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When Khalil Cavil looked at his customer's bill Saturday night, he saw a note written on the top saying, "We don't tip terrorist." The customer at Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa had circled his name, Khalil, and left a zero in the tip field for a bill totaling $108.73.
"At the moment I didnt know what to think nor what to say, I was sick to my stomach," Cavil said on Facebook. "I share this because I want people to understand that this racism, and this hatred still exists."
Terry Turney, COO of Saltgrass Steak House, told USA TODAY in a statement that the customer responsible for the message has been banned.
"We stand by and support our employee," Turney said. "Racism of any form is unacceptable."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/customer-who-left-racist-we-dont-tip-terrorist-message-banned-from-texas-restaurant/ar-AAAfKC6?ocid=spartandhp
Ah more of that good ol' #Civility. Good for the restaurant for banning that racist asshole!
Girard442
(6,084 posts)Curious, that.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)/s
unblock
(52,317 posts)bigots and liars.
if they thought he was in any way connected to terror, they would have asked for a different server.
Ohiogal
(32,057 posts)I'm glad they banned the asshole.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Should I find myself in an argument with these morons about that subject, easy fuel for the fire!
muntrv
(14,505 posts)maxrandb
(15,351 posts)I think this would be important to his employer.
Fuck letting these pricks hide. They need to be bleached with sunshine
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)We can use it against them as easily as they can use it against us (look what happened to David Hogg and the Parkland students). If it comes down to that, we must tread very carefully!
maxrandb
(15,351 posts)Then I'd worry about that.
We have been tolerant and enabling tooooooo effing long
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)turn up on the internet with false stories.
Hopefully those who can't be concerned about it happening to others can at least develop some self protective caution.
We all love seeing these stories of societal feedback against bigots, but it's only a matter of time before use of this technology by malicious people to attack innocent people grows obvious. Anti-discrimination and anti- harassment rules at work have long been used by discriminators to take out people they don't like, such as by hostile male coworkers against women who have been promoted into positions that were once reserved for men.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Considering that it was a BS hoax by the waiter.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Good thing you were not able to let his employer know about something he did not do.
Dr. Strange
(25,923 posts)And it was important to his employer; they fired him. (Or at least he doesn't work there anymore--the spokesperson for the restaurant didn't quite specify.)
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)These type of stories spread fast without any verification and apparently this one was a hoax.
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)I usually go to family owned restaurants but maybe I should go to Saltgrass soon for dinner.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)Go get a job as a sever at Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa!
Another moran bites the dust! Yea for the restaurant to ban him.
Mendocino
(7,505 posts)standard RW playbook.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)People aren't terrorists just because they come from an area with them. WE come frm areas with mass shooters. Does that make us mass shooters?
Horrible people. They SHOULD be banned.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And scammed people into sending him money online out of sympathy.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Wow.
evilhime
(326 posts)for being a cheap bastard . . . along with a bigot and racist! Glad the restaurant did the right thing.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)I don't know if it can be solved on the DU administration level, or if there are just more odd URLs that include characters that can't be hyperlinked. Have to copy and paste the whole line. Or is it just me?
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)along with this congress
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)He didn't want to confront the waiter to his face, so he puts a note on the bill and leaves.. Had he confronted the waiter, they would have thrown them out ahead of time, and banned him for life. I hate people like that.. fucking assholes. Glad he was banned.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Read the latest replies in this thread.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)raccoon
(31,119 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)metalbot
(1,058 posts)Local news reporting that Saltgrass COO and waiter have retracted the claim.
https://www.oaoa.com/news/business/article_741af8b8-8eb5-11e8-b276-6fd15202251a.html
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/nation-world/texas-waiter-made-up-racist-note-story-saltgrass-coo-says/507-576798091
It would seem that the customer is now un-banned and the waiter is now fired.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)Any business that would not stand up for an employee in such a situation is not one I would work for or patronize.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)"Cavil has admitted to faking the story, the Odessa American reports."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-now/server-faked-we-dont-tip-terrorist-note-texas-restaurant-says/465-4ccd785f-f6d7-48ea-b735-fb3cfb8569bf
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Just scribble this is a no tip receipt, post it online and watch the sympathy money roll in. Like cutting off your finger and putting it in the chili.
edbermac
(15,947 posts)But the receipt had a 0 tip for a $100 tab, so why unban the customer?
moriah
(8,311 posts)Which would REALLY make the waiter a jerk for deciding to make other servers not be believed if/when this happens to them.
