MI waitress receives a $10K tip...gets fired.

[stevej37]

After being given a $10K tip and told to share it with the other workers....management fires her.

https://www.wndu.com/2024/02/14/server-who-received-10000-tip-benton-harbor-cafe-fired/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wndu

[pwd72s]

Hmmm, sudden money can cause problems story? The link doesn't really say. Weird story/

[The Synergizer]

There may not be any cause and effect.

Maybe she sucked, maybe she was good... Maybe she just happened to be the one that waited that table.

Probably some other reason.

[stevej37]

The strange part is that nobody wants to explain why.

I'm wondering if there is more to the connection of the donor to the waitress that no one wants to mention.

[BK911]

Take the money and run.
Cant be too hard to find another waitressing job.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by BK911

Take the money and run.
Cant be too hard to find another waitressing job.

The first thing she did was split it with her co-workers. The next day she was fired.
(from the linked story)

[pwd72s]

Gotta be a lesson in psychology there somewhere, but nobody's talking.

[KFC911]

Note to self: Don't leave a $10K tip!

No good will come from it

[stevej37]

^^^ Yeah, I always keep mine below $9K...especially at Taco Bell.

[KFC911]

Yep .... gotta reserve some for GS cookies

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by stevej37

The first thing she did was split it with her co-workers. The next day she was fired.
(from the linked story)

Here's your $20 ... and your $20 .... and your $20 ...

Ungrateful bastages

[stevej37]

If it was me that tipped that....I wouldn't be very happy to find out it led to her getting fired.
I wonder if he was given the whole story....

If it turns out that the cafe owner fired her because she thought the business should have the money....then it's not a good story.

[Bill Douglas]

With a bit of luck she will get another $10,000 for unfair dismissal and being an obviously very good waitress should have a new job in a day or two.

[RANDY P]

Well, it's not like a waitress job is hard to get these days....

rjp

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

With a bit of luck she will get another $10,000 for unfair dismissal and being an obviously very good waitress should have a new job in a day or two.

That will be tough to do (unfair dismissal)
Michigan is an 'At Will' state. Employers can fire employees for essentially any reason and at any time.

[herr_oberst]

No good deed.....

[look 171]

They haven't met me. I am tired of this tipping BS, so I should be the one there and save her jog with no tip. There.

[stevej37]

^^^ lol

[KFC911]

Saving Americans' jobs .... one "stiff" at a time!

Jeff For Pres

[The Synergizer]

Someone has it right...

She got the tip. Maybe it was cash. She divided it up amongst all the wait staff. The restaurant management was mad though as management wanted it and then would have given the staff $20 each. So management plotted to get rid of her. And the others won't talk for fear of losing their jobs.

Or, perhaps it was all divided up and they then went nuts and spent it on a giant cocaine binge after hours... And no ones talking about what happened in the dark binge hours...