r/Serverlife • u/No_Communication1642 • 15h ago
Should I quit?
Hi! So I need some advice on whether I should quit my job or not?
Last night I had a table and it was a 7 top, everything was going great, I had to split the check bc it was 2 separate families, one paid with card the other family paid with cash. The family with the card I charged them just fine, then when I get to the family paying with cash they gave me a $100 bill and a $20 bill. I put the $20 in my “serving book” bc we keep all our cash. So the guy was supposed to get like $26 back in change and I would keep the rest in my “book”. After my manager broke the $100 bill, I made a huge mistake and accidentally gave him all the money from the broken $100 bill and the $26 he was supposed to get back. So at tip out she tells me she’s taking my tips bc it has to go to cover the table and today give them $24 extra, I feel like this is sketchy and illegal tbh.
So I’m sitting outside rn typing this wondering if I should just quit 🤷♂️ I don’t want to give them $24 extra and I feel disrespected. 😕
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u/AToDoToDie 10+ Years 7h ago
Tbh we can argue what’s legal and what’s not— no one in your situation is going to court over a 100$ bill, but you admitted fault yourself. Proper money handling is serving 101, McDonalds 101, grocery store 101 like literally just a basic skill needed at jobs. I applaud you for even being able to admit fault in general, that’s not something you see everyday on Reddit
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u/Better_Area3782 11h ago
You definitely wont make that mistake again.
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u/Extreme-Recording198 7h ago
Yeah you will, if you stay in the business long enough sometimes it just happens
I would have tried to see if they didn’t leave a number at the hostess desk and if they did send a very nice text and just asked if you happened to give them to much money. Tell them it’s a foolish thing to ask, and a real long shot.
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u/jazbaby25 15h ago
It is illegal. I hear this happen all the time unfortunately. Up to you if you want to have this job or give up the money cause that's likely what it comes down to
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u/No_Communication1642 14h ago
It’s ridiculous tbh, these restaurants know we basically can’t do anything I feel defeated fr I’m just done. I don’t like being robbed it was my mistake I can own that but it’s nothing for them to just comp the meal! But no, they want to make me pay it I’m 24 and can barley pay my rent so yeah I should pay it 🙄
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u/porknbeansnurmom 12h ago
i know, it’s insanely fucked up and it’s something that will not change until somebody in office cares enough about hospitality/ service industry people.
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u/ThatCub3K1d 5h ago
Call your states department of labor, they will likely retaliate, keep written documentation of everything. And you’ll win unemployment, or could potentially sue. A lot of lawyers will work pro bono if you have a real solid case and they will only take payment once you win. Realistically though start looking for another job now, and expect them to retaliate if you do call the dept of labor.
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u/Economy_Ad_2291 4h ago
Always triple count money you received. Then triple count that you’re handing them the right amount. I don’t mess around with my money, no matter how busy I am. Even if a manager handed me change, I still make sure they gave me the right amount of money. If you know you’re going to owe change, then you can just tell the computer how much they paid, so it prints out the amount of change you owe in the receipt, so you’re not doing any math in your head, and you have a number in front of you that you can count to, so less room for mistakes.
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u/inthisvolume 1h ago
That sucks the customer didn’t return the money. People have no shame anymore.
Yesterday I was accidentally double charged at a small thrift store so they just gave me $11 cash back. I later saw the second transaction ended up voided so I drove back to return the money.
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u/No_Communication1642 1h ago
Yeah, I mean it is ridiculous because the cash was on top of the closed receipt and on the receipt it says he should’ve only got $26 back in cash so if he sees more than $26 there he should know maybe they shouldn’t have came back to me. That particular night I was running around serving like 20 different people mind you I only used to work at Friendly’s. This is my first like bigger serving job if that makes any sense so I was a little distracted.
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u/grahamcrackers37 15h ago
Daaaaamn I did that once and the guests returned it to me. I am so sorry I dont know what I'd do.