Or they could have just been cheapskates, or unhappy with the service. But after being the target of a false racism accusation, of course the restaurant is going to try to unban/give them a free meal. I definitely hope Snodgrass pays its servers the regular and not tipped minimum wage, though.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)WTF makes you think that you can believe there was no tip?
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)I try to so they can stick it in their pocket. Trump was trying to make it so employers could take them at one point.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)metalbot
(1,058 posts)I don't think this was an overt scam for money, and I suspect that he didn't intend for this to go as viral as it did. When it did go viral, I think it then became an opportunity to exploit for money.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)He posted it on FB and then did an interview with a local news outlet.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)"Cavil thanked supporters on Facebook who sent him money"
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)WillowTree
(5,325 posts)struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)I think it was on another thread. And in spite of his name hes white. The restaurant apologized and invited the customer for a free meal.
People do really weird things sometimes.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)He is an African-American Christian.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)He even invites them into OUR White House.
Bonx
(2,075 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Paladin
(28,272 posts)Everybody knows a story or two about how servers get even with loutish guests, some methods being of the stomach-turning variety. I hope this cheap, prejudiced douchebag gets his share of nasty pranks.
Ace Rothstein
(3,183 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Since the waiter made up the whole thing.
Raine
(30,540 posts)Paladin
(28,272 posts)And "douchebag" is too kind a term for those who engage in such behavior.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)In fact, it has likely never happened.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)There is no way you can actually believe that, is there?
Paladin
(28,272 posts)Have you ever even talked to someone who has dealt with customers at a restaurant? Sure, most patrons are decent folks, but there are always a few who are assholes; there are online sites devoted solely to encounters with such assholes. Now: factor in trump's malign influence across the entire country, factor in the daily reports of open and obvious prejudice currently taking place. And my answer to your two questions is: "Yes."
Never experienced anything like that or heard from any other waitstaff who ever had something like that written on a check (and have worked with staff who were from diverse ethnic backgrounds).
What is common is creepy come-on type messages directed at young, attractive females.
They put up with a lot of crap from customers and get weird notes of that type a lot.
"We don't tip terrorist" is not something that people write on checks. Certainly not "numerous times a day" - that is preposterous.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)You might want to walk that back....
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I'd be surprised if that has ever happened. Certainly not "numerous times a day".
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Cmon you can do better than this.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Guy had enough money to spend >100 bucks on a dinner? So he goes for the R platform because he's got economic insecurities?
I don't think so.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)The waiter made up the whole thing.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Which prompted my question as to why someone would lie about it?
Some folks said $ or "Go Fund Me", but that would be fraud, i think.
Makes no sense as to why someone would lie about that.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I mean, he is only 20 - people that age pull dumb pranks all the time.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)But, this seems pretty extreme.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Smh.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)There is quite a history of "fake receipt" stories to fall back on.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)This op obviously wants to let this nonsense stand.
Ace Rothstein
(3,183 posts)Anyone who saw the picture of the cake immediately realized that one was faked as well.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)Cavil admitted that he faked it. You should edit or delete your OP.
Don't deceive DU, do the right thing.
kcr
(15,320 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)kcr
(15,320 posts)They posted a message. They didn't deliberately lie, because that's not how time works. These aren't articles written by paid journalists you're reading, because that's not how message boards work. Many of us don't even come here every single day, let alone every single minute.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)I'd prefer people be informed, rather than watching your lame dance moves.
Raine
(30,540 posts)this bull shit post should be locked!