What sort of a restaurant is going to be like "oh the tip line is crossed over and the total matches the total on the printed receipt, yet our server pocketed a $700 tip which we now have to pay back, no problem! :)"
My bar uses Square. They give us 20 "no fault" charge backs a year. This absolutely would have been one of those cases where I write in my own tip, put it in my pocket, and if the customer notices, calls their CC company, Square will eat that chargeback and not me or my boss.
The tip line is clearly crossed out, this would be fraud; additionally most restaurants require manual review of large tips. Someone spending $288 on dinner doesn't mean they're rich also. $288 is easily reachable by a family of four going to a special dinner for a holiday or someones birthday.
Clearly crossed out is a stretch. I agree with you on the other points, but that doesn't excuse the fact they should've tipped something or made a clear 2.
I get that feeling, I didn't say the customers weren't assholes and chances are considering their on vacation they do have extra spending money; though some people plan their spending meticulously.
The comment rubbed me the wrong way though cause encouraging stuff like that is how you can do some serious harm to someone. To put it in perspective:
My GF wanted a nice dinner for her bday so we went to a Korean BBQ place. I ended up spending about $150 for the two of us which was more or less my entire budget for her bday gift. If a week later I checked my bank statement and saw it had been billed at $650 instead my first reaction wouldn't have been "those fuckers, they're gonna rue the day", my reaction would have been "oh fuck oh fuck, that was a debit card and I know the bank will fight the refund, how am I going to pay rent now?".
Iirc something like 50%+ of the country has less than $1k in savings meaning that a bill like that can easily lead to debt at best to homelessness at worst. The customer was an asshole for stiffing, but that's not a punishment that fits the crime.
Armchair internet nonsense. That's a massive liability for the restaurant and they will fire you instantly. I cannot count the number of times I've seen it happen at multiple restaurants I've worked at.
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u/Barman14 Aug 28 '24
$288 check with a $988 total… To me that looks like 700