Some of you have heard this story, some of you have not. I decided to share it here because it’s too hilarious not to. So here we go…names have been changed.
My friend “Lisa” works at a bar downtown. This bar has inside seating and a patio. Servers have to wait on tables in both sections, sometimes simultaneously. One milder night here in Cville a few weeks back, Lisa had some tables inside and a table outside. The customers at her outside table racked up a $150 tab and then to her dismay, left without paying while she was inside. Walked out on their tab is what we call it in the service industry.
The problem is, not only is Lisa out of about a $30 tip, her manager is threatening to make her pay the $150 tab unless she finds the people. Lisa can’t afford to lose $180 and cries as she finishes up at the end of the night.
While having a shift drink after work, Lisa confides in her coworkers and one of them knows the girl that was at the table and tells her the girl’s name and that she works at a local school. Wheels start to turn in Lisa’s head as she hatches a plan to contact the girl and the guy she was with at the table.
Lisa waits until Monday and calls the school to speak to the girlfriend of the guy who walked out on his tab. She gets a name and the fun begins.
First, Lisa goes onto Facebook. She changes her private profile pic from a demure head shot to two chicks on a bed in sexy dresses, asses on display and faces turned away. Then she sends a friend request to “George”, the guy who left without paying.
George accepts her request and then starts to message her. It went a little something like this:
G: Hey! That pic is pretty sexy. Have I met you somewhere?
L: Yes, we met last week at the RESTAURANT…
G: Oh…I don’t remember. Sorry! :p
L: I was your server.
(pause and several minutes go by)
G: Oh, hey did you get paid?…
L: NO.
Proceed to Lisa getting excuses from the guy and arranging for him to finally pay his tab. The second he had, she promptly defriended him.
If you ask Lisa about this story she’ll laugh and exclaim, “I got him with my sex trap!” As a petite Ivy League grad, it’s pretty funny to hear this come out of her mouth. All I know is bitch used Facebook to bring an asshole to justice.
[pic from j2dread]
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Very interesting. This appears to have happened before, but not with a funny trap.
I think that pressing charges is not inappropriate in a case like this. Or at least public shaming.
Good story but how did she get the name of the boyfriend by just calling a stranger?
“Hey I have never meet you but could you give me the name of your boyfriend?”
I like the idea of a public shaming. Here. I’ve waited tables and had people walk out on the tab, and it sucks.
@2: I guess she said something like, “Hey you guys didn’t pay, can I have your bf’s name so I can contact him?” The thing I love is the fact that the girlfriend didn’t tell the boyfriend the waitress had called her. Also, the boyfriend is flirting with chicks on Facebook.
Wait, flirting with chicks on the internet is wrong?
just a few corrections/ additions:
1) i got the guy’s name not from the girlfriend/date, but from the sister of someone who works at said establishment, who had shared a couple drinks with them that night. the guy also went to high school with someone else who works at said establishment. i’m good, but not that good.
2) i got a $50 tip. which is about 30%.
so, shenanigans…this makes two instances in two days now that my name has come up, huh?
i’m starting to think you’re in love with me. it’s okay i love you too.
you can repay me with books.
By cut and pasting some of the numeric filenames that facebook uses for images, it is relatively easy to access the photos and info of someone who is not your “friend”. This fact, plus photoshoop, could have easily afforded some hilarity that is worth much more than money.
Then again, I think lisa jumped the gun by playing her hand to quick. George was ripe for all sorts of cyber-hooliganism. Now that is a chat log I would love to read…
/what are these “books” you speak of?
@6: I can’t not talk about you, you’re such a badass
it’s illegal for a restaurant to make you pay for walkouts.
I know but you tell your boss that and your ass could get fired.
@9 what do you mean? How is that illegal?
/obvious some people have never worked in the food service industry
@11 are you saying I’VE never worked in the food service industry? cause i started when you were fourteen.
yeah, it’s illegal. of course, restaurants do a lot of illegal shit. e.g., making you do opening/closing sidework at $2.13–technically, they can pay you tip-wage only when you’re working towards tips, i.e., serving food while customers are in the restaurant.
