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[FlowershopGirl]

If the restaurant management submitted the CC and she received the tip from them afterward, then its the restaurant's responsibility. They can afford to write it off, with a lot of censure from their upper management, etc. but its not fair to blame the waitress for accepting a tip that was obvious to see by looking at the receipt. In most cases, the card is submitted and the tip from the card is given to a waitress later, after the fact, it isn't like he left $200 on the table. So using that logic, why should a waitress, who is making way below minimum wage, have to pay it back?

[LaterGator]

I believe she should not have to give the money back. And because it was on a CC she probably would not have had a chance to ask him if the tip was intentional or not. The customer who used that CC should not have one, IMO.

[JaneMarple]

On 4/10/2014 LaterGator said:

I believe she should not have to give the money back. And because it was on a CC she probably would not have had a chance to ask him if the tip was intentional or not. The customer who used that CC should not have one, IMO.

[BeckiWV]

I don't think the waitress should have been fired. Since her job was at-will, IHOP didn't do anything wrong legally I guess (though it looks very bad on their part).

There is a "tip" story on the internet every other day. Either someone got no tip, or they got a really large tip, or there was a mistake about the tip. Anything at all to do with a tip and it's right there on the internet. Someone ran to Reddit or FB with it.

Sometimes the wait person has a legitimate beef. Sometimes they are trying to scam. Is it bad that I am getting a little tired of tip stories?

I am afraid to pay with a card and leave cash these days for fear my receipt will end up on the internet with the claim that I stiffed the waitress.

[LaterGator]

On 4/10/2014 BeckiWV said:

I don't think the waitress should have been fired. Since her job was at-will, IHOP didn't do anything wrong legally I guess (though it looks very bad on their part).

There is a "tip" story on the internet every other day. Either someone got no tip, or they got a really large tip, or there was a mistake about the tip. Anything at all to do with a tip and it's right there on the internet. Someone ran to Reddit or FB with it.

Sometimes the wait person has a legitimate beef. Sometimes they are trying to scam. Is it bad that I am getting a little tired of tip stories?

I am afraid to pay with a card and leave cash these days for fear my receipt will end up on the internet with the claim that I stiffed the waitress.

You're right, Becky. I never thought about that. We usually pay with cash unless the bill is like over $75 or so.

[esmerelda]

I hope she thinks it was worth her job. Talk about short sighted....

[JaneMarple]

On 4/10/2014 esmerelda said: I hope she thinks it was worth her job. Talk about short sighted....

What about the management who let it go through for a week?

[esmerelda]

On 4/10/2014 JaneMarple said:

On 4/10/2014 esmerelda said: I hope she thinks it was worth her job. Talk about short sighted....

What about the management who let it go through for a week?

You're right. They should have told her to pay it back right away, instead of giving her a week to do so.

[JaneMarple]

On 4/10/2014 esmerelda said:

On 4/10/2014 JaneMarple said:

On 4/10/2014 esmerelda said: I hope she thinks it was worth her job. Talk about short sighted....

What about the management who let it go through for a week?

You're right. They should have told her to pay it back right away, instead of giving her a week to do so.

The boss asked for it back after the customer called and asked it and said it was a mistake. I feel as stated before that they the company should absorb the cost because they accepted the transaction.

[bells4me]

She should enjoy the $200. If she's a good waitress she can get a job anywhere. (If it had been me I would have questioned a $200 tip on a meal asking if it was a mistake). I hate Ihop anyway.