Two Bentonville waitresses are speaking out after receiving a large tip while on the job since then, one of the waitresses no longer works at the restaurant. bit.ly/3dGuP9f
@@lakishalewis6571 They are still obligated to put it in whatever container is used for tip sharing. The ONLY thing putting it on a card does is ensure that your tip is taxed.
They tipped for the service they received which was from the whole kitchen staff, table cleaners, bar staff, reception, cleaners etc. Waitresses take the orders and run the food and drinks made by others and think it's acceptable to keep everything for theirselves as if they did everything. Shame on you for your nieavity and shame on her for her greed.
@@mattwilson5969 This was NOT a normal situation, this was a foundation that raised money with the intent of making a real difference in the lives of two people they chose. The Money belongs to those two women because that is what this group decided they wanted to do. This group raised 4400 dollars because they knew that during the Pandemic many food servers were on the front line and most were scraping by due to many restaurants being closed time for months at a time. SO they decided that they wanted to show their generosity to 2 women at this particular restaurant. It was their money and they chose these two women. the money belongs to them and them alone.
Yes F oven & tap and those defending their punk A ways. May all of their good employees find rewarding employment with decent folks elsewhere...folks who treat others how they would like to be treated.
@@TheNecessaryEvil AT A FANCY RESTAURANT YEAH BUT THE WAITRESS ARE PAID CLOSE TO COOKS HOURLY PAY EITHER WAY BUT THIS PLACE WHERE SHE WORKS IS JUST LIKE DENNY'S THE COOKS ARE NOT PAID WELL MOST ARE MIGRANTS AND GET NO TIPS!
No I know that this is one to two years old but let me tell you this corporate May strike again but they will get theirs and then some it's called karma.
@@spacemanx9595 Yea, not even close. Once it is handed over you have no say where it goes. If there is a tip pool it goes in there and like I said you do not get to make the decisions. Once the money is handed over it is no longer your money and though you can request it back nobody is under any obligation to return it. Not sure why you believe you have more power than you do.
The owners, by this action, have now put a sign out letting people who can afford to leave that kind of a tip know that their restaurant is for low class bums. The people who have that kind of money to spend will now be spending it someplace else. What the thieving owners did out of greed is called in down home terms, "shooting yourself in the foot" or "cutting off your nose to spite your face." Thanks to the stupidity of the owners they just lost way more than $4,400.00.
Just because something is "Common business practice" doesn't mean it's right. Unpaid internships are common business practice and we all know it's modern salvery. If that money was ment for her and her only because of her outstanding service or for whatever reason the person giving the tip chose, than she has all the rights to keep that money for herself. Period.
I’ve tipped at many places that do a tip pool. If I felt a server went above and beyond I would pull them aside and tip them and tell them this was specifically for them. Never has anyone been fired for it.
The servers likely still threw it in the tip pool. One modest tip is not worth the risk of being fired over vs. the very huge amount this waitress got.
Was it really worth it to fire this lady? Consider the following: 1) She may be entitled to unemployment benefits. 2) They are going to pay a lot more than a few thousand dollars in legal fees when she sues their asses! 3) She should also file a complaint with the wage commission and EEOC! 4). Is it really worth the bad publicity?
The guy got the tip back from the restaurant and gave it to the waitress. He also called ahead to make sure there was no tip sharing. They said they did not tip share.
@@KADDIE101 No, they were not. Once the tip is handed over it is no longer his money. In no place in any county is a tip obligated to be returned if asked for. That is like saying you give me a birthday gift and that an hour later you can come and say you want the gift back. Only and I mean only if I feel like being generous do I give the gift back.
@@KADDIE101 Laugh all you want but she stole from all she was mandated to split it with. You can say where you want it to go all you want but you do not dictate policy and once it was in her hands she was mandated to split it. The only portion she would be free to give to you is only her portion, not the whole thing. I am done arguing with you. BTW just because you give me money to give to someone does not mean legally I am required to pass it on unless ordered by a judge.
@@KADDIE101 Not even close and you and the people who uploaded are idiots. I am simply stating but however you and your idiot friends take it is up to you. She is the thief period.
