Red Lobster Waitress Gets $10K Tip After Racist Receipt

I don't agree
I was only talking about the N-word and you start talking about people starving omg ...stay on topic.

and you stick your nose more up gemmas a$$

+10,000. Well said and I agree Originally Posted by Grizzly

Good grief, It seems you took my opinion to a link you posted personal. Why? It has nothing to do with you. And Grizzly agreeing with my opinion has nothing to do with you or me either. You seek too much attention. Im commenting on THE LINK. Nothing more.

Well I was a waitress for a long time and I worked my ass off for nothing and then people doing crap like that well sorry I think its wrong period... Originally Posted by SexyKaylen

The word "TIP" stands for To insure promptness. I can remember when it as welcome but not demanded, and 10% was a good tip,

Today, if I take up a table for a long time for a lunch meeting: I think it is OK to leave more than 20% and do.

However, about two months ago I went to Denny's for lunch and got no service, not even a look, from the waitress. For 20 minutes she just stood there doing nothing. The manager finally came to take my order, and she brought the order. I tried to give the tip to the manager, and she wouldn't take it. It was the first time in thirty years that I did not leave a tip.

JR

The word "TIP" stands for To insure promptness. I can remember when it as welcome but not demanded, and 10% was a good tip,

Today, if I take up a table for a long time for a lunch meeting: I think it is OK to leave more than 20% and do.

However, about two months ago I went to Denny's for lunch and got no service, not even a look, from the waitress. For 20 minutes she just stood there doing nothing. The manager finally came to take my order, and she brought the order. I tried to give the tip to the manager, and she wouldn't take it. It was the first time in thirty years that I did not leave a tip.

JR Originally Posted by JRLawrence

FYI, the word tip as a form of gratuity did not start as an acronym.

Now back to the original topic, the girl may have wrote the crap on the receipt herself, but to imply she did is flat out dumb and reckless. Also, if she would have provided poor service there are better ways to deal with it than racial slurs.

What I took from the narrative of this little episode is that the waitress didn't put the actual event on face book. A third party witness unassociated with her did. And then a fourth party, again unassociated to the offended party took it upon themselves to ask for donations without the knowledge of the waitress and then surprised the waitress with the ten grand.

If that is what happened... then kudo's to everyone but the racist.

If there was some sort of plan to it all, and I guess there easily could have been, then it's pretty low. Money better spent giving to a food bank.

People have always been weird about what is awful and deserves a donation and what isn't. Like when the mother of three who was killed and partially eaten by a mountain lion while jogging in CA Sierra mountains about ten years ago. Mountain lion was eventually found and killed (good job in my book), but had kittens which were found and taken to a shelter. Which young ones got more in donations to help them grow up? The kittens. Screwed up.

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A Red Lobster waitress, who said a customer left her a receipt with a racist slur, has received the tip of a lifetime, thanks to a fundraising from online supporters.
Toni Christina Jenkins of Franklin, Tenn., said she was shocked when she saw a receipt on the table with "none" on the "Tip" line and the N-word on the "Total" line.
"I was just stunned that it happened," Jenkins, 19, said. "It's not something that you think in our generation would actually take place, so I was just blown away by it."
After posting a picture of the receipt to Facebook Sept. 10, her story sparked outrage online, prompting a California man to take action. Originally Posted by SexyKaylen

What I took from the narrative of this little episode is that the waitress didn't put the actual event on face book. A third party witness unassociated with her did. And then a fourth party, again unassociated to the offended party took it upon themselves to ask for donations without the knowledge of the waitress and then surprised the waitress with the ten grand.

If that is what happened... then kudo's to everyone but the racist.

If there was some sort of plan to it all, and I guess there easily could have been, then it's pretty low. Money better spent giving to a food bank.

People have always been weird about what is awful and deserves a donation and what isn't. Like when the mother of three who was killed and partially eaten by a mountain lion while jogging in CA Sierra mountains about ten years ago. Mountain lion was eventually found and killed (good job in my book), but had kittens which were found and taken to a shelter. Which young ones got more in donations to help them grow up? The kittens. Screwed up. Originally Posted by Bartman1963

She is the one who posted it on facebook, her job even suspended her for it. But, I pretty much agree with the rest of what you said. Im just not as tactful as you were in saying it. Lol!

