Unusually large tips for restaurant waiters have become relatively common lately. But the joy of receiving an unexpected gift is often overshadowed by claims of some of this money on the part of management.
Here’s a final example.
Ryan Brandt served with another waitress at the Oven and Tap restaurant in Bentonville, Arkansas, which was attended by 44 employees of the local real estate company Witly. Each of the banquet participants contributed $ 100 “for tea” – $ 2200 for each waiter.
However, Brandt told company owner Grant Wise that her shift manager had only allowed her to take 20% of that amount. She says she has been working at the restaurant for three years, but she has never been required to tip into the pot before. When Wise found out about this, he returned to the restaurant and demanded that the tip be returned to him, and then called the waitress outside and gave her the entire amount intended for her. Brandt says she was fired a few days later for refusing to share the tip.
The restaurant’s management told Wise that his company’s employees can leave tips as they see fit, but the restaurant has long established a practice of sharing them with the rest of the employees. The owner of the company, having learned about the dismissal of the waitress, who has a student debt, created the Go Fund Me on the Internet to raise funds in her favor. The restaurant’s reputation has suffered greatly. The institution has lost many regular customers due to the scandal.
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Didn’t share …
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