First off, she is not obligated to share that tip. Why is there tip sharing? Every single person needs to earn their tip. It is NOT a common practice to do that unless you're a bartender and there are multiple employees behind it. I was a manger for a hot minute at a restaurant. They fired her because she stuck her ground.
so the cooks who prepared 40 meals, apps, deserts, they dont deserve anything? the bartenders who prepared 40-100+ drinks, screw em? the bus boy who cleared everything? the two service staff had the easy end of that shift and they wanna walk away with everything. fuck off.
@toki xo $12 an hour with NO TIPS means they make on average 4-5 less/hr than a tipped employee. the bartender isnt earning tips at their bar if theyre pouring drink after drink for the 40 top
@@ianh1504 Sorry but as a restaurant manager, you pay your chef salary not hourly pay. You always take care your chef. Waitresses work very low hourly rate because they depend on the tip. Just because I win the lottery that does not mean I will share with somebody else. You need to know the pay structure. A couple of months ago, I gave one Starbucks employee $500 but waited for break time to make sure nobody else gets it. He always greets me with a smiling face. If I want to tip everybody, I would mention it while giving it. This girl deserves all the split tip because the tipper said so. It is that simple.
Red average wage for a cook in houston tx is 13.69/hr why dont they deserve tips? You ever worked in a kitchen? How is the bartender who now has to pour a hundred goddamn drinks for this one table supposed to get tips from the bar patrons?
I've been out restaurants before and I've had food that was absolutely garbage but the reason I ended up tipping is because the waitress was so understanding and going above and beyond to try to make things right even though it wasn't her fault in this scenario the waitress literally earned her tip it had nothing to do with anybody her attitude was awesome so personally it would upset me if I left her a tip that generous and you basically came along like the government trying to stick your hands in her pockets
Anthony Robinson ... well that is one BAD thing about people making it publicly known that they were left a HUGE CASH TIP : They WILL INDEED HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON IT . I used to waitress a lot ... I always TIP in CASH and tell people please DON'T put a TIP on a CREDIT CARD if you pay that way because THAT will be TAXED . Most wait staff still make a PATHETIC HOURLY RATE and THAT is why they NEED tips here in America , unlike in countries such as France . She has been given ANOTHER GIFT aside from UNEMPLOYMENT by her ROTTEN BOSS at O and T : Now she can SUE him for WRONGFUL TERMINATION ! MORE MONEY will be coming to her later down the road when she WINS THE LAWSUIT , which I have NO DOUBTS about .
First of all, she reserves the goddamn RIGHT to not share what she earned by herself, I bet no one else was willing to be as nice as her to the customers. Second of All, the whole ideology of Tip-Sharing is immensely unheard of IMO, I NEVER heard of some BS like that, That should be illegal tbh, that honestly sounds like something a Pimp would do, which raises a MAJOR red flag. Third of all, last but certainly not least, the employers of that restaurant basically exposed two sins that are listed on the Seven Deadly Sins, GREED and ENVY.
SHE DIDNT EARN IT BY HERSELF there were cooks and bartenders and bus oys working their asses off to make it possible for her to carry some trays of food out
@@ianh1504 even then, they specifically said to tip only two people. If they wanted to tip the bartenders and the servers they would've mentioned that. They did not. PLUS they even called beforehand and the owner confirmed there was no tip sharing. If there was any other amount of money, say $100 there would be no tip sharing. Also, the waitress doesn't simply just "carry food out" if you didn't have a waitress, there'd be no proper seating, no food orders, it would be dysfunctional. Another point is cooks get paid a lot of money regardless. But we don't know what happened behind the scenes either. Maybe they were given a little more pay for that big meal. Maybe they also were going to tip the bartenders as well, and they did but it wasn't a significant amount of money. I understand what you're saying regarding the other people working hard, but we only see what's happening regarding the tips for the waitress.
@@josephhodges9819 what derrik stated, the manager said there was no tip pool. They turned around after they found out the amount of the tip. If it were any less than the amount given, there would've been no drama but seeing as there was a lot there, they demanded to split the tip.
Seems like that restaurant has a policy of convenience and greed. She must be one helluva waitress. Which restaurant did she get hired at...? I wanna go.
