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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts
Business owners do it all the time. Servers/Waitstaff are their own business owners in my eyes at $4 hr. If you ran a business and someone stiffed you on your work, you'd take them to court at best, or tell them to **** off at worst. He obviously can't take them to court over this, telling them to **** off is perfectly acceptable in this isolated incident. There aren't many excuses for this behavior, this is absolutely one of them. This company looks like assholes over $50. Pathetic.
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We're not even exploring the alternatives here?
Afterall, this is Hootie we're talking about.
As has already been noted - what do these folks have to gain by stiffing on a bill? This is a corporate account. I'll tip a carry-out guy $5 on my to-go Ribeye when it's the company dime if he did as much as offer me a coke while I wait.
The most likely possibilities are:
A) An edict from corporate (in which case Hooties wailing won't matter)
B) An honest mistake (different people signed for the check, maybe one thought it
was included; maybe someone thought someone else was leaving money on the table, etc...)
C) They legitimately felt that the service was bad. And "bad" in the context of a large group that's been out eating/drinking on the company tab usually has to be freakin' hideous.
D) Outright bizarre circumstances (see - other). We had a busser that would steal cash tips. We had money get thrown in the trash only to be found later. We had folks simply forget to add a 1 while being in a hurry or just have a brain cramp.
C'mon - are we really just going to say "Man, these accountants are assholes because Hootie's an upright guy that never makes shit up to suit his own devices and never paints a picture that would put him in a positive light." Afterall, if you can't trust the dude that made it sound like he was working at Trotters when he was working at a pizza shack, well who can you trust?
And even if he's not full of shit - he's still culpable. He made the call, it's his responsibility to make it right and protect the people he spoke for. That's what a leader does. And if you don't consider yourself a leader, perhaps you ought to refrain from speaking on behalf of other people while determining their compensation.