got a penny) but I find it fun to randomly tip people in service industries that never get tipped. Seriously, tip a McSlave, tip that guy who rips up your ticket at the theater, it's hilarious.

[Rapscallion]

Thanks to this thread, I recently ran into our traffice department's office, dropped a tip jar on a colleague's desk, then ran back out giggling maniacally.

I spent the rest of the afternoon persuading people to go in and drop a few coins into the jar to make him feel better.

Rapscallion

[Becks]

Raps, I can totally picture you doing that.

If I may ask, though...how come you didn't scamper, instead of run?

[Rapscallion]

I'm a touch large to scamper effectively these days.

Rapscallion

[Becks]

Fair enough.

[blas]

On Judge Judy yesterday, there was a man who would play Santa at christmas for the little ones, and he had a tip jar that said "Santa's eggnog fund". The case was that he was suing his former employer (for the Santa gig) for illegally firing him. His ex employer thought that the tip cup was greedy (especially when this arsehole is demanding $25 an hour to play Santa for only 5 hours) and that he was not good with the children.

He lost .

I have a feeling if I ever saw a tip jar next to a mall Santa, I'd be tempted to kick it over.

[tollbaby]

I once jokingly stapled a styrofoam coffee cup to a sign I'd made at my gov't office job. A lot of people remarked that they could barely see me behind the water cooler that sat at the corner of my desk (wasn't my idea to put it there, and I wasn't happy about it taking up my work space and people making messes on my desk every time they changed the bottle). So I made myself a sign that said "Pay no attention to the woman behind the water cooler" and stapled a cup to the bottom of the sign saying "Tips (or cookies) welcome".

No one complained, but the thing was, it was taped to the wall BEHIND my desk, so it wasnt' like anybody could put anything in it anyway (although a coworker who is also a good friend did end up putting 27¢ in it once LOL)

[mscrybaby]

They just replayed that one with the Santa here the other day. I thought it was totally rediculous.

The XXX store in the last town I lived in had a little box and on it there was a note that said "buy Woodies Harley fund" I put a few quarters in there once in awhile.

[Plaidman]

I saw one at a McDonalds once, with a sign "Manager is out, tips please!".


I just walked out in all honestly, I hate to know what whould have happened had I not tipped. The employeess seem really wierd.

[Cia]

We've had two tip jars set up next to the coffee maker over the years. One was marked for "Get Boss' bike out of the shop" and the other was "Beer Fund". Occasionally you'd find a quarter or a dollar in them but usually you find the knock-outs from junction boxes. Unfortunately the bank wont accept knock-outs as money.