Listen it's rare enough something like that happens. For how hard it is to be server or waitress, a tip like this is like winning the lottery for that person. I've worked in the restaurant industry before in my lifetime for at least 7 years total. That might not be much but Coming from my experience I would think anyone in that establishment would act the same way and want to keep that tip. It is bullshit for an owner to take that away. Back your employees up. You should be proud something like that happened IN your restaurant. This is a bad look. I hope someone hires that girl ASAP. If people tipped her 4,400 dollars, as an owner or manger, wouldn't you feel very happy that you have employees like that?
@@MrDICKHEAD28 I have brother-in-laws that are cooks and they get separate tips from customers when their steaks, for example, were cooked they way they asked. So maybe not all cooks get a special tip for some reason 💁♀️🧐.
@@zulemagutierrez4923 Not to mention every cook I have known that has worked in a restaurant got paid at least minimum wage if not more compared to a server who makes in most states less then $4 per hour because their tips are expected to bring them up to the states minimum wage, the only time their bosses have to dish out more on their paycheck is if they don't meet the hourly minimum with their tips. The biggest thing I see a lot of commenters missing is it was 2 servers being tipped $2200 each, after all the backlash the owners released a statement trying to say that they have always done tip sharing (which the server said had never happened in 3 years she worked there) to the tune of 9% of the tip was to be split between bartenders, kitchen & busboys, which doesn't sound bad except they were only gonna give her 20% of that $2200 ($440), 9% of that $2200 ($198) would have gone to the tip pool and the other 71% of that $2200 ($1562) would have basically been pocketed by the owners, I would have been pissed about it too.
Ty G her first mistake was in being intimidated into handing over 80% of the tip that was gifted to her . The waitress should have stood her ground saying " No , this was given to me and the other waitress ... it is not for you to decide what I do with MY money . " He would have fired her then and there but instead he has lied when he says they practice tip-sharing ... ... I believe HER when she says they DON'T do that THERE . Unemployment what a rotten Christmas gift from O and T . SCROOGE To show support for this waitress people should boycott that restaurant and send a message loud and clear to the owner . Yes I to believe a number of restaurants will offer her a job knowing that she is an asset . She has just received another gift without realizing it because now she can SUE her former employee .
F Oven & Tap of Bentonville. You reap what you sow bitches! Greedy F’s for sure. I hope this bites them in the A extra hard. The gentleman who orchestrated the tip hopefully will no longer support this establishment after they revealed their true character.
@@sirmixalot3332 She revealed hers also. She did not not not serve those people herself so those who assisted her were entitled to some to. She also had no right to give the tip back to the man.
Joseph Hodges as I said F oven & tap and F all the management and ownership who still think they made the right decision. May this woman be blessed as well as the man who wanted to bless her. As for Oven & Tap may they reap what they sow. Hopefully they change their ways so they can be blessed if not you get what ya give.
restaurants and fast food places wonder why people don't want to work in the service industry no more you treat people like shit who wants to be treated like that
I own a moving company. I pay good wages, I provide the trucks, fuel, equipment, I pay for the advertisements, taxes, insurance etc. My movers do all the hard labor, disassembling, loading, driving, unloading, and reassembling. I make my profit from the rates that me and the customers make. I don't even know what tips my movers make bc that's none of my business. They worked for it and that's their incentive to perform well. The tips they received keeps them working hard and in return I get a great reputation, good reviews, repeat and referral business. Taking my movers tips would hurt me more than help.
If the restaurant actually PAID a living wage, there’d be no need for tipping! This restaurant is typical of your average avaricious employer...creaming off the profit for themselves whilst their employees struggle!
Tard. Servers make a living wage. Pay them a straight $15 an hour with no tips and you’re actually costing them money. Any decent server should be making way more than $15 an hour.
Derrick Wingfield they all worked on that 44 top harder than the server did, prove me wrong. She took the orders and brought out the food, thats the easy part of this transaction.
