'Single mom, sorry!': The 'tip' one woman left after enjoying a lavish $138 meal

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 01:17 GMT, 2 November 2012 | Updated: 08:25 GMT, 5 November 2012

A woman has managed to incite a riot on Reddit after she allegedly left the following 'tip' after dining at an expensive restaurant: 'Single mom, sorry.'

The waiter's friend and fellow server posted a photograph of the receipt, blasting the woman for blaming motherhood for her lack of social graces and general decency add then adding 'Thank you, it was great' at the bottom.

'I'm sure $140 could have gotten you and your kids a week worth of groceries, but instead you spend it one meal?!' Redditor PhoenixSongFawkes wrote. 'For shame!'

This image posted on Reddit purports to show a restaurant bill where a woman made an apologies for not leaving a tip because she's a 'single mom' - despite spending $138.35 on a meal

This image posted on Reddit purports to show a restaurant bill where a woman made an apologies for not leaving a tip because she's a 'single mom' - despite spending $138.35 on a meal

Several single mothers refuse to belief the receipt is real, saying the Redditor is exacting a vendetta against them.

Thousands of outraged Redditors have commented on the post, musing on the woman's excuse as well as whether or not the waiter was right to complain.

'I'm a single Mom, and this is bullsh*t. What exactly are you teaching your kids? ... Dear Parents of all kinds - your kids are watching you and learning,' RedheadedBanshee wrote.

Many people said that the woman should not have gone out to eat if she couldn't afford the gratuity.

PhoenixSongFawkes said he and his friend get bad tips all the time, but this one really enraged him.

'The point is, it doesn't matter if she tipped or not. The point of this post was that her writing 'sorry single mom' was unnecessary,' he wrote.

'I've met very few single mothers who expected to get special treatment for their status.'

Blogger Lindsay Cross

'It was to show that someone was ridiculous enough to come into a place, and use the fact that their a single mom to not tip. Then to say everything was great... There are many times we only get a few tables at night. We depend on those big tickets to make money.'

He also called the note 'insulting' and 'disrespectful,' especially coming from someone who claims to live on a budget and should understand the plight of the waiter, who makes little more than $2 an hour.

Other people, however, questioned the legitimacy of the receipt.

'I refuse to believe a single mom left this crappy tip,' Lindsay Cross , a blogger on Mommyish, a website devoted to parenting.

'Honestly, the more I think about how anyone would do this to a waitress, the more I think it’s likely that this was just a very awful prank to make single moms look bad.'

She continued: 'Mostly, I think this bill is a fraud because I’ve met very few single mothers who expected to get special treatment for their status. They’re just hoping no one holds their situation against them.'

MailOnline could not independently confirm the validity of the receipt, but the Reddit user adamantly defends its legitimacy.