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Family Says They Did Tip Gay Server, Didn't Leave Note | NBC New York

After a gay server at a New Jersey restaurant said a customer denied her a tip and wrote her a hateful note on the receipt, a local family contacted NBC 4 New York and said their receipt shows they paid a tip and didn't write any such note.

Dayna Morales, a former Marine and a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, posted a photo on Facebook earlier this month, showing the bill with a line through the space for a tip. The photo of the receipt showed someone had written, "I'm sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle."

Morales indicated in her Facebook post, and in subsequent media interviews -- including with NBC 4 New York -- that the customer wrote that line.

But a family contacted NBC 4 New York claiming their receipt from the restaurant shows they did leave a tip, and provided what they said was a credit card statement as proof.

The husband and wife, who asked to remain anonymous, showed NBC 4 New York a receipt that appeared to be printed at the same minute, on the same date, for the same $93.55 total, except with an $18 tip.

They also provided a document they said was a Visa bill, which appears to indicate their card was charged for the meal plus the tip, for a total of $111.55.

The couple told NBC 4 New York that they believed their receipt was used for a hoax. The wife says she is left-handed and could not have made the slash in the tip line, which she said looks to be drawn from the right.

"We've never not left a tip when someone gave good service, and we would never leave a note like that," the wife said.

The husband said he and his wife have both worked in restaurants and believe in the value of tipping, and noted that he didn't vote for Gov. Chris Christie because the governor doesn't support gay marriage.

"Never would a message like that come from us," he said.

Morales told NBC 4 New York on Monday that she was certain she did not receive a tip, and insisted the handwriting on the receipt was not hers. When asked if there had been some sort of misunderstanding, she said, "I don't know, all I know is what I've been saying."

A manager and the restaurant owner insisted they had the original ticket for the $93.55 charge, but would not produce the receipt for NBC 4 New York and could not explain why the family's credit card was charged for more.

The restaurant later said in a statement it was aware of the allegations and had no comment pending an internal investigation.

Whatever happened, the couple believes it may have begun with a misunderstanding.

They said they thought the hostess who sat the family told them their server would be "Dan," and when Morales showed up at their table, the wife exclaimed "whoa, you're not Dan."

Morales wrote in her Facebook post that the wife said, "oh I thought you were gonna say your name is Dan. You sure surprised us!"

According to the couple, the rest of the meal with their two children went fine.

They said they came forward because the story of the receipt note didn't appear to be going away; Morales had recently announced that people were sending her tips from all over the world, and was donating some of the money to the Wounded Warrior Project.

"I just felt like people have a right to know that -- it's fine if people want to donate to her or to the Wounded Warriors, but they're doing it under a false pretense," the wife said.
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Saw this on Yahoo. Seemed like an attention grab by the waitress to me, but if she didn't write that stuff on the receipt, who did? lol
 
Fraud is fraud, and should be charged as such. Shame on the person who did that.
 
Oh, my, what a turn of events!
 
It's currently under an internal investigation so we don't know who is telling the truth until we have fact findings from the investigation.
 
um ... the customer already proved the waitress was lying - they submitted their visa card statement showing they paid a tip.

Someone just wanted to be a drama llama.
 
This is terrible, like the LGBT community doesn't have a hard enough time busting our butts for equal rights... Now she has to go and pull some crap like this?! I was so aggravated when I saw this! :mad:
 
I wouldn't say it is a LGBT issue - I would just say it is someone trying to profit from the LGBT issue.
 
All I'm saying is it doesn't go making the community look great... That's some attention that we don't need! Some people will look for any reason to deny the community equal rights, and this will be someones crutch, as stupid of a reasoning as it sounds... :(
 
Do you recall the story of the little boy who cried wolf in one of Aesops fables?

Should we think that all little boys cry wolf?
 
No, it's not right by far... However, you know there are people out there who grasp onto any little thing they can, and this will be that little thing... *sigh*
 
Couple Claims They Tipped Gay Server, Did Not Leave Note Condemning Her ‘Lifestyle’ | Mediaite

The receipts are not carbons of each other, so it is possible the couple wrote one thing on the copy they left and another on the one they kept; however, Gallop was unable to explain why their credit card was charged the full amount if no tip was added.
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Also it's possible that the couple scanned the credit card statement to their computer and then printed the photoshopped statement that was shown to the reporter. It can be done easily (photoshop to make it look real).

The best way for the investigator to find out is to ask the credit card company for a copy or verification.

What bothers me is that why the waitress showed her face to the public when she was lying.
 
They already verified the waitress was lying. The couple furbished their Visa statement which showed they left an $18 tip.
 
The original. When the restaurant was asked to furbish their copy - they walked away from the interview without showing it.
 
CrazyPaul said:
Couple Claims They Tipped Gay Server, Did Not Leave Note Condemning Her ‘Lifestyle’ | Mediaite

Also it's possible that the couple scanned the credit card statement to their computer and then printed the photoshopped statement that was shown to the reporter. It can be done easily (photoshop to make it look real).

The best way for the investigator to find out is to ask the credit card company for a copy or verification.

What bothers me is that why the waitress showed her face to the public when she was lying.
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In bold, yes, it is better for investigation to complete so we could know about what happen.
 
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