@Derrick Wingfield if i wasnt done forever working in hospitality id be more interested in working for a place that looks out for their BOH like oven and tap
@@ianh1504 bye…. She probably had amazing customer service. I guarantee if they guy that tipped knew it was gonna be spilt, he wouldn’t have tipped so much. Just pure greed, the rules changed that day when they saw how large the tip was. Maybe that “common industry practice” shouldn’t occur ONLY on specific times…
According to the owners they say their tip policy has always been "6% of bar sales go to bartenders, 2% of food sales to the kitchen, and 1% of food sales go to server assistants (fancy word for busboy?)." To me "sales" means what the restaurant made off the customers bill not what the customers "tipped" their server. Even if that was how they split the "tips" that's only 9% so if that's the case then why were they telling her she could only keep 20%, where was that 71% in the middle going. Say 40 people each order $65 in food and $35 from the bar, then by their numbers she would owe $162 to the rest of the staff, but they were only gonna let her keep 20% ($440) of the $2200, so where is the other $1598 going to?
That’s not what I heard, the guy that gave the tip said he called before hand and asked to make sure there wasn’t a tip splitting thing. Which they confirmed they didn’t have
Yea 2precent when the waitress makes $1.80 a hour walks out if there ona week ight after working 6-12 hours with $20-$30 bucks ,person pours drunks makes$10 an hour walks out with triple the money ,My mother was a waitress ,and when you do parties the ones doing the party split the tip Sorry should have volunteered for party ,and the manager said that tip sharing has been part of tips not always just when management felt that everyone didn't make enough You want to tip share great ,pay the waitress all $10 hour or as much as the bar tender
Bruh I hate restaurants that pull this shit, they some grimy people for that. This could be good for her tho, 4.4K probably like a fourth of her salary yearly so she should save that and get a better job
20 percent to each server, 6 percent for bartenders, 2 percent for kitchen 1 percent for busers. Where does the other 51 percent go. That's what they keep out of credit card tips. I GUESS 20 PERCENT FOR THE MANAGER AND 31 PERCENT FOR OWNERS. keep your mouth shut or we will fire you. How much do the owners pocket in tip money?
I do not agree with the concept of tipping any staff, as it encourages employers to pay shit wages. However, those who do receive tips should always keep their own tips, because it further incentifies them to provide a good service. Whereas, if there is a tip-sharing policy, it merely enables the bad, rude, lazy staff members to unjustly profit from their hard-working colleagues.
I partially agree but how do you incentivise the cooks and bar staff to provide excellent food and drink if the waitress keeps all the money and credit for serving their food and drinks?
@@mattwilson5969 Their incentive is to continue to have a job. Let say you own a restaurant and two cooks of yours are burning the food, under-cooking the food, over-seasoning the food and customers are complaining about the quality of the food, are you going to keep them? NOW let's say you have two cooks who make really good food and customers are raving about how good the food is, are you going to keep those cooks, maybe even give them a raise? If you do not other restaurants are going to hear about how good your cooks are and they are going to offer them a job making more than what you are paying them. If you have a job and you are really good at your job, you will always have a job, even if that restaurant goes belly up for some other reason those cooks will be able to find a job cooking somewhere else if they have a reputation for being really good cooks.
@@tbirum Usually it is not that extreme on one side, but somewhere in the middle. Tips can incentive the good cooks that have gotten even better with experience to stay and put forth extra effort.
They said that they didn't fire the other server the only reason they didn't fire the other server because because Ryan was the one who spoke up and called them out for being shady asf Ryan worked there for 3 and half years so you can't tell me that they didn't fire her over this been there that long then all of sudden after they try to screw her over and she stands up for herself so they fire her I hope that the people in that town stop going to that place and cause them to shut down bc any place that treats their employees like doesn't deserve to remain in business servers only make a few dollars a hour pretty much all of their money comes in from their tips
Why tf should a waitress or waiter have to share their tip with everyone in that restaurant if that tip was given to that specific person for the good service she or he did... Why?!!! This just ticks me off! This was so unfair. I feel so bad for her. 🤦😞
Servers don’t deserve tips at all !! They just bring your water and plate out 🤣 the cook is the one that deserves that 4400$ I never tip servers never !!!
@@2pacalypseish how about emplyees get paid a living wage and then the customers dont have to directly pay the employees wages as well as pay for their meal
Oven and Tap owners are the laughing stock of not just Bentonville but everywhere across the U.S. Mollie Mullis and Luke Wetzel. Hopefully your business goes under... you deserve it!
