Why this restaurant is suing customer over generous $3000 tip YouTubeA Pennsylvania-based eatery has reportedly filed a lawsuit after a customer left a $3000 tip on a $13 meal. Back in June 2022, Eric Smith dined at Alfredo\u