Leaving a tip at a restaurant is still optional most of the time, right? Especially regarding just how much you decide to tip?
Unless an automatic โgratuityโ is included on the receipt, generally speaking, the customer is in charge of who gets how much and why.
But one lady found out the hard way that this isnโt always the case.
Her kindness was met with thievery.
After giving out a generous tip, a customer later went home to find that the waitress treated herself to a little extra.
Thankfully, she checked her bank account.
Whitney Anderson went out to dinner with her husband and three children.
They ate at Abueloโs Mexican Restaurant.
All seemed well until the next day when Whitney caught a glimpse of her bank history.
She could not believe her eyes when she saw that the waitress had taken extra money out of her account.
The night before, she had paid a reasonable tip for the meal.
โIt was $45.50 and I tipped $10 even, made it $55.50,โ the mother shared on a Facebook post. Yet her bank history told her that she had paid $65.50. Apparently, the almost 25% tip wasnโt good enough for the employee.
Whitney headed back to the restaurant to have the issue addressed, but when she arrived, the owner was much less than accommodating.
The manager was unconcerned.
In fact, refused to take up the issue with the waitress who had served Whitney, and told her it would take ten business days to have the fraudulent tip returned.
Whitney asked to see the receipt.
She was handed a fraudulent customer copy instead of a merchant receipt.
โOur server filled out the blank customer copy of the receipt and threw our merchant copy away!โ Whitney posted.
โShe forged a signature that isnโt even my name and tipped herself $10 extra. All the manager is doing is working on getting my $10 back and could take up to a week.
Iโm so angry that a server did this and who knows how many times sheโs done this and stole money from customers!โ
She was right to be concerned.
It wasnโt the waitressโs first offense.
It turned out that the waitress had done this before โ many, many times.
She had been fired from several previous jobs for the same offense. Some people never learn.
Understandably, the woman was outraged. When the local news station learned of her experience, they broadcast the story. Suddenly, the restaurant seemed concerned.
The media got the managerโs attention.
The management gave Whitney a cash refund the next day covering her entire bill and apologized for her โbad experience.โ
Whitney was grateful to get her money back, but she felt that she needed to warn others about this type of scam.
Sadly, it happens all too often.
In order to avoid being scammed on your bank or credit cards, it is a good idea to fill out your customer copy.
Even if you donโt want to fill it out, take it with you to avoid having your waitress fill it with false information.
Have your bank or credit card company alert you each time you are charged, or check your statements regularly.
See Whitneyโs post in its entirety below!
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