Posted on 07/23/2018 7:40:41 PM PDT by Enlightened1
A Texas waiter who claimed to have been stiffed by a racist customer now admits he made the whole thing up.
Saltgrass Steak House waiter Khalil Cavil went viral after posting a Facebook picture of a racist note that Cavil claimed a customer had left on the receipt, in lieu of a tip.
“I don’t tip terrorist,” the note read, alongside a circle of Cavil’s name.
Cavil’s Facebook post racked up thousands of shares and earned sympathetic coverage in The Washington Post and HuffPost, which were forced to post corrections atop their stories on Monday after Cavil admitted he fabricated the viral note.
“I did write it,” Cavil told the Odessa American, a local Texas paper, on Monday. “I don’t have an explanation. I made a mistake. There is no excuse for what I did.”
Cavil’s admission came after Saltgrass — which at first banned the offending customer for life — admitted that its investigation found the waiter had faked the note.
“After further investigation, we have learned that our employee fabricated the entire story. The customer has been contacted and invited back to our restaurant to dine on us,” Saltgrass COO Terry Turney said in a statement.
“Racism of any form is intolerable, and we will always act swiftly should it occur in any of our establishments. Falsely accusing someone of racism is equaling disturbing.” (RELATED: Journalist Tricked Into Spreading Hoax Trump-Inspired Attack [VIDEO])
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Sick of this crap. I swear, those people are mentally ill.
Actually, steak for life wouldn’t be half bad....
I would sue the crap out of that restaurant.
The restaurant needs to be put out of business, period.
And the coverage of the fact this was a fraud will be about 1% of the original coverage.
Free food hell. A good attorney would get him a million and wake up some of these dilberts.
As usual, the lame stream media falls for it hook, line, and sinker
Penalty for false accusation should be double the penalty for the crime.
This goes for any hate crime or rape. A false accusation against an innocent person should just ruin your life. It should be a major societal taboo.
But there’s no crime. Even the note, if real, wouldn’t have been a criminal act.
He should definitely sue. Salt Grass is owned by Tillman Fertita (sp?), TV’s Billion Dollar Buyer. They’ve got the cash.
A reddit guy has the best fake hate crimes list Ive found.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StumpSheet/comments/6ec3z1/fake_hate_crimes_official/
Theyre all in question now.
My default position when I hear of these is, ‘fake’ until I see evidence otherwise.
Would you really want to eat food from the restaurant who labeled you a racist? I'd be afraid some other doofus they hired would do something to it. I'd tell them they can talk to my lawyer.
If ya can’t find any racism, just make it up!
Sick s**t.
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