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Waitress stunned by cruel message diners left on receipt instead of giving a tip
The New York Times ^ | 08.19.16 | NYT staff writer

Posted on 08/20/2016 3:51:19 PM PDT by Salman

Eighteen-year-old waitress Sadie Elledge was working the lunch shift at Jess’ Lunch, in Harrisonburg, Virginia when a couple, in lieu of a tip, left a message on their receipt that said, “We only tip citizens.” Sadie, whose father was born in Honduras and mother in Mexico, is, in fact, a U.S. citizen who grew up in Harrisonburg. “I’ve had people make comments like ‘Go make me a burrito,’ but that’s at school and I don’t pay attention,” said Sadie, adding that the insult wasn’t that big a deal to her. But when her grandfather, John Elledge, heard of the incident through another one of his granddaughters, he decided he wasn’t going to stand for it.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: harrisonburg; hoax; sadieelledge; virginia; waitress
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To: TexasGator

thanks. i noted that possibility in my post 11.


41 posted on 08/20/2016 4:49:54 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: Salman

We all know this game don’t we?

1. Open a Go Fund Me account

2. Collect thousands

3. Be exposed as a fraud.

Rince, repeat, wait for for the next “victim” to come forward.


42 posted on 08/20/2016 4:50:36 PM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: stylin19a

I always leave a cash tip......that way the server doesn’t have to report it. I waitressed......I made $2.00 for a 4 hour shift at lunch and my tips were the only thing that kept me going (this was back in the 70’s when I was a student).


43 posted on 08/20/2016 4:51:37 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Salman

This kind of fraud should be punished.


44 posted on 08/20/2016 4:53:42 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: TexasGator

The manager should not have allowed that, or at least should apologize to the customer for invasion of privacy.


45 posted on 08/20/2016 4:54:53 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Salman

SCAM ALERT

SCAM ALERT

SCAM ALERT


46 posted on 08/20/2016 4:58:19 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rat Party,try as it might,just isn't very good at hiding what it *truly* is.)
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To: Salman

It’s a hoax and the handwriting doesn’t even look the same.

I hope the woman who signed the receipt sues the waitress and the restaurant.


47 posted on 08/20/2016 5:05:24 PM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Salman

I smell a democrat rat trap.


48 posted on 08/20/2016 5:09:27 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Salman

Sad that people are too stupid to understand this happens because we have 30 million illegals in this country, who are giving others a bad name.

Are her parents legal? Just wondering.


49 posted on 08/20/2016 5:12:38 PM PDT by Williams (Make America Great Again)
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To: Salman

Millions can come here illegally but you can’t offend a waitress. Nice world isn’t it?


50 posted on 08/20/2016 5:13:55 PM PDT by Williams (Make America Great Again)
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To: Salman
doesn't matter what country they're a citizen of. You tip for good service.
51 posted on 08/20/2016 5:24:32 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (,)
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To: Salman
he decided he wasn’t going to stand for it.

Good. Then...


52 posted on 08/20/2016 5:27:00 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: stylin19a
doh ! she could have left a cash tip on the table.
never mind

I was just about to say that.

I need to have the receipt for my books but the tip is not deductible.

So I generally leave it in cash, it saves paperwork.

From now on I will write "cash tip" on the line to prevent this from happening to me.

53 posted on 08/20/2016 5:31:37 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Salman

Complete BS, if true, still wouldn’t be news, it’s someone’s opinion, unless the Left/Zero, issues an executive order on “Mandatory Ripping”...


54 posted on 08/20/2016 5:39:36 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Shadow44

My understanding is that the patron in question came back to the restaurant with the police, and was looking to sue for damage to her reputation. She was livid at the fraud, and claimed she simply signed the receipt, but did not write the message.


55 posted on 08/20/2016 5:51:15 PM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: stylin19a

Or left a cash tip and forgot to write CASH ON TABLE in the Tip Space on the bill.


56 posted on 08/20/2016 6:08:46 PM PDT by Go_Raiders (Freedom doesn't give you the right to take from others, no matter how innocent your program sounds.)
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To: Go_Raiders

I always tip in cash but never note it on the charge slip. While I usually just draw a line in the tip slot, sometimes I forget to even do that.


57 posted on 08/20/2016 6:17:26 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not auccomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: Salman

My parents or me or my siblings NEVER ask our waitresses if they are American citizens...


58 posted on 08/20/2016 6:32:28 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The R Loose lips sink ships. In theELIGION of PEDOPHILIA...)
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To: Salman

Soy una víctima!!!

59 posted on 08/20/2016 6:36:30 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

I didn’t read the article. Wwhat did she do???...eat the customers’ food? Soy esta fatso!


60 posted on 08/20/2016 6:38:31 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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