HOSPITALITY CHECKPOINT SPOTTER SERVICE
BARTENDER THEFT:
Ohhhh lovely December. The season of thieving dishonest bartenders and restaurant servers comes to its peak. The amount of theft happening in the hospitality industry soars 400% late November and December. Friends, watch your credit card statements as bartenders and servers do this all the time when they feel pressured to make holiday money. Greedy jerks weren’t happy with a big 25% holiday tip and had to add another unauthorized 20% tip on top. Friggin’ thieves.
“Agent paid the bill with a credit card, left the slip blank except for Agent’s signature, and placed a $10 bill down with the credit receipt. On 12/3, Agent confirmed that the total charged was $48.61. Obviously, someone behind the bar had added an $8 tip on to the bill without authorization.
On 12/3, the POS transaction cleared Agent’s bank account. An unauthorized additional $8 tip had been added to the credit card charge by the bartenders. This also constitutes credit card fraud. These bartenders received a total of $18 in gratuity on a $40 bill. This is a blatant theft integrity issue that should be addressed immediately as one can interpolate that if they are stealing from a bar theft agent, then they most likely are doing it quite often with other guests.”
Michael Zenner – CEO
Hospitality Checkpoint LLC
bartheft.com (blog)
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