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Customer leaves server legendary $1000 tip, company withholds her payout for nearly 3 months: ‘Ask for interest’

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  • "Got tipped $1,000 company made me wait 3 months in case of ‘chargeback’"

    So I am a overnight server at a breakfast place, a guy walks in a midnight and asks for a table for 1 so I sit him and get his drink which was a Pepsi.
  • He tells me he is ready to order and he orders an appetizer sampler (onion rings, chicken strips, and mozzarella sticks) as a appetizer and a omelette with pancakes and a burrito with pancakes and a extra side of hash brown.
  • Keep in mind he is a very skinny guy weighs no more than 150 pounds so in my head I think theres no way he is going to eat all of this lol but we talk for a few and I put his order in, I bring him his food and a refill and 15 minutes go by and I swear he is done with everything not a crumb left and me and my manager are in disbelief lol.
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  • So I check him out and tell him have a great night and go talk to my coworkers and he comes up to us and asks us if we split the tips or does it all go to me and I tell him it all goes to me and he turns around and walks away.
  • I go look at the check and it's a $1,000 tip on a $40order and my manager and I just look at each other stunned for 50 seconds.
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  • I then say "this is a joke right?" So he runs to the guys car and asks him "is this serious?" And the guy says "yes I have a really good job and what is the point in having a lot of money if you can't share it with others and bring happiness to someone" and drove off.
  • My shift manager then calls my GM and my GM tells me I have to wait 3 months to get the tip in case the customer calls his bank and disputes the transaction.
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  • FloorZealousideal515 Yeah that's dumb. If he did chargeback that's the restaurants loss not yours. If he signed a receipt then it's pretty hard to dispute that.
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  • bobi2393 Keeping tips beyond the next regular pay day, or as near as practicable to facilitate tip pool division, is illegal under US federal law and regulations. I think they can claw it back from you afterward if the charge is reversed, through deductions from future pay, voluntarily, or through court order.
  • LeprosyMan Had a bartender at a place I managed and his girlfriend got in a wreck just a block away from us. Totaled her car. Emergency called us and after explaining what happened, I went to him and said, "this is emergency services, you need to talk to them" (they were both users, but not my business). He looked so scared, and I felt so bad but said, this phone call is for you, I can't answer it for you. I'll tend bar, you talk on this phone and tell me what you need after you take ten minutes
  • tearsonurcheek In the US? It's illegal. >Under federal law, the amount due the employee must be paid no later than the regular pay day and may not be held while the employer is awaiting reimbursement from the credit card company.
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  • notnotjamesfranco That 3 month wait period they made you sit through doesn't mean sh btw
  • Marvelous 14 I wonder if he was one of those POV TikTokers. They eat a lot and tip a lot
  • CloneClem Ask for interest.
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