Restaurant tells waitress she can't keep $2,000 tip

A server at a restaurant in San Antonio received an early Christmas present at work, only to be told by her manager that she couldn’t keep it all. The server, Emily Bauer, told KENS 5, a local ABC affiliate, that the incident occurred during a particularly busy Sunday at Red Hook Seafood and Bar. She said that one couple was especially sympathetic to how overworked she seemed, adding that they never complained about the service. When Bauer picked up the check after they’d left, she was stunned to find that the couple had tipped her $2,000 and left a note that said, “Merry Christmas! Keep working hard!”. However, Bauer had issues processing the tip in the restaurant’s system. When she flagged the problem to her manager, she was told that servers could only receive a $500 tip at most. After KENS 5 posted the story on its Facebook page, Red Hook Seafood and Bar left a long comment dubbing the story a “FALSE news report”. Then, Bauer herself replied to Red Hook Seafood and Bar’s Facebook post with an explanation of her own. According to an update in the initial KENS 5 article, Bauer did end up receiving all $2,000 — but it cost Red Hook Seafood and Bar some bad press