Red Lobster employee suspended after posting racist receipt online

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Only reason she was suspended was because of the customer's name on the receipt.

Hopefully she reported her tips correctly, so she can receive a decent suspense pay. Else it reverts back to min wage.
 
I don't understand why some people here take such an uncritical and dogmatic stand for the rules in this situation, I think she did the right thing and informed other people how she got treated.
I hope Red Lobster does the right thing as well and doesn't fire her after the suspension.
 
Thread confirms what I've always at least suspected about Red Lobster customers. Totally unfounded, of course, but we can't help our biases.
 
I have no sympathy for people who are stupid enough to post this online. This is like the 4th time I've seen the exact same situation in the last couple months.
 
The Abominable Snowman said:
Only reason she was suspended was because of the customer's name on the receipt.

Hopefully she reported her tips correctly, so she can receive a decent suspense pay. Else it reverts back to min wage.
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There are four reasons why she got suspended:

1) She posted the name and location of the restaurant. This can potentially hurt business to Red Lobster as her name was attached to the company when publicly shaming the racist.

2) She posted the transaction number and authentication code. This violates the privacy of the customers involved and many company policies.

3) She posted a private financial record online. Private financial records are confidential, and are the property only of the employer and the customer. It's equivalent to someone stealing your tax return and posting it online. Because of this, the customer may be liable for damages.

4) The private financial record contains personally identifying information. The receipt has the last four digits of the customer's credit card (as well as the type of credit card used), it contains the person's official signature, and his name. These can be used in identity theft, application fraud, or credit card fraud.

But again, I must emphasize that she is not in the wrong here. She was the victim of racial discrimination and doesn't deserve to be fired. Unfortunately, because she posted the receipt, that's what will probably happen.
 
Not saying she is a liar and not saying people wouldn't do this because the world is full of racist assturds.

But the writing between the top comments and the signature is just wildly different. If you are about to leave a vile comment why would you take the time to do a proper and neat signature? Again, not calling her out i just find it odd that some racist piece of shit would take the time to do a proper signature and write those comments like a 6 year old with a crayon. Yeah, logic isn't a thing most racist people have but still.

It's not like people have faked things in the past and it's not like racists haven't done this before. If it wasn't for the insanely different writing styles i wouldn't of given this a second thought.
 
On mobile, so I don't have the link, but the customer admits writing "none" but denies writing the slur.

Edit: and I have to say, the handwriting is pretty inconsistent.
 
Cat Party said:
On mobile, so I don't have the link, but the customer admits writing "none" but denies writing the slur.

Edit: and I have to say, the handwriting is pretty inconsistent.
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http://www.wfsb.com/story/23396399/attorney-red-lobster-customer-denies-writing-slur-on-receipt

The alleged racist's name is "Devin Barnes."

There's a new chapter in the case of a disturbing message written on a restaurant receipt, as the attorney for the customer in question has a very different story to tell.

Toni Jenkins, a waitress at Red Lobster in Franklin, says she returned to collect the receipt from a table only to find the ugly message instead. In the tip line, was the word "none," and in the total, the N-word.

Now, that customer and his attorney deny he had anything to do with it and say someone else could be to blame.

"Whoever put that on that receipt was very wrong," said attorney Richard Dugger.

Devin Barnes keeps receiving threats over this, even though he maintains his innocence.

"He's just not that type of individual. He doesn't speak that way," Dugger said. "He is really tore up about it."

Barnes and his wife visited Red Lobster in Franklin on Saturday. Hours later, his ticket, including his name, part of his card number and his signature, wound up online, along with a racial slur.

"My only desire is just to stand up for what's right," Jenkins said.

Jenkins, who served Barnes and his wife Saturday, posted the picture of the receipt to Facebook, and the story soon attracted international attention.

"It was like my heart kind of sank, and I was like, 'Wow.' I'm going through my mind. I'm like, 'Was my service awful? Did I do something?' I've never had to deal with that before," Jenkins said.

