Customer who left racist 'we don't tip terrorist' message banned from Texas restaurant

[Initech]

A customer at a Texas steakhouse who left a server with no tip and a racist message over the weekend may not return, restaurant management says.

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 didn’t 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-don’t-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]

1. Oddly enough they ate the food served by the "terrorist".

Curious, that.

[exboyfil]

11. You know it could have been poisoned

/s

[unblock]

2. "but we're happy to eat food served to us by terrorist"

bigots and liars.

if they thought he was in any way connected to terror, they would have asked for a different server.

[Ohiogal]

3. This is what tRump rhetoric encourages.

I'm glad they banned the asshole.

[Initech]

5. And that's why I tag these with #Civility.

Should I find myself in an argument with these morons about that subject, easy fuel for the fire!

[muntrv]

4. Private property, deplorable!

[maxrandb]

6. I want to know who the asshat is

I think this would be important to his employer.

Fuck letting these pricks hide. They need to be bleached with sunshine

[dalton99a]

8. Absolutely

[Initech]

9. Careful - doxing is a two way street.

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]

23. If I were a racist asshole

Then I'd worry about that.

We have been tolerant and enabling tooooooo effing long

[LisaL]

33. Maybe you should be worried about being falsely accused of something you didn't do?

[Hortensis]

50. Absolutely. Any of our names and pictures could

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]

31. Imagine how this would have turned out if people did what you said

Considering that it was a BS hoax by the waiter.

[Tipperary]

43. The waiter made it up.

Good thing you were not able to “let his employer know” about something he did not do.

[Dr. Strange]

63. His name is Khalil Cavil.

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]

7. Identify him as a public service.

[LisaL]

34. So you can be the judge, the jury and the executioner on someone who was apparently falsely accused?

These type of stories spread fast without any verification and apparently this one was a hoax.

[Dem_4_Life]

10. Good for the COO of Saltgrass to ban them. Makes me want to go to Saltgrass.

I usually go to family owned restaurants but maybe I should go to Saltgrass soon for dinner.

[Canoe52]

12. Its what every terrorist does these days, dontcha know...

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]

13. Racist and cheap

standard RW playbook.

[hibbing]

14. fine people on both sides n/t

[Honeycombe8]

15. OMG. Horrible. That poor waiter..he hadn't done anything to warrant that.

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]

30. The "poor waiter" fabricated the whole thing

And scammed people into sending him money online out of sympathy.

[Honeycombe8]

40. What a jerk! I looked it up. He's been fired. What an a-hole! nt

[Tipperary]

41. I did not know this.

Wow.

[evilhime]

16. an excuse

for being a cheap bastard . . . along with a bigot and racist! Glad the restaurant did the right thing.

[LiberalLovinLug]

17. Only half the link is active. This seems to be an increasingly frustrating occurence

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]

22. It did not work for me either.

[Shrike47]

18. They really should name the customer. Cheap bastard.

[spanone]

19. trump has mainstreamed racism....he is responsible for the hate & division in this country

along with this congress

[yuiyoshida]

20. what a sneaky way to do it too...

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]

42. Except the whole thing was a fake.

Read the latest replies in this thread.

[yuiyoshida]

54. oh great, and Fox News loves this kind of story...

Mean Liberal makes up story to shame Republican for no Reason, now every time an asshole is racist to the WAITER, Fox News will say the waiter probably made the story up... Not cool.

[raccoon]

21. deleted because waiter made up the story. nt

[Garrett78]

24. Come on now, I'm sure they didn't tip because of their economic anxiety.

[metalbot]

25. Apparently this was a hoax

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.

[unblock]

26. wtf!

[TheRealNorth]

27. Sad

Any business that would not stand up for an employee in such a situation is not one I would work for or patronize.

[LisaL]

32. Hah? Why would they stand up for an employee? He reportedly admitted he faked it.

"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]

28. There was always the possibility that this was a hoax to make money.

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]

35. Waiter is an idiot.

But the receipt had a 0 tip for a $100 tab, so why unban the customer?

