'They proceeded to fire me': Server cards belligerent underaged kid in her section and kicks him out, is fired after he leaves 1-star review

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 25, 2023 12:00 PM EST

You know that stereotype of restaurant owners being grimy and shady? Well, unfortunately, it's not unwarranted. More often than not restaurant owners will toy with their employees' lives just to save face. That might mean getting fired for no just reason because someone left an entitled 1-star review. That is where this Reddit story goes. This server covered a shift for a coworker in mourning. When she got there, her section already had a belligerent guy who obviously had way too much to drink. When she started serving, she made sure to card him. It turns out that this drunkard was using a fake ID. So she did what she was supposed to do and alerted the upper management and had him kicked out. Apparently this belligerent teenager is also entitled when sober, because a couple of days later she gets called into the owner's office. It turns out this underager left a 1-star review and the owner was not happy. OP got fired on the spot. Now she heads to Reddit to help plot her revenge. 

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    Posted by u/rylielovessoftball 21 hours ago Well...this came as an unpleasant surprise. Medium
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    Well...this came as an unpleasant surprise. My FOH manager asked me to work for a coworker the Saturday before last and the coworker would cover for me during the week (Wednesday). Of
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    course, I agreed to this because I didn't mind doing it. I covered her Saturday so she could go to a funeral. So, I come in and find out that my section has one of those kinds of customers.
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    Already stupid drunk and is already a drink or two in. I start doing my thing. I card on the next drink. Find out the kid has a fake ID and is underage.
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    I get with my bartender and FOH manager and consult them. We confront the customer and they get really mad at us. Customer cusses us out. Cops are called and he's escorted out.
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    Rest of the night goes off without a hitch. I then enjoyed my Wednesday off thinking all is well. I didn't work again until last night.
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    Last night, I get called back to the GM's office. I see him and the FOH manager. I think this isn't good. I get yelled at for the bad yelp review which I was named.
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    Apparently it was the guy I carded. And I got pegged for a no call no show which I have none. They proceeded to fire me for the bad review, the no call no show, and serving a minor (never served him
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    alcohol...instead I carded him). I refused to sign the paperwork. Never thanked them for employing me. Nothing. Just walked out and thanked the girls I worked with and told them what happened.
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    As I write this, I'm thinking about going nuclear and calling the TABC about the place serving minors. What would you do? I'm also inquiring about unemployment.
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    TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)

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    FOH did try to come to my defense. But the GM already had his mind made up to fire me and this was his way to get rid of me. I do have a decent check coming to me. Not enough
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    to keep me from going nuclear on them, tho. I'm going to be calling TABC in the next few days to lodge a complaint along with the state's department of labor.
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    lady-of-thermidor 3 hr. ago ● This is the best advice. Put your complaints and concerns on paper to the proper authorities so they become official and will probably require investigation.
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    Above all, don't let slide management's claim you served alcohol to underage patrons. Make it clear you carded the table and called the cops who escorted someone out.
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    You want management to be known as a bad actor prone to making false claims about ex- employees. So when more complaints come rolling in, they're not treated as one-time gripes.
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    hazelhas2 20 hr. ago Be sure & save any documentaion you hopefully have on the schedual swap. Write down names of any witnesses you can remember. You know,
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    just basic cover your own as proceedures. They are definately in the wrong! I hope this turns out to be a great opportunity for you.
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    FouFondu 20 hr. ago ● At least drop a dime to the department of labor. Maybe you'll get two weeks pay for them unjustly firing you.
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    veggiesandgiraffes. 17 hr. ago I'd bet good money they really fired you to try and cover their as to corporate for serving someone underage. You found
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    them, they're trying to pin it on you. Everything else is smokescreen, liquor laws lose places lots of money if it's the establishments fault
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    Psychological Run7444. 19 hr. ago I'd consider responding to the bad Yelp review with "After refusing to serve an underage person alcohol and getting the above review, to save face on the internet, they fired me"
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    Let other people know what sh ty managers they are. Their quality of server will go down as good wait staff will stay away.
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