Posted on 10/31/2013 7:25:50 PM PDT by lbryce
The mystery of how a racist epithet came to be scrawled on a receipt handed to a Tennessee Red Lobster waitress has only become more muddled, as the man accused of writing the offensive word now says he plans to sue the waitress and the Red Lobster chain — and the waitress now says she believes that someone else wrote the racist word on the receipt.
The background is this: in September, Toni Christina Jenkins, a 19-year-old server at a Red Lobster franchise in Franklin, Tenn., served a $44.53 order to a 20-year-old customer named Devin Barnes and his wife. When she got the receipt back, she says, the word “none” was written on the “tip” line.
And underneath the word none, someone had scrawled the racial epithet, “N****r.”
Jenkins, who is African-American, then posted a photo of the offending receipt on her Facebook page, along with the caption, “This is what I got as a tip last night...so happy to live in the proud southern states. God Bless America, land of the free and home of the low class racists of Tennessee.”
And underneath the word none, someone had scrawled the racial epithet, “N****r.”
America has truly gone off the deep end when the word November has turned into a racial epithet.
I will hazard a guess that that the waitress gave very poor service. I would also hazard a guess that the waitress herself also added the racist epithet.
5 to 1 she wrote it herself. If not her, a friend. Handwriting analysis will prove it wasn’t the customer, whoever it was.
I think that is a good guess
Appears to be the most plausible scenario.
As it has been proven.
As I understand it, the word none was written on the tip line because Mr. Barnes had called in his order to go, and simply show up at the restaurant to pick up the food and pay.
I believe a handwriting expert has already proven it was not the customer, what they need to do is prove the remark belongs to the waitress.
I like your tagline, it’s so fitting, it’s so factual.
If the guy is innocent, and I have been leaning strongly towards hoax on this one, then he should most definitely sue. His good name has been harmed here (again, if he is innocent).
BTW, it’s not mentioned in this story, but Barnes hired a handwriting expert who believes that the person who wrote the racial slur is not the same person who wrote “none” for the tip (which Barnes has said he did write). Another handwriting expert (a forensic analyst) has stated he “reasonably believes” that it was written by the waitress, based on comparison of the “g’s, the e’s, the r’s,” with other samples of her writing.
Oh, ah, oh, oh...someone help me. I can't laugh and breathe any more. Help.
He doesn’t have to prove anything except that it was not his
Come on, Toni. ‘Fess up. Join the long line of race fraudsters who have to stand in front of the world and admit they’re inept, scab-picking clowns. Rev’n Al will join you for a “Hallelujah!”
He called his pastor who also happens to be a lawyer. Now there’s a combination.
Indeed. This is a story where everyone is screwed.
If she set it up, she needs to be exposed.
I almost always write “none” on the tip line. I prefer to tip with cash, and it’s usually 20+% for good service.
IS this the girl that also received $10,000+ from some organization recently? I hope this guy sues her out every penny.
The waitress wrote it, why is nobody trying to prove it?! She thought aged get away with it because her president tries all the time to incite racial tensions.
A good friend of mine who got married earlier this year had a minister that was a lawyer before changing careers.
It is also entirely possible he did leave a tip.
I always put zero on the check on the tip line, especially if I am using a credit card.
I always leave the tip on the table, in cash. Even if I pay the bill with my card.
That way it is out of my hands who reports it to whom. ;)
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