Denny's Roasted People Who Don't Tip On Twitter And The Backlash Was Swift
By Mustafa GatollariJan. 15 2020, Updated 3:10 p.m. ET
Although Wendy's is pretty much the master of savage restaurant Twitter accounts, Denny's has a pretty strong social media game, too.
Remember this existential message hidden in one of the popular diner chain's tweets?
zoom in on the syrup pic.twitter.com/omRBupjrXq
— Denny's (@DennysDiner) March 1, 2017Whoever's in charge of their social media has been a roll recently. But as with all winning streaks, there comes a time when it comes to an end. And for Denny's, the end came in the form of a brutal, should've-seen-that-coming response to a tweet.
It all started with this pretty awesome joke Denny's made about people who don't tip their waitstaff.
📂 people
└📁 non-tippers
└📁 heart
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However, Twitter had some thoughts about tipping culture that they wanted to share. And they didn't hold back.
📂 companies who pay servers 2 dollars an hour
└📁 dennys
└📁 heart
└⚠️ this folder is empty
Depending on what state you're in, labor laws for tipped individuals set minimum wages as low as $2.13, although there are some states that give higher hourly minimums than others. California, for example, starts waiters and waitresses off with $10 an hour, in addition to gratuities.
But depending on the restaurant you work at, you might make very little off of tips.
📂 Denny’s
└📁 Servers
└📁 Livable Wage
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So people kept the memes coming to remind the restaurant chain that those who dwell in glass American diners shouldn't throw stones.
📂 blaming customers for low wage
└📁 dennys
└📁 spine
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📂 restaurants
└📁 restaurants that pay new hires $13/hr to start
└📁in-n-out
└💯 in-n-out is the best place to work
hmm... maybe if you cared about your workers you'd pay them a living wage?
— snowmanomics (@snowmanomics) August 31, 2017It started a conversation on the state of compensation in the US food service industry, too.
Pay your employees enough money to live on without having to rely on tips 😒
— Lara Carter (@laracarbonara) August 31, 2017Tipping is an American concept that needs to die. Just charge me more as a customer and pay employees more. 🤔
— Umakanth (@UmakanthNP) September 1, 2017And meme-ads in general.
📁companies
L📁companies that use meme-ads
L📁 companies that use memes-ads that aren't cringey
L⚠️ this folder is empty
In any event, it's hard to believe they didn't at least consider people would throw shade at this tweet.
Amazing that they didn't see this coming.
— 💀PJM💀 (@pauljmorse) August 31, 2017Awkward.
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