They have "messages" turned off on their website...due to negative comments flying in...but they can't stop the opinions on here folks...keep them coming. This business should go under by the end of the year....it's what the owner deserves!
Jealousy IS an evil thing.....the guy probably should NOT have announced the amount of the tip in such a grand standing way to the entire restaurant...and yeah, if I decide to give a server a certain amount of tip (my money for that person)...THEY will get it, and NO manager should stand in the way.
I should be able to tip my server how I choose. If you trying to steal her money to pay your cook and dishwasher well then that's illegal wrong unethical immoral and cheap! Pay your ppl that gave you almost 4 years of their life! I say the police should investigate this theft and wrongful termination.
THE COOK IS DOING MOST OF THE WORK AND GETS NO TIPS! THAT'S UNETHICAL SERVERS ARE GREEDY STEAL MOST OF TIP MONEY NOW CRYING ON NATIONAL TV ABOUT HOW SHE WANTED ALL OF THE TIP MONEY FUCK THAT COOKS ARE GETTING FUCKED OVER WITHOUT COOKS THERE WILL BE NO WAITRESSES TO MAKE MONEY OFF
What greedy owners. Reminds me of Gordon Ramsey episode where the owners kept the tips for themselves! They don’t split the tip to the employees they keep it to themselves
The people who saw fit to glorify themselves by giving her money, filming it and drawing attention to her should own this. They should give her a good paying job
That's just wrong if she earned it she should keep it. If they don't share all their tips why start when a couple of waitress hit it lucky. When I leave a tip I leave it for good, courteous, friendly and fast service. Not for what another waitress is doing across the restaurant. Bad call!!!
Totally agree this reminds me of a customer that tippeddd by a struggling waitress a winning power ball ticked and she was sued by the staff and the person that gave the ticket
This waitress is getting an education about how "free enterprise" works. Also, tourists from Europe wonder why American restaurants can't afford to pay their employees. The employees have to grovel and wag their tail like a dog to get "tips."
This isn’t “free enterprise” . It’s theft. If they didn’t have a tip share before they don’t suddenly get to make one now. Would there be all of this drama if the guys tipped $50 bucks? Can’t change the rules based on the tip amount.
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@@mikhelatuesday Wait, you actually think this only happens in America that owners take or steal money from their employees?. You should really have your head examined.
That restaurant should be ashamed of themselves. That's bull pucky about her being fired. That's about as bad as the firing of the 900 employees over zoom.
As hard as these people have to work and as much bullshit that they have to deal with from assholes they deserve their tips . Im not a rich person . As a matter of fact im actually not doing at all well monetarily but I'm not a cheapskate either . I will always leave a fair tip for service . This waitress was being blessed . And this establishment sucks big time for firing her. I hope she finds a better situation as a result .
I love what Wise did for Brandt, from the tip to helping her after being fired. That restaurant sucks. If I give a tip to a waiter, I do not want it to go to anyone else. The whole tipping things sucks. I hate it. The employees just need to get paid a fair wage and tips only those rare moments when service is exceptional by the waiter. The cost of eating out is going crazy and to think a 20% can run my family another $16? I’m struggling like everyone else. From now on, I leave a minimum of $2 and a maximum of 10% tip. When I have money, I love to leave a generous tip for great service that stands out. But the whole tipping thing is so far out of hand. Why are restaurant owners taking money out of employee’s pay to pay other employees? I hope those owners who do that rot in jail. Crooks.
Servers don’t deserve tips at all they just bring your water and ketchup lol i tip the cook the real person that deserves it !!! You are fools for tipping bartenders and waitresses striaght dumbassas
Customers are getting ripoff by tipping your already paying a armed and a leg on the food and it doesn't even come with a drink including sorry but I'm there to eat my food not to pay you while bringing my sodas and food so no they don't deserve no tip just cause you brought my food and to be honest $ 4000 is to much for the waiter
@@2pacalypseish You shouldn't have to tip anyone. You eat out and pay to have food made for you. I'd expect the food and drinks to be delivered. Why would anyone want to tip such a basic part of eating out? The entire culture has become an ugly monster. It's not even like paying minimum wage is that much more these days. Now tipping is expecting everywhere. It's such a bad culture and it always ruins the experience by ending things awkwardly. That's the last thing you remember.
