A waitress at a restaurant in Arkansas received a large tip of $ 4, 400 that a group of diners decided to leave exclusively her and another companion. However, the restaurant required the young woman to divide her bonus with the other employees and then fired her when he had to pay her back.
Ryan Brandt was one of the waitresses who served a group of friends at the Oven and Tap restaurant in Bentonville . When paying the bill, each diner tipped $ 100 dollars. Among these people was the owner of the real estate company Witly, Grant Wise.
The moment when that Brandt received his tip was recorded and shared on Instagram “We have a table full of absolutely amazing people from all over the country who have traveled here, and tonight we are hosting a $ Dinner Club ”, Wise said.
The real estate entrepreneur told the waitress that they were giving a tip of $ 4, 400 to separate him with the other girl who attended them.
“It was an amazing thing to do and seeing her reaction was amazing, to see what that meant to her, the impact it has already had on her life,” Grant Wise told KNWA.
Ryan Brandt noted that restaurant bosses told her she would have to split the tip with all of her co-workers, something she says hasn’t happened in three years. s and means that he has worked there.
“They told me that I was going to give my cash to my shift boss and that I would take the 20% ”, said the waitress.
The tip being split was not the intention of Wise, who says he called the restaurant ahead of time and asked about the tipping policy, to make sure everything would work out.
The businessman asked the restaurant to return the tip and gave the cash to Brandt outside. The waitress says that after this she was fired from his job and that the restaurant told him violated the policy of the place by telling Wise that he shared the tips.
Brandt told KNWA that she was devastated by the restaurant’s action because she still has outstanding bills to pay at the university. “ It was devastating, I borrowed a significant amount for student loans “.
The restaurant said in a statement that the waitress was not fired because she decided to keep her tip, but neither did they give the reason for the dismissal arguing respect for the privacy of the staff.
Oven and Tap pointed out that the other two servers who received generous tips that night from the Witly organization, including one who also received $ 2, 200, still working at the restaurant.
The restaurant acknowledged that the incident could have been handled differently than having reminded the team, prior to the event, how it was I would split the tips. “Tipping is a common practice in the restaurant industry that we follow to ensure that all of our team members receive adequate compensation for their hard work.”
With this story Grant Wise wrote on Facebook that he was saddened by the firing of the girl who was tipped at the $ Dinner Club . “I don’t quite understand why this would happen to what seems like such a sweet and caring woman.”
Then Wise created a GoFundMe to support Brandt and wrote: “Hope we can help this girl to stay on top and not let something like this get her down. ”
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