Dugger provided Channel 4 News with a statement he says Barnes wrote by hand.

In the note, Barnes admitted he wrote "none" in the tip line and signed the bill, but left the total line blank.

As for the N-word, Barnes denies writing it.

"I do not approve of the use of that type of talk, not now or ever," the note says.

"He doesn't like trouble. He does not like drama, confusion, you know," Dugger said. "Whoever put that on that receipt was very wrong. Just as putting that receipt on the world wide Internet was wrong. Two wrongs never make a right."

And that remains part of the problem for Barnes and his attorney.

The waitress will be back at work this week. In posting the picture of the ticket online, she violated Red Lobster policy.

A company spokesman told Channel 4 News it has completed its investigation but won't discuss the findings or whether it disciplined the server.

Dugger said he hopes to soon hire a handwriting expert to analyze the ticket, the slur and his client's handwriting.
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Handwriting analysts, go!

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Edit: Holy crap, I didn't realize from the smaller pic in the OP that you could clearly read the guy's name printed on the receipt. That's a clear violation of privacy.
 
The "none" and "nigger" part on the receipt definitely look like different handwriting. I don't think we can come to a guilty or not guilty verdict on this. We need Pheonix Wright.
 
Cat Party said:
On mobile, so I don't have the link, but the customer admits writing "none" but denies writing the slur.

Edit: and I have to say, the handwriting is pretty inconsistent.
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The word "none" and the N-word do look consistent, however. Since he admitted to writing "none", I'm a bit skeptical on Devin's innocence.

Cat Party said:
It was a to go order and he didn't leave a tip? Oh shit, we've crossed the streams!
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If it was a to-go order, then it's completely reasonable not to leave a tip. It is still dickish to write the world "none" on the receipt, regardless. If you don't want to leave a tip, you just don't write anything on the receipt except your signature.
 
depths20XX said:
The "none" and "nigger" part on the receipt definitely look like different handwriting. I don't think we can come to a guilty or not guilty verdict on this. We need Pheonix Wright.
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The only part that matches is how between 'none' and 'nigger', they both show signs of connecting letters randomly(In this case, for none, it's 'no' that are connected, and 'er' for the latter with a tendency of wanting to connect the 'ni'.

However because of the lack of available samples, I can't go any further into that to see if they're different or the same people writing it. For example, the fact that the 'r' is written in cursive style, would be a point taken away because 'none' doens't show that, whilst also at the same time the 'r' in his name is wildly different.

But the sample size is too small to make a legitimate comparison.
 
I just don't get it... Why would someone who pays by Visa and also signs their name, then write that? If you look closely, the pen even seems to be different and of a different handwriting.

Even when I sign or use cursive, my print matches somewhat.

While it is utterly heartbreaking to see someone write that, and America is full of crazy racists still, I don't buy that the customer wrote that.
 
ThroneZwei said:
The only part that matches is how between 'none' and 'nigger', they both show signs of connecting letters randomly(In this case, for none, it's 'no' that are connected, and 'er' for the latter with a tendency of wanting to connect the 'ni'.

However because of the lack of available samples, I can't go any further into that to see if they're different or the same people writing it. For example, the fact that the 'r' is written in cursive style, would be a point taken away because 'none' doens't show that, whilst also at the same time the 'r' in his name is wildly different.

But the sample size is too small to make a legitimate comparison.
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Take a look at the handwritten letter posted on this page.
 
What an odd situation. Everybody seems to have committed a party foul of some kind.

What's with the dude having a lawyer almost immediately though? Retainer? Could try and sue Red Lobster? Who knows?

My brain blew up
 
If I were the customer, I'd sue the crap out of Red a lobster for breaching my privacy then allowing the employee responsible back to work. This is all assuming the employee made it up, of course.
 
