Server reveals the ‘hidden meaning’ behind a bill left face-down on the table

A server has revealed why she gets nervous anytime she goes to pick up a check and a customer has left it 'face down' on the table.

Well, while it's not really a 'hidden meaning' - it's fairly obvious really - it is about something being hidden, a server revealing why a check and tip slip being left 'face down' on a table by a customer can be a sign the shift isn't going quite as well as hoped.

A TikToker called Saydie took to her page last week to reveal while she was working in an establishment in Arizona she came across a check 'face down' on the table'.

In the clip, she says: "These people left the tip slip face down. You know what that means...

"Let's see if I'm right. I haven't looked at it yet. Ready? Three, two, one. What is it?"

Well, you'd think it could clearly go one of two ways here, right?

Either the customer left an atrociously low tip and knew it and to avoid embarrassment or issue, they'd tried to conceal the amount by placing the slip face down.

Or perhaps the tip was so big they also got embarrassed or wanted the server to have an extra nice surprise?

Saydie reveals the tip left was $15 on a $93 bill. "Yeah, not the worst, not the best," she comments.

And it's not taken long for social media users to weigh in and the age old debate over what constitutes a good enough tip to get started once again.

A TikTok user wrote: "I leave mine that way sometimes bc I internally panic that I did the math the wrong way and don’t want my smart friends to judge me."

"It's even scarier when they sign and dip in seconds like every time I know it's gonna hurt," another added.

A third wrote: "You just can’t win with servers that’s a generous tip!"

Saydie responded: "Never said the tip was bad, I was saying I was expecting worse."

"At this point just leave nothing, they’ll complain no matter what," a fourth said, to which Saydie once more replied: "Where am I complaining here lmao."

In another comment, she continued: "Wasn’t disappointed by this tip at all! What I meant by that was 'It’s not 20 percent but it’s not bad at all either'"

When another user suggested that a tip of 16.1 percent seems 'perfectly fine,' Saydie added 'it is'.