Posted on 11/15/2013 10:18:11 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
A New Jersey waitress and former Marine says she was "offended" after a customer left an anti-gay note on a check in place of a tip because she is a lesbian.
Dayna Morales, a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, N.J., said a family dining at the restaurant Wednesday night skipped the tip on their $93.55 bill and scribbled an explanation why.
"It says, 'I'm sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle and how you live your life,'" Morales told ABC News station WABC-TV Thursday.
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I was thinking that maybe they were offended by her publicly revealing her sexual proclivities at a family restaurant.
I don’t happen to think a person’s tip should be based on their orientation. If you don’t like the idea of a lesbian serving you, then ask for another waitress, don’t let her do all the work and then stiff her on the check.
Jeez, I'm surprised that the diner was a) literate enough to spell the note correctly and b) took the time to write a note, since he was likely in a hurry to get home and beat his wife abuse his domestic partner and kick his dog.
/sarc obviously.
pathetic creatures...
this is really becoming a habit..ya think???
Blacks
Gay’s
what is next????
I do not agree with their life style or the crap they throw in our face about gay..I do however think the person that did that about the tip should have ask for another server instead of writing the note..To me that person was an ass and just trying to get out of a tip..
How did they know that guy was gay?
I don’t blame her for being upset... if she gave good waitress service. If she was in his face (so to speak) about her life style, that’s not good service.
But, if she was efficient and polite, she deserves a tip, because in this country restaurant wages are so low that it is presumed tips will make up part of the income.
That said, there are selfish customers who don’t tip, regardless of the excuse. Everyone who’s waited has been stiffed.
Usually when I see something such as this I expect it to turn out to be something “manufactured” by the supposed “victim”; and usually that expectation is met. At least this one was smart enough to blank out the diner’s data from the receipt -so nobody can come forth and point out the truth.
When we were younger my wife worked as a waitress to help us make ends meet and she relied on tips. My practice since then has been when we go out for dinner is to pay the bill by credit card and leave the generous tip in cash. Servers appreciate that.
Sticks and stones, honey. Words may never hurt us.
tipping is optional as it should be
If you think your employee isn’t making enough, pay them more, it is simple.
“Selfish customers who don’t tip” (who pay exactly what they owe) ... I suppose the business owner who doesn’t pay enough aren’t selfish at all.
Welcome to a month ago.
If people can tell your a lesbian, then maybe you are doing something wrong
Is it just me but they all seem to share a similar haircut style.
Exactly. I smell setup.
Unless the waitress "came out" in front of the family and made it a point to tell them she was a lesbian (which is highly unlikely) then this can only BE a setup designed to generate sympathy.
I think this is the latest fad in phony hate crimes. It’s perfect really. It doesn’t require the defacing of one’s body or property. The so called perps are never identified and can never defend themselves against the accusation. And most people never question the veracity of the story, so the server gets to create hatred toward the villains while blaming them.
But are receipt required to be turned in at the end of the day? Don’t those receipts have to go to the office? Has anyone noticed the server always has the receipt and the manager is saying he saw the note too? How could she have taken the store’s copy of the receipt home and uploaded it to the web?
So the current tally is three: two crimes against gays and one note that allegedly featured a racial slur.
Revolutionary idea!
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