She Took Back A $185 Tip From A Waitress Following A Business Dinner Because Her Waitress Accused Her Of Using Fake Cash And Embarrassed Her In Front Of Clients
Just yesterday, this woman went out to dinner with two of her work clients. So, they decided to eat at a specific, very high-end restaurant since her company has an agreement with the eatery to entertain clients.
“And the restaurant is handsomely reimbursed to cater for our company, even after hours,” she said.
But, the dinner was not officially “on the books.” If it were pre-planned, then she would’ve been able to get a company credit card to use.
Instead, the meal was decided on more of a whim– when one of her clients suggested that they grab dinner halfway through a meeting.
So, she visited the finance department to pick up some spending money for the meal.
“The finance department has cash for this type of purpose when it hasn’t been approved by higher-ups, usually larger notes. This normally gets approved when you bring back a receipt,” she explained.
That’s why, at the end of the dinner, she paid in cash. She also left a generous tip of $185 since the meal was expensive, and her company always encourages staff to tip generously when clients are with them.
While she’d been to that restaurant before, though, she didn’t normally go there with clients. Her waitress didn’t seem to recognize her from the past, either, and caused a pretty embarrassing scene in front of her clients.
It all began when her waitress came to pick up the bill and noticed the tip– which was comprised of large bills. At that point, the waitress claimed that the restaurant only accepted cards.
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She was shocked by that since she’d obviously dined there before and paid in cash. So, she tried to tell the waitress that while reiterating that her bills were all legal.
Well, the waitress refused to hear her out and even loudly told her, “We don’t take fakes here.”
This turned into a back-and-forth discussion, which caused her to be really embarrassed in front of her clients.
They even offered to just pay for the dinner with their cards, but she refused to accept that and asked to speak to the restaurant’s manager instead.
So, she told her clients that it was just a misunderstanding and asked them to head back to her company building– where she’d meet back up with them.
Then, she left to talk to the manager. But even in front of the manager, the waitress continued berating her and accusing her of using illegitimate money.
“The waitress immediately started to tell her side of the story and accused me of paying with fakes as no one carries that kind of cash. She then turned to me and said, ‘We don’t take fakes,’ one more time,” she recalled.
Thankfully, though, the manager did recognize her as a regular customer and eventually apologized for the waitress’ behavior.
Plus, the manager made the waitress apologize to her, threw in a complimentary bottle, and even claimed he would send lunch to her company.
“As a way of making up, even though they don’t do delivery normally,” she added.
Still, before she left the restaurant, she decided to pick up the tip and put the waitress in her place, saying, “I guess you won’t be needing this fake tip.”
Obviously, this didn’t make the waitress happy, either. And while it might have felt good at the moment, she’s since been left wondering if taking back the tip following the whole incident was really the wrong thing to do.
How would you feel after being embarrassed like that in front of clients? Do you think the waitress deserved the tip after causing such a scene? Would you have also taken back the money if you were in her shoes?
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