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In reply to the discussion: N.J. Waitress Stiffed on $93 Bill for Perceived Lesbianism [View all]kentauros
(29,414 posts)And way to go, too! Good on the manager for standing up like that
I'd say that their statement is substantial validation that this event did truly happen, here in this country of over 300 million people!
I am emphasizing that for all the folks here trying to say this is a fake story, made-up for attention-seeking and so forth. I don't know statistics, but would think that stories like this should be getting reported far more often than merely once a week. 50 such stories a year out of 300 million is an exceptionally small percentage of the population. Factor in how most people have phones with cameras and are on some form of social media, and you should be seeing far more then a measly 50 stories a year.
Also, I don't see this family as the least bit cheap or stingy. They ran up a bill of just under $90 before taxes. That means the four of them had dinners of at least 20-bucks each (or a big bar- tab for the adults) or the same adults had even more expensive dinners than their kids. Cheapskates would not eat at such establishments. They'd find a sucker friend or family member to take them out to dinner and then they'd order the most expensive item on the menu, taking home more than half of it.
This was "simply" a bigoted family. Makes you wonder if they do this everywhere, treating their outings as "teaching events" for their kids...