BLM button = no tip

[rayg]

What's your opinion on this...Did he do wrong or did the waitress wearing that button?

BLM button = no tip': Washington state AG FIRES chief investigator after he refused to leave a tip for a waitress with a BLM pin and got into an argument with her colleagues
Washington state Attorney General's Office fired Cloyd Steiger, a senior criminal investigator, on Wednesday

An investigation began after Steiger was accused of 'making a scene' when a waitress wore a Black Lives Matter button at a restaurant in Tacoma

The waitress described Steiger as 'standoffish' and said he left a note on the receipt that read 'BLM button = no tip'

Steiger allegedly flipped off a different staffer when he confronted them about the Black Lives Matter button

He then posted a photo of the receipt online without redacting the waitress's name, restaurant location and other details

The AG Office concluded that Steiger's actions 'irreparably compromised' his credibility among the community

Steiger was also accused of being biased, with community members and his colleagues concerned by the behavior

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...BLM-badge.html

[togor]

If she gave adequate service, give her the normal tip instead of writing "That's How Socialism Works" on the receipt. Or, just don't leave her a tip. Or, don't post the receipt to show your friends what a dick you're willing to be. Another casualty of social media stupidity, but clearly he had options. I mean, if I was black, and a family member had been found dead under suspicious circumstances, and this guy showed up, I'd have doubts too that he would lift a finger to get to the bottom of it.

The good news in this is another one of those bad apples that they tell us about, out of the barrel before he shot someone.

[rayg]

I think you missed the opinion I was asking for...Which was.....Did he do wrong or does a waitress wearing that political button do wrong?

[Vern Humphrey]

I think you missed the opinion I was asking for...Which was.....Did he do wrong or does a waitress wearing that political button do wrong?

I would say both have some culpability. If you're there to serve people, don't shove your politics in their face. If you choose not to leave a tip, that's your business -- and no need to say why.

[togor]

I would say both have some culpability. If you're there to serve people, don't shove your politics in their face. If you choose not to leave a tip, that's your business -- and no need to say why.

I can agree with this, but point out that her button was a marketing decision. Depending on the customers, the button may *increase* tips overall. His decision cost him a paycheck, hard to see where he didn't make a big mistake.

[rayg]

I can agree with this, but point out that her button was a marketing decision. Depending on the customers, the button may *increase* tips overall.

Or decrease them as shown...Also if you check you will see most businesses do not allow political buttons to be displayed on person.. only if the owner of a store wants to jeopardize their business...... It would be poor a business decision for any to do so...

[togor]

Well it's Tacoma, not Seattle, so her marketing decision could go either way.

[Johnny P]

Silently leave a small tip or no tip, and let it go at that.

[Vern Humphrey]

Silently leave a small tip or no tip, and let it go at that.

Exactly right.

You might later, however, send a letter to the owner along the lines of, "I was very uncomfortable in your establishment, with all the wait staff pushing their political views on the patrons."

[Sandpebble]

Johnny P and Vern are spot on in their posts above. In addition however lets talk about the "non tipper"

He was offended by an opposing viewpoint ? was he afraid of it ? Dollars to donuts he struts into every establishment he can with his MAGA hat and Trump T shirt...

maybe even drives around town with the big Trump holding an AR flag flapping on his Pick Up truck ..... and good for him.

That's what the USA is all about..... the freedom and ability to have that opposing viewpoint . That is what made this country great, opposing viewpoints working together to get the job done.

Make America Great Again ? ain't happening until that non tipper stops being afraid of an opposing viewpoint .

There is an awful lot of things that all Americans could agree on .... but we've all been brainwashed to follow one party or another

USA.... about the only country on the planet where every single issue is a partisan issue .... even a frigging disease

[kj47]

Would not left a tip, and let it go at that.

[Gun Smoke]

A respectable business practice would be:

BLM button = no job

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[bruce]

He should have kept his opinion to himself. He'd still have his job, etc. He like all of us has the freedom to express his opinion. He like all of us does not have the freedom of expressing his opinion without the possibility of consequences attending to his expression of his opinion. Only he can say if the consequences were for him worth his expression of his opinion. In hindsight, he would have been much better off to simply have kept his opinion to himself. Sincerely. bruce.

[Vern Humphrey]

A respectable business practice would be:

BLM button = no job

A respectable business practice would be to leave politics at home and treat customers with respect.