[moriah]

36. Might have been a cash tip.

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]

37. Considering receipt was apparently tampered with (waiter reportedly admitting he faked the note)

WTF makes you think that you can believe there was no tip?

[sarah FAILIN]

55. Some leave only cash tips

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]

39. What a jerk! He did it for, what...money? Attention? nt

[metalbot]

45. There are people who invite drama into their lives

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]

49. He didn't intend for it to go viral?

He posted it on FB and then did an interview with a local news outlet.

[oberliner]

29. People were pretty quick to buy this BS story

"Cavil thanked supporters on Facebook who sent him money"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

38. Karma for a moron

[WillowTree]

80. The moron is the waiter, who fabricated the whole thing.

[struggle4progress]

44. "We're always looking for reasons not to tip!"

[nolabear]

46. The waiter made it up. Says he has no idea why he did.

I think it was on another thread. And in spite of his name he’s white. The restaurant apologized and invited the customer for a free meal.

People do really weird things sometimes.

[oberliner]

47. He's not white

[nolabear]

48. Really? I could have sworn the link I saw said that in spite of the name he was.

[oberliner]

52. He is not Arab or Muslim

He is an African-American Christian.

[nolabear]

51. I stand corrected. He's not Middle Eastern.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/waiter-got-customer-barred-don-111840078.html

[duforsure]

53. But our President does

He even invites them into OUR White House.

[Bonx]

56. He should be banned from all restaurants!

[RhodeIslandOne]

60. Too bad it's a hoax

[Paladin]

57. This asshole's name will get out, and other restaurants' staffs will take note of it.

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]

58. It was a hoax.

[oberliner]

65. Thankfully that didn't happen

Since the waiter made up the whole thing.

[Raine]

69. The "douchebag" was the lying sever who made the whole thing up! nt

[Paladin]

71. It happens for real, numerous times a day.

And "douchebag" is too kind a term for those who engage in such behavior.

[oberliner]

73. No it doesn't

In fact, it has likely never happened.

[Paladin]

74. Cling to whatever makes you happy. (nt)

[oberliner]

75. You think people write "'we don't tip terrorist" on their bill "numerous times a day" ?

There is no way you can actually believe that, is there?

[Paladin]

76. Have you ever been a waiter at a restaurant?

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."

[oberliner]

77. 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]

78. Wait, you think it's never happened

You might want to walk that back....

[oberliner]

82. Someone writing "We don't tip terrorist" on a restaurant check?

I'd be surprised if that has ever happened. Certainly not "numerous times a day".

[RhodeIslandOne]

83. Specifically that? No.

Cmon you can do better than this.

[ProfessorGAC]

59. Kind of Blows Up The Whole Economic Anxiety Thing

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]

64. Turned out to be fake

The waiter made up the whole thing.

[ProfessorGAC]

70. Yeah, I Read That Later

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]

72. Maybe just to get attention?

I mean, he is only 20 - people that age pull dumb pranks all the time.

[ProfessorGAC]

81. I Suppose

But, this seems pretty extreme.

[Tipperary]

61. Why are you not updating your op? This is a false story, made up by the waiter.

Smh.

[oberliner]

66. Weird that no one smelled how fishy this was from the beginning

There is quite a history of "fake receipt" stories to fall back on.

[Tipperary]

67. Yeah, I vaguely remember one from a year or two ago.

This op obviously wants to let this nonsense stand.

[Ace Rothstein]

85. There was all the Whole Foods cake hoax a few years back.

Anyone who saw the picture of the cake immediately realized that one was faked as well.

[pintobean]

62. You are promoting a lie.

Cavil admitted that he faked it. You should edit or delete your OP.

Don't deceive DU, do the right thing.

[kcr]

79. Don't deceive. Do the right thing and understand time and date stamps n/t

[oberliner]

84. OP can edit title and provide updated info

[kcr]

86. They can if they want to. This is a message board, not the New York Times.

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]

87. You're making excuses for deception.

I'd prefer people be informed, rather than watching your lame dance moves.

[Raine]

68. This is a lie, it never happened

this bull shit post should be locked!