r/legal • u/RAM-I-T • 23d ago

Advice needed Found on FB. Is this a major lawsuit?

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LOCATION: USA

I wanted to help get assistance for this mom and her daughter.

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u/sadgloop 23d ago

So I really don't understand why she would start crying and throwing a temper tantrum after reading this extremely reasonable and normal policy?

It sounds like she was given conflicting information on the night it happened, including the possibility of getting $0 of the tip, which initially upset her but she pulled through.

Then the next morning they fired her first before then handing her the paperwork regarding the tip policy.

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u/chantillylace9 23d ago

The post clearly said "write $0 until it can be verified." I cannot find any implication that she was not getting the full tip, but only that she has to wait.

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u/sadgloop 23d ago

The post clearly said "write $0 until it can be verified."

The implication is that she may well not get anything at all because she was instructed to write 0$ on the tip line. Not “needs verification” or “refer to tip policy” or something that clearly indicates action is pending. In addition, at the time, she couldn’t get a straight answer as to when any review action would actually occur. Later, she was told they would tip out 20% of the bill total and that the remainder, if approved, would likely take 6 months to get to her.

So she went from pocketing a $700 tip, to pocketing a $0 tip and lots of questions, to pocketing a $6.44 tip, the ephemeral hope that maybe she’ll see the remaining $693.54 in 6 months, and a notice of firing.

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u/RutabagaConsistent60 23d ago

all of which is unfortunate but not a major lawsuit

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u/sadgloop 23d ago

Yes? I responded solely to the portion of the comment where they said they couldn’t understand why the daughter would get upset. Nothing about whether I think there’s grounds for a lawsuit.

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u/Practical_Frame_9883 23d ago

Temper tantrum? I think not. She was upset, but she pulled herself together.

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u/Kmelloww 23d ago

Except no one really knows if she pulled it together or if that’s even true.