r/antiwork - Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like.

[byron]

it's not being "stolen" it's "this is probably fraud"

This seems pretty cut-and-dry to me. The tip is not paid to the restaurant, it's paid to the server. The restaurant has a duty to transfer that money from the customer to the server.

"We don't want to deal with chargebacks" is not the server's problem. If they wanted to hold the money for a reasonable amount of time in order to confirm there's no chargeback, that'd be fine. But the restaurant doesn't have the right to say "nah, we're not even gonna try"

The server doesn't even need a lawyer, she just needs a copy of the receipt. Go to small claims court. Let the restaurant tell a judge, "we just didn't feel like trying to run this credit card." The judge is going to say, "that's fine, but you owe the server $2500"

 

[TaimuRadiu]

The server doesn't even need a lawyer, she just needs a copy of the receipt. Go to small claims court. Let the restaurant tell a judge, "we just didn't feel like trying to run this credit card." The judge is going to say, "that's fine, but you owe the server $2500"

most servers can't afford to lose employment nor can they take their employers to court

and the establishment *will* fire her if she tried to pull that shit

 

[SoleniyKraut]

"...people don't need to work, society needs work to be done to function"

He thought he said something profound here.

Humans eventually come together into groups and start managing responsibilities between each other for sustainable survival. There's no society without humans, it's not some transcendent boogeyman that controls one's life - it's a product of human nature.