I don't know why any comments are mentioning tip sharing when the woman specifically states the place wasn't tip sharing in any way prior to her het the huge tip. Not ALL restaurants tip share and it's pretty crappy to all of a sudden implement tip sharing after she received the $2200, taking away $1600 of the tip from her.
I used to be a delivery driver and the company I worked for never did tip sharing but I delivered an order 18 miles away from the store that totalled over 200 dollars. They tipped me 385. As soon as I got back they made me split it amongst every employee in the shop including ones that weren't even working I came out with 26 dollars.
Sounds like the owners run a shitty business model. I let my wait staff keep what they earn at the table in tips while also paying a fair hourly rate. If a restaurant needs to sweat over $8,000 or lower to keep their staff happy, then they should close their doors and let another business handle the property.
This all depends on what policy was in place at the time. If the restaurant applied tip sharing only to this tip they were in the wrong and a lawsuit would be winnable.
I feel both the manager and the tipper were both in the wrong. Granted what the tipper did was wonderful but if he was truly trying to do it as an act of kindness he shouldn't gave announced it to the whole restaurant. Maybe telling the manager just to male sure it's okay but don't announce your doing a good deed. And the manager is Alban to for not only making her share money she earned but fired her. From what we can tell she willingly gave her money like they asked and then fired her for it. This whole thing is wick. But as the other person didn't get fired perhaps this story isn't all 8m balck and white (OH and for those wondering she did get another job and a gofumdme page raised 9,000 dollars for her troubles.
Tip share is very common at restaurants with 3% of sales going to the bar and bus staff and 8% on the high end. But it's definitely not a scrupulous amount of 80% that this restaurant was trying to enforce on her.
My son and DIL were servers at one point. They gave a small percentage of their tip to the bus boy and never had to share with other servers. That’s ridiculous to me because let’s face it not all servers go out of their way or are as pleasant as others. I feel that she should have given a nice tip to the bus boy but that’s it. Clearly the tip was meant for her alone.
She wasn't told it had to be shared with all the severs. The waitress was told it had to be also shared with the person at tap (drinks) and the cook at the oven. That is totally fair since with slow or lousy food and drinks she would have gotten nothing.
so the cooks who served a 40 top? thats not work? most people act like martys having to coom for like 5-6 people at home at thanksgiving but yall are like "serving these 40 people at once seems fine"
@@ianh1504 You have to acknowledge that cooks/chefs are paid very well! Servers rely on their tips. Working at a well known restaurant my son was paid ONE DOLLAR 20 cents an hour. That is how it is at most restaurants.
@@ianh1504 cooks don't get tips because they're paid salary with benefits. If you're a cook getting paid what waitresses get paid, you should run. Stfu plz
TimTam Big Ham the bureau of labor statistics conveniently publishes line cook wages, but i suppose youre too stupid to go look em up then retain that information while you then look up server wages+tips
First world STUPID problem! Tipping is the SHAMELESS practice in the United States! Shameless restaurant use lame reasons not to pay their restaurant staff well and expect patrons to pay them for the work they do! Utterly SHAMELESS!
@@codyw7671 yet staff gets paid in Britain regardless and tipping is not "required" but reserved for special gratitude, like in literally most other countries
Absolutely Shameless. The owners and servers have no shame at all. Begging for money. I just shake my head sometimes. Eat at home folks save your money and your health.
He didn’t tip the whole amount. Watch the whole video he never said “ I’m tipping you 4,400 dollars “ it was a group of people who all put in $100 and online donations.
Why would you call that guy a narcissist? He was a literal Angel for gifting that woman that much money. If he WAS truly a narcissist, he would've bragged about being rich and would've called her a peasant too, now THAT is the definition of a narcissist... We need more people like HIM tbh, because lots of well-off and wealthy people keep looking down on others that are less fortunate...
This restaurant should have been ashamed of them Self firing such a loyal employee. They will be lucky if she doesn't come after them For wrongful termination.
