![]() Wise said he chose the Oven and Tap in Bentonville, Arkansas (pictured) because it was one of his and his wife's favorite local restaurantsīrandt was visibly in tears after the announcement, but soon, Wise said, he found out that the restaurant managers asked her to split her tip. 'I was told that I was going to be giving my cash over to my shift manager and I would be taking home 20 percent,' Brandt told FOX 59, noting that she had never been asked to split her tip before in the three and a half years she worked there.īrandt, who studied Spanish at the University of Arkansas, said she was 'devastated' at having to fork over the large tip as she had planned to use the money to help pay off her student loans.Ī few days later, Wise found out that Brandt had been fired for 'violating' the restaurant's rules by telling Wise about its tip policy. Wise told KNWA he called the restaurant ahead of the outing to confirm that its servers did not share tips, and as he presented one of the waitresses, Ryan Brandt, with a check for $4,400 to split between her and another waitress who served the group, she was left in tears.īut soon after, Brandt said, restaurant managers told her she would have to split the tip with all of her co-workers - something she said they have not requested in the three and a half years she has worked there. Grant Wise, who owns a local real estate company, organized the '$100 Dinner Club' to dine at the Oven and Tap in Bentonville, Arkansas, earlier this month, with each member contributing a $100 tip. Published: 01:52 BST, 12 December 2021 | Updated: 03:01 BST, 12 December 2021Ī waitress who received a $4,400 tip from a group of good Samaritans to split between her and another server has been fired from her job after the restaurant manager forced her to cough up most of the money. She was then fired for 'violating' the restaurant's policy by telling Wise about its tip policy.But restaurant managers told her she would have to split the tip with all of the restaurant employees - something they never asked her to do before.She said she planned to use the money to help pay off her student loans.He then presented waitress Ryan Brandt with a check for $4,400 to split between her and another waitress who served the group, leaving her in tears.He said he called the restaurant in advance to confirm that its servers did not have to share or pool tips.Each member of the club would contribute $100 towards a tip.Grant Wise, who owns a real estate company, organized the '$100 Dinner Club' to dine at the Oven and Tap in Bentonville, Arkansas.Arkansas waitress is FIRED after group of good Samaritans leave her a $4,400 tip: Restaurant manager ordered her to keep just 20% and split the rest with entire staff - then canned her for 'violating' rules
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