statement from the restaurant: “The tip was tried multiple times by management, by Emily, by the owner and would not post. It was INVALID. The gentlemen called and was told the tip would not take we asked him to come back to the restaurant to pay Emily in cash or check and he said ok and hung up. . . “
statement from Emily Bauer:
“So turns out the guy who left me the tip , his cred card was fraud. I have seen proof of this. I just got done speaking with the owner of my job, and he is going to grant me the $2,000 as a Christmas gift. I appreciate everyone who was trying to help me find the man that left it to me but unfortunately it was not true, which is sad and I hope that never happens to anyone because it is not a good feeling. One more time to clarify, I did NOT contact the news to get my job bad recognition nor to have them receive hate phone calls and threats. That is not okay! Other than this incident I love my job and I stated that multiple times. The owner is kind enough to give it to me even though it was not their mess up.”
statement from FoxNews on their original story:
“we didn’t add that part part because it would ruin the click-bait headline we wanted to use for the story”
If this is true, I would not accept such a gift from the owner if the customer was a fraudster. It's not the owner's fault that she got stiffed on the tip by a fraudster. In fact if true, the restaurant got stiffed on the whole bill.
Thank you sir. Most important and relevant information. I feel sad for the restaurant most of all. They had their name drug through the mud for days and days. And it was not their fault.
They don't run the credit card when the customer pays?