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ProdigalJunkMail

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10. no... it has nothing to do with a 'copy' or even a piece of paper

Reply to zbdent (Reply #9)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 04:22 PM

Nov 2013

at the end of the night or sometimes the next morning, the restaurant will reconcile its credit card receipts and input the tips so that the customer is charged the right amount. IF that reconciliation indicates that the tip was left... then the server is either lying or has been 'had' by one of her coworkers.

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I think the claim of the "anti-gay receipt" being a hoax is a bad hoax ... [View all] zbdent Nov 2013 OP

.................... Puzzledtraveller Nov 2013 #1

I await one of the parties suing the other so the courts can determine the facts. n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #2

I think there's reasonable doubt. cali Nov 2013 #3

time GeorgeGist Nov 2013 #8

all it would take is checking with CC company ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #4

IF the credit card company agrees ... zbdent Nov 2013 #9

no... it has nothing to do with a 'copy' or even a piece of paper ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #10

Or most likely.......who gives a shit?!?! This is the dumbest story of the year. cbdo2007 Nov 2013 #5

I knew this receipt business was starting to smell Egnever Nov 2013 #6

I wish I had the time sharp_stick Nov 2013 #7

Why would they put comments on the customer copy? GeorgeGist Nov 2013 #11

The cc bill said they paid 111 dollars. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #12

Its been a while since I nykym Nov 2013 #13

no longer true with thermoprint technology ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #15

my how time flies nykym Nov 2013 #16

there are some places that still do impact printing ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #17

must have been quite a while. stores with old equipment still use that method but it's very rare. dionysus Nov 2013 #19

The customer copy is always more blurred than the merchant copy. former9thward Nov 2013 #14

Then how come their bill reflects a tip WolverineDG Nov 2013 #18

Even the restaurant is saying they have no charge that matches what the server presented.nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #20