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The family that actually got that check and came forward said that the receipt was doctored, and they left no such note and left an $18 tip.

This whole thing sounded pretty fishy from the beginning, I thought.

 Medium of Death wrote:
Why is she not getting fired?

It's still not 100% clear it was a hoax. There are two possibilities:

It's possible that the couple in question 'shopped both the receipt and the credit card statement (the reporter didn't look at the statement online). Occam's Razor says this is unlikely. If it is the case I imagine the restaurant will find the original charge that was run.

OR

The waitress got pissed they called her "Dan", perceived it to be a putdown instead of an honest mistake (maybe it was, who knows, doesn't really matter for this argument), ran the receipt, tossed it, and then printed a duplicate receipt she wrote out herself and basked in outrage. She done goofed with running it for the full amount, if this was the case.


I'm leaning towards the latter because it's a lot simpler of an explanation, and because when the reporter followed up with her, her posture, tone, and face felt very similar to when I would catch my nephew in a super obvious lie when I used to babysit them. "Who broke this window"? "I.... don't know. That sucks. Wasn't me."

But technically either scenario is still possible.

 Breotan wrote:
And this little stunt bought our "honest above reproach" waitress a suspension.

"Hand in your notepad and pen! You're off the force!"

"I don't care what you say, Sarge. I'm still going to waitress on my own time."

"You're a loose cannon, Morales!"

Guys


guys

you're probably not going to believe this, but.... you know how she said she was going to donate that money to Wounded Warrior?

Yeah, that, uh, doesn't seem to have shown up yet.

As always I agree with Kronk. I support people's rights to lie as much as they want to - as a matter of fact I fought for that right when I was a Seal-Sniper in the Marine Core - but once you start to gain something of value from your lies, we have crossed the threshold into fraud.

Good update.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Less then 10% of people are gay. Would it seriously adversely affect the company's business to "make themselves sound" anti-gay?

it's been problematic elsewhere; reason enough not to court further controversy needlessly.