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1
They are horrible horrible people, and I'm sorry you had this experience. I'll even forgive your cliched cursing. Authenticity wins over style every time.
2
How/why is it legal for your employer to force you to pay their tab? I don't understand
3
IA, that is illegal.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whd…

Employment lawyers work on contingency. Call one.
4
I've heard this before and it has never made sense to me. Stick the restaurant with the bill, not the server. And put up some sort of camera so you can post a photo of these shit balls.
5
Start taking pictures of customers, and when they ask why explain that your boss takes dine-n-dashes out of your paycheck. I know it's bad out there, but if you can find a different job, anonymous...
6
Um i work at a bar, and they cant make you pay for someone walking out! Someone needs to comp that shit, and reverse the charges on your card yo!
7
Rule of thumb, take a credit card once the bill hit $40 and it's growing, so shit fucks cant walk out without paying. If they leave and forget their card.. not your fault.
8
An employee is not responsible for bad checks, till shortages, or jackasses not paying their bill.
9
I think she's saying that, yes, her employer would foot the bill as they're legally obliged to do, but then they'd resent her for it and quickly find another 'reason' to all of a sudden drop some of her shifts and/or push her out.

For example, i've worked for employers that know full well that they're legally required to pay time-and-a-half for anything over 40 hours in a week but pretty much tell you that, if you want to keep your job, you'll agree to work those extra few hours at your normal rate of pay.

When there are 80 other punters ready and willing to fill your spot, sometimes it's wiser to just grin and bear it for a while, despite how fucked up and illegal it is. If she doesn't have another job waiting in the wings, better for her to get 'taxed' every once in a while than to not have a job at all. Sucks.
10
What HIT said. Service Industry jobs are hard to come by, and lots of employers in Portland treat their employees very badly. I worked for a couple of Portland's 'famous' chef of the year types who pretty much always engage in illegal employment practices.
11
Maaaaaaybe we should stop elevating barista / bartender / line cook jobs to some sort of poetic, heroic ideal people should strive for. Shit jobs treat people like shit. All the sad lion faces drawn in all the mochas in the whole world won't change that.

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