Waiter Made Up Racist Note On A Receipt

[left-of-center2012]

A Texas waiter who claimed a customer left a racist note instead of a tip is out of a job after admitting he lied about what happened. Khalil Cavil, 20, shared a photo on Facebook last week, showing a $108.73 check from his job ... On the receipt, his name was circled with the comment, "We don't tip terrorist."

But on Monday, his employer and Cavil himself said the story was fake. After further investigation, we have learned that our employee fabricated the entire story," Saltgrass chief operating officer Terry Turney said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.

"The customer has been contacted and invited back to our restaurant to dine on us," Turney said.

“I did write it,” Cavil told the ‘Odessa American’ newspaper. “I don’t have an explanation. I made a mistake. There is no excuse for what I did.” In spite of his name, Khalil Cavil is not Muslim and does not have family ties to the Middle East. Cavil admitted he had lied ... and he apologized. Cavil spoke about his Christian faith. "I had to think, what would Jesus do in this situation?"

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/a-texas-waiter-has-been-fired-after-admitting-he-made-up-a

[superpatriotman]

1. This cry for attention is

Not nice.

[EffieBlack]

2. Wow. That's messed up.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

3. There you go again

Another disturbing headline.

[moriah]

8. You're adorable.

I'm the one who posts about nameless dead bodies, so it's not like I can say anything...

[oberliner]

4. The real story is supposedly reputable news sources using Facebook posts as their basis for articles

And then it gets spread around twitter and everyone gets angry and it generates more clicks from more sites that pick up the story.

If he hadn't admitted to the scam, given another day or two, some twitter users probably would have identified the customer and started harassing him.

The waiter would have raised a bunch of money online from sympathetic dupes (he already thanked people on FB for sending him money).

This is where we are now.

[Oneironaut]

7. This is the current "outrage clickbait" model of online media.

Twitter and Facebook are perfect sources for outrage fodder, and nobody cares if it's actually true.

[LisaL]

10. And next thing you know the customer would have been fired from his job, banned from restaurants,

etc. I mean, quite a few bloodthirsty posters here wanted him identified.

[Tipperary]

15. Spot on.

They wanted him fired from his job.

[tblue37]

17. The customer WAS initially banned from the restaurant. Now he has been invited back

for a free meal.

[Oneironaut]

5. I hate this, because nobody will be believed when this really happens.

These fake receipt messages are becoming a cliché of their own. It's odd how this has almost become a trendy thing to do as far as hoaxes go. Why?

[oberliner]

6. Alternatively: Everyone always believes it, even though it's a common hoax

As was the case here, where this story was covered by CBS News, The Washington Post, The Root, USA Today, and on and on.

All based on a Facebook post (that seemed obviously fishy).

[LisaL]

9. That's exactly right.

And if the customer's name was made public, he'd likely be fired from his job, etc, all because he ate a fancy meal in a restaurant.

[moriah]

11. I didn't say anything really because I wasn't sure.

With a $108 tab, most restaurants already add in 15%. But often that's more about the size of the group than the tab, and two people eating steaks and drinking could exceed $100. They might have even tipped in cash like I do when I can, which was why they put zero on the credit receipt.

It also seemed like the handwriting was different.

But again, I wasn't sure.

There are people, I'm sure, who do this kind of thing to servers. But people lying about it, and making money from it (even if he claims "most" has been returned) makes it harder to take servers seriously who do go through harassment for $2.63 an hour here in Arkansas.

[LisaL]

14. One person eating and drinking could exceeed a $100 in a steakhouse, depending on

how fancy a steakhouse is.

[Demovictory9]

12. Omg

[Xolodno]

13. Here's an idea...

...pay waiters and waitresses a living wage...then make tipping truly a "gratuity". Sort of like they do in Europe. That or make tipping compulsory and part of the bill. It would solve a lot of problems.

[cwydro]

16. Sheesh. Unbelievable.

Didn’t this happen a year or two ago with a gay waiter?

Somehow I remember that. These kind of things really piss me off.

[JI7]

18. probably was hoping people would send him money on gofundme

[oberliner]

19. They did

He thanked them on Facebook - got about a thousand dollars.

[raccoon]

20. The waiter is headed for Dallas Baptist University this fall. If that's true,

he's another aspiring religious huckster.

WWJD? He wouldn't have pulled this hoax in the first place.

[Tipperary]

21. Yeah, majoring in theology.

[Dem_4_Life]

22. OMG that is so messed up. Just WOW.

[Tipperary]

23. I cannot help but wonder why the other thread about the customer being banned has not been

edited, at the very least.