@10 yeah, i know. i’ve paid for walkouts too.
correction: act like they haven’t
Okay, I want to send Lisa a friend request now. She’s my kind of broad
“Lisa” is pretty awesome…ballsy-er than myself
Dudes, she is my hero. The other day someone tipped her 10% and she tells them, “This is only 10%”. Wonder of wonders, the guy goes, “Oh! I didn’t realize.” and gives her more money. Apparently no one had ever spoken up to him before about his crappy tipping. Girl’s got BALLS.
so, did this guy accidentally walk out on his tab or did he intend to stiff you? b/c if it was the latter, you should post his facebook address as a warning to other local waitstaff. if it was an accident, you should still post his facebook info so we can let him know what a welterwit he is.
Please don’t post the personal info. We’d consider that an attack, even if warranted.
@18: Don’t worry, only “Lisa” knows it and she’s not a bigmouth like me.
@9. Simple for resturants to overcome. They have the waiter “bank” and then the waiter gets whatever is left from the checks once they have cashed out. That way, unless the waiter can prove they had a walkout, they are still responsible for the total to the house.
Sucks but happens.
If you get 10% from me, it means you got 10% too much for your efforts. If you get 20% then you did a decent job. Beer in under 3 minutes from sitting down pretty much gets you a free pass for the rest of the night.
@20:
don’t always blame the server for the time it takes to get your beer. most places have a third party involved- the bartender.
@21
Its the servers job to keep my table doing well. If the server is taking care of the bartender then there is no worries. Drop the tender a cut, and buy them a drink after work. If you are on the rail quick and grab drinks ASAP, they usually are happy to get it sorted out. Especially if you can see when they are in the weeds and talk a table into an easy round. “Bar is weeded, I can get you beer and wine quick, but the fancy stuff might take a little more time, whatever you choose.” Then, if some idiot chick wants a frilly time consuming fluff drink, dont key it in, take the rest to the table, tell her they are still working her drink and THEN key it in. Let her wait. A good server knows the ropes.
When I waited I would always take a dead dish (incorrect order, cooked wrong etc) to the tenders, and wrong bar pours to the kitchen staff.
“lisa” knows it’s merely a matter of time before this turns into another debate on tipping practices in cville…….
lets just skip it and revel in my awesomeness instead, okay?
okay. to help us stay on track, here’s the photo i used to lure the offender.
http://my.prostreetonline.com/photos/data/508/Hot-Brunette-on-Car-Bed-117.jpg.
he kept telling me i look “alot different out of uniform”
um, thanks?
if that link doesnt work, it’s simply the first image that comes up when you do a google image search for “hot brunette”
@23: Here’s THE PHOTO
Haha “Lisa”’s not awesome at html.
@22: Good waiter!
LOL What is that photo from a porn expo?
@22 yeah, that would work…if you’re the only server. if there’s a dozen others, and someone else’s table has already ordered all these mojitos or whatever, you’re SOL.
hot dress, lisa!
@13 & if i had to do it again, i would be making SO many DOL complaints.
@27.
Nope. I went to front of line. Both at the bar and the kitchen. Read it again and learn how to take care of your section. Give the bartender easy orders and good tips and see what happens. You must be one of the highly average servers that run rampant in cville.
wow, what a douche not paying your tab. sickening in fact.
Sometimes I go to a McDonalds drivethru and pay for food and then drive away without picking it up. It’s called a driveout and it feels so bad.
@31 … It feels better than actually eating McDonalds.
Sorry it turned into another argument LIsa. :>
My boss tips less than 10% and I’d Love it if someone would confront him. I’m sick of leaving extra under a placemat.
Did it for years with my grandmother.
Wait for the right time and then mention the story you heard from a waiter friend who spits in the food of people she knows are bad tippers. Gotta get the timing correct.