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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 dont 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
(6,247 posts)Not nice.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)obnoxiousdrunk
(2,910 posts)Another disturbing headline.
moriah
(8,311 posts)I'm the one who posts about nameless dead bodies, so it's not like I can say anything...
oberliner
(58,724 posts)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
(5,493 posts)Twitter and Facebook are perfect sources for outrage fodder, and nobody cares if it's actually true.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)etc. I mean, quite a few bloodthirsty posters here wanted him identified.
They wanted him fired from his job.
tblue37
(65,340 posts)for a free meal.
Oneironaut
(5,493 posts)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
(58,724 posts)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
(44,973 posts)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
(8,311 posts)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
(44,973 posts)how fancy a steakhouse is.
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)Xolodno
(6,390 posts)...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
(51,308 posts)Didnt this happen a year or two ago with a gay waiter?
Somehow I remember that. These kind of things really piss me off.
JI7
(89,248 posts)He thanked them on Facebook - got about a thousand dollars.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)he's another aspiring religious huckster.
WWJD? He wouldn't have pulled this hoax in the first place.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)edited, at the very least.