Linsey Boyd was fired from the Mason Jar Cafe in Michigan despite generously sharing the $10,000 reward she received from a mystery donor with eight other colleagues who were there at the time, she said on Facebook. The owners have made it clear that the decision is absolutely not related to tipping. Since then, many have posted negative reviews of the restaurant on Google.
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An American waitress was fired after receiving a tip of $10,000 (over 9,000 euros) on a bill of $32.43, but the restaurant believes that the decision was purely “entrepreneurial” in nature and not related to the generous and surprising reward of an anonymous customer.
Linsey Boydnow former employee of Mason Jar Cafe from Benton Harbor, Michigan, assured that he shared the money he received with eight other colleagues present that day. In a post on Facebook (later deleted), he said that the mysterious donor – described as “a middle-aged man in a dark suit” – wanted to pay homage to a recently deceased friend, according to the Detroit Free Press.
“I just hugged him. I didn't even know his name, but I hugged him. “He then told me that he was carrying the memory of someone very close to his heart and that he wanted to do something kind and generous in his name,” the woman told local station WSBT.
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But what was supposed to be a light-hearted story took a dark turn when Linsey revealed in her now-viral post that she lost her job due to “all the drama, hostility and pain” she experienced. were insured by the huge tip.
The restaurant's owners, Able Martinez and Jayme Cousins, later said the employee's firing had nothing to do with the $10,000 tip. “We cannot provide any information about the reasons for labor law reasons and to protect the employees involved,” they wrote on Facebook. “However, we would like to highlight this The provision has nothing to do with tipping. It's true that he received all the tip and paid no taxes (the company did). And yes, she shared it at the request of the man who left her,” they continued.
However, according to the reconstruction of the person concerned, the woman claims that she was asked to take part in an “action”.Mental Health Day“When a “drama” took place in the restaurant over the tip. Then “things got worse,” he wrote.
He did not provide any information about the incident and then deleted the post and his Facebook profile. However, rumors circulated that employees were not present that day he expected to receive a share of the tip.
As soon as the news became public, many users began to leave negative reviews on the restaurant page and on Google. In a television interview, the owners had to comment on the matter again: “We have employees who have worked for us for years, university students who come back every summer, and we give our employees one chance after another, so clearly us.” Don’t let anyone leave without a good reason,” Cousins told WOOD-TV.
The owners then wrote another message highlighting that it was one purely business decision, emphasizing that such decisions are not made “lightly or hastily.” “We donate to their university funds, we have kept them employed during the Corona crisis, we are doing everything in our power not to lose staff,” they wrote.