Waitress fired for griping about tip on Facebook

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Source: Indystar - Waitress fired for griping about tip on Facebook

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina waitress is out of a job after griping on her Facebook page about the $5 tip she got from a couple who sat at their table for three hours. The waitress says the customers kept her at work an hour after she was supposed to clock out.

The Charlotte Observer reported Monday that 22-year-old Ashley Johnson felt slighted after waiting on the couple at Brixx Pizza.

So she blasted the couple on Facebook, calling them cheap and mentioning the restaurant by name.

Brixx officials told Johnson a couple of days later that she was being fired because she violated a company policy banning workers from speaking disparagingly about customers and casting the restaurant in a bad light on a social network.

Johnson says she has apologized to Brixx and is looking for a new job.
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What a dumbass. She doesn't realize that employers uses social networks these days as means of a background check on a potential employee before they hire them. If they see they have a bad attitude about whatever, chances are, you may not get hired, or worse get fired if an employer doesn't like what he/she sees.

In her case, she could gripe about it, as long as she doesn't mention the company name that she works for.

OTOH, customers can tend to be assholes and be damn cheap about tips. Customers should give a 10% gratuity based on their bill or for a catering service, it's usually about 20% gratuity.

Waitresses or caterers rely heavily on tips, especially for waitresses that is paid below the minimum wage (roughly about $3.50 an hour), so they rely on tips to make up for it. So depending on location, tips can be pretty damn good.

Yiz
 
What she doing is wrong. She can rants but she cannot mention the company she works for. Because it will hurt that business.
 
Still, if a person said something that hurts others still have no rights anyway.

I will never do such thing like this.

Also, saying wrong thing on facebook or something can prevent you from finding a job in future so it is best to either say positive or nothing.

It is not about "Big brother" It is about eyes everywhere, and watch your back!

Steinhauer said:
what ever happened to free speech?
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The way I read it was that the waitress was complaining about being tipped so low. She was not complaining about the company she worked for.

Maybe English really should be the national language .... :hmm:
 
Whether English good or bad STILL can't rant on company's customers at all.

It is ok to rave, or best say nothing.

Steinhauer said:
The way I read it was that the waitress was complaining about being tipped so low. She was not complaining about the company she worked for.

Maybe English really should be the national language .... :hmm:
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Steinhauer said:
The way I read it was that the waitress was complaining about being tipped so low. She was not complaining about the company she worked for.

Maybe English really should be the national language .... :hmm:
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Maybe taking law courses should be mandatory.

Brixx officials told Johnson a couple of days later that she was being fired because she violated a company policy banning workers from speaking disparagingly about customers and casting the restaurant in a bad light on a social network.
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Steinhauer said:
and casting the restaurant in a negative light ......
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So she blasted the couple on Facebook, calling them cheap and mentioning the restaurant by name.
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Would you want to go to a restaurant where waitresses might rip on you for tipping too low?

That company policy is unconstitutional ;)
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If it's unconstitutional, half of the Internet would had been shut down looooooooong time ago.
 
I'm all for privacy and I'm with the idea that employers have no business sticking their noses in other employee's business with they are not on company property and most especially when they are off the clock.

I hear stories whereas some companies have done far worse things than just snooping in other their social network accounts. (speaking of that, never ever "friends" with a boss. No matter how "cool" they are, you're asking for trouble. Some bosses will go in great length to protect the company's image and kiss up their boss for promotions, raises and bonuses. Oh and don't be a "fan" or "like" their company page on FB either.)

I would implore the owner of this website to put up a "robot.txt" file on this hosting server to keep search engines out of this website. Bosses who find out your user name will google it and look for any relevant information that they may use against you in order to get you terminated.

It's cheaper to fire an employee to prevent giving them raises, bonuses and benefits and hire new ones from scratch. This happens all the time. Don't give them any ammunition to do just that.

Protect your personal information as much as you can.

Yiz
 
yizuman said:
I'm all for privacy and I'm with the idea that employers have no business sticking their noses in other employee's business with they are not on company property and most especially when they are off the clock.

I hear stories whereas some companies have done far worse things than just snooping in other their social network accounts. (speaking of that, never ever "friends" with a boss. No matter how "cool" they are, you're asking for trouble. Some bosses will go in great length to protect the company's image and kiss up their boss for promotions, raises and bonuses. Oh and don't be a "fan" or "like" their company page on FB either.)

I would implore the owner of this website to put up a "robot.txt" file on this hosting server to keep search engines out of this website. Bosses who find out your user name will google it and look for any relevant information that they may use against you in order to get you terminated.

Protect your personal information as much as you can.

Yiz
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You do realize Facebook keeps its services free by exploiting users' information and selling them to other companies?
 
souggy said:
You do realize Facebook keeps its services free by exploiting users' information and selling them to other companies?
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I do, as long as I don't put up any personal information, such as address, phone numbers, where I work (if any). I keep it down to the minimum and I watch what I say online that won't come back to bite me in the ass later.

If I wanna bitch, piss and moan about something, I track a web forum that has very high security settings and uses the robot.txt file on their server to keep the search engines out.

Yiz
 
souggy said:
You do realize Facebook keeps its services free by exploiting users' information and selling them to other companies?
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Which is why I don't put any personal information on it other than my first name and surname. There are pictures of me on Facebook, but it's not like I'm doing anything raunchy or anything that would harm my reputation. Not to mention that my Facebook profile is limited to friends. I don't like the idea of Facebook selling my personal information to third parties though, which that's why I didn't put nearly any personal information on my profile in the first place.

No information on my religion, work, educational background, etc. Not even interests and such. If people want to get to know me, they have to talk to me.
 
yizuman said:
I'm all for privacy and I'm with the idea that employers have no business sticking their noses in other employee's business with they are not on company property and most especially when they are off the clock.

I hear stories whereas some companies have done far worse things than just snooping in other their social network accounts. (speaking of that, never ever "friends" with a boss. No matter how "cool" they are, you're asking for trouble. Some bosses will go in great length to protect the company's image and kiss up their boss for promotions, raises and bonuses. Oh and don't be a "fan" or "like" their company page on FB either.)

I would implore the owner of this website to put up a "robot.txt" file on this hosting server to keep search engines out of this website. Bosses who find out your user name will google it and look for any relevant information that they may use against you in order to get you terminated.

It's cheaper to fire an employee to prevent giving them raises, bonuses and benefits and hire new ones from scratch. This happens all the time. Don't give them any ammunition to do just that.

Protect your personal information as much as you can.

Yiz
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What's next? monitoring emails?
 
Steinhauer said:
What's next? monitoring emails?
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old news. monitoring emails, computers, internet, chat, etc. at workplace has already been done since... I dunno... a long long long time ago.
 
souggy said:
Would you want to go to a restaurant where waitresses might rip on you for tipping too low?



If it's unconstitutional, half of the Internet would had been shut down looooooooong time ago.
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Would you go to a restaurant, treat waitress like crap and stay for 3 hours ?

Then, when the waitress complains ... demand she be fired?
 
before getting hired, I have to sign the contract and other contracts saying that I am not allowed to speak for company (and any matter relating to company) in any manner (usually relating to publicity).
 
Steinhauer said:
Would you go to a restaurant, treat waitress like crap and stay for 3 hours ?

Then, when the waitress complains ... demand she be fired?
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you surely have a tendency to ask a lot of unrelated hypothetical questions
 
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