...You seek too much attention. Originally Posted by Gemma34

THREAD WINNER!!!!! Close this baby up!!

There is always Barber college.

lol After re-reading it...I stand corrected! I guess I was too focused on sex while I was reading this. I guess I was picturing you and Kaylen fully made up rolling around on the floor tearing each others clothes off and then starting to get it on... oops. SEE? There I go again.

2nd party, third party, four.... arggh.... hehe


Barber college! +1

FYI, the word tip as a form of gratuity did not start as an acronym.

Now back to the original topic, the girl may have wrote the crap on the receipt herself, but to imply she did is flat out dumb and reckless. Also, if she would have provided poor service there are better ways to deal with it than racial slurs. Originally Posted by bigryan222

Well, I stand corrected. I have heard that all my life, so I looked it up after your comment:

You may have heard that the few hundred year old definition of “tip”, as referring to gratuity, comes from “To Insure Promptness” or similar backronyms, but this isn’t correct.
In fact, pretty much anytime you’ve ever heard of a word that originated before the 20th century coming from an acronym, you can be almost certain that it isn’t true. As linguist David Wilton said,
There is only one known pre-20th-century [English] word with an acronymic origin and it was in vogue for only a short time in 1886. The word is “colinderies” or “colinda”, an acronym for the Colonial and Indian Exposition held in London in that year.
The real origin of the word “tip” is a bit more obscure than that. In terms of the “gratuity” definition, it most likely comes from a popular form of speech among thieves, beggars, and hustlers, called the “Thieves’ Cant” (also sometimes called “Rogues’ Cant”), which arose in Great Britain several hundred years ago with the primary aim of keeping non-thieves and the like from being able to fully understand what the thieves were talking about.

Read more at http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....0G4smMp6cDibR5.

Sorry about my being wrong.

JR

That's very true, she may not have... but do you think she expected to get a payday from it?
...she took to scam.... so if she was treated this way she's scamming now? Sure they funded her, and it comes across as nice (if over done greatly) to me.
People give money all the time to the needy Gemma, otherwise the charity groups wouldn't exist at all.

Originally Posted by ISODT

I highlighted the key statement and word in your statement. That word is needy, the waitress is not needy or there is no evidence that she is needy, what I believe Gemma is saying is people will throw money at this person because she was called {the n-word} , other than being offended she received no harm, yet we have people who are starving and living on the street and no one sets up a facebook account for them. While I dont agree with the word being used, I can see the point that Gemma was trying to make.

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Well, I stand corrected. I have heard that all my life, so I looked it up after your comment:

You may have heard that the few hundred year old definition of “tip”, as referring to gratuity, comes from “To Insure Promptness” or similar backronyms, but this isn’t correct.
In fact, pretty much anytime you’ve ever heard of a word that originated before the 20th century coming from an acronym, you can be almost certain that it isn’t true. As linguist David Wilton said,
There is only one known pre-20th-century [English] word with an acronymic origin and it was in vogue for only a short time in 1886. The word is “colinderies” or “colinda”, an acronym for the Colonial and Indian Exposition held in London in that year.
The real origin of the word “tip” is a bit more obscure than that. In terms of the “gratuity” definition, it most likely comes from a popular form of speech among thieves, beggars, and hustlers, called the “Thieves’ Cant” (also sometimes called “Rogues’ Cant”), which arose in Great Britain several hundred years ago with the primary aim of keeping non-thieves and the like from being able to fully understand what the thieves were talking about.

Read more at http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....0G4smMp6cDibR5.

Sorry about my being wrong.

JR Originally Posted by JRLawrence

I assumed what you thought was right for a very long time. The only reason I looked it up was because we were trying to find the origin of the word FUCK and someone said it was Fornication Under Commandment of the King. The heartbreak of finding out that wasn't true made us find other words that we thought were acronyms only to find out they had different origins.

What im about to share is an example of a truly great and caring person. While I will keep his name anonymous, he is a member of our hobby community. This makes me want to do more for the people that need it. I do what I can and love volunteering but this story really touches my heart.

http://m.cjonline.com/news/2011-07-0...dding-surprise