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A restaurant server was left stunned when a group of seven young diners, who were loud and disruptive, refused to leave a tip, claiming they couldn't afford it. Reddit users rallied behind the server, criticizing the restaurant's manager for not intervening.

A restaurant server who endured a two-hour ordeal with a loud and disruptive group was left stunned when they refused to leave a tip, claiming, 'We're students and can't afford it.'Reddit users threw their support behind the server and slammed the restaurant's manager amid more than 100 comments this week.

Mary King, a former restaurant manager and editor of The Restaurant HQ, told Newsweek that tipping remains a complex issue.'Unraveling tip culture will be much more complicated than most people imagine,' she said.'In survey after survey, the majority of tipped workers prefer tip-based models over alternatives, making any shift away from tipping a challenge.

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