ThroneZwei said:
However because of the lack of available samples, I can't go any further into that to see if they're different or the same people writing it. For example, the fact that the 'r' is written in cursive style, would be a point taken away because 'none' doens't show that, whilst also at the same time the 'r' in his name is wildly different.

But the sample size is too small to make a legitimate comparison.
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I was going to mention the 'r' also. Typically people's signature can look quite different from their regular cursive though. I think just the look of the word 'nigger' looks like the line is thinner as if it was done with a different pen or pressed down differently.
 
Here's a larger version of the receipt.
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The screengrab was giving me a headache. I can see how one might make a case that either the pen or the pressure applied differs, but I don't want to be one of those people without stronger evidence.

EDIT: Fixed.
 
Silly decision of her to post the receipt online. In this kind of situation take that to your superiors. She's not without bad intentions for deciding that first cause of action was to post it on Facebook.

Also, it appears that restaurant works live in bubble where they don't see the consequences of doing this kind of thing. And the staff managers don't appear to train them well either.
 
BronsonLee said:
What an odd situation. Everybody seems to have committed a party foul of some kind.

What's with the dude having a lawyer almost immediately though? Retainer? Could try and sue Red Lobster? Who knows?

My brain blew up
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The letter says it's his pastor. He went for advice to his pastor who also happens to be a lawyer.
 
aly said:
Wait what? I have no idea what this even means?
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I just have a totally unfounded belief that Red Lobster attracts a lot of racists, especially during Endless Shrimp. It's nothing personal against anyone who enjoys the restaurant. I don't know why I feel this way, I just do.

Zoe said:
Handwriting analysts, go!



Edit: Holy crap, I didn't realize from the smaller pic in the OP that you could clearly read the guy's name printed on the receipt. That's a clear violation of privacy.
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Casual racists. They delight in hate behind people's backs, but once confronted they feel a pang of shame. Pathetic. If you're going to be an asshole at least be consistent about it.
 
BronsonLee said:
What an odd situation. Everybody seems to have committed a party foul of some kind.

What's with the dude having a lawyer almost immediately though? Retainer? Could try and sue Red Lobster? Who knows?

My brain blew up
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His name is printed clearly on the receipt, and he's been harassed as a result. Seems pretty clear they're going to look for some kind of reparation no matter whether he wrote it or not.
 
If he is innocent, she needs her ass nailed to the wall. We will never get past these terrible racial issues if people are going to abuse it for their own gain.
 
Cat Party said:
Take a look at the handwritten letter posted on this page.
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I will say this-The written paper has no tendencies of the receipt because I have a feeling he signed his name first on the receipt, then proceeded to write 'none' and 'nigger', thus the tendency of wanting to connect the hand writing.

The 'e' matches in both notes, he has a tendency to write the circle in the e big or small, ending it with a long tail.

However, the 'g' is wildly different, in the receipt it ends in a sharp hook, whilse in the note it does not. Along with the 'g' in the receipt having a very small opening to it. But, on the other hand because we are assuming he wrote his name first, and his hand was still in the method of writing fast like that, it's possible that with the 'g's he tried to do it as fast as possible.

And on the note, while he makes it a point to dot his 'i's, on the receipt there is no dot.

On the capital 'N', in the note it's very sharp, while on the receipt it's rounded to look like a 'v', however this can be explained again, that his hand just came off writing cursive.

If I were to go based off with taking this handicap(He just wrote cursive, so his writing was affected by it) compared to the note(Which he signed last-You can tell because the name in the note accentuates the letters more, compared to on the receipt which he probably signed first so it ended up more scribbly-like), I'd have to say it was him on both counts.

Granted, if I had more examples it would be better to analyze but that's what I can get from both.
 
Fiction said:
I dunno...the e's in both words kinda have the same lead in.
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I noticed that the e's not found in the racial slur (being the rest on the receipt and those found on the letter) tend to start from a higher position, and then go down and right to make the rest of the letter. The one on the slur seems to start low and then work its way higher.

Maybe I'm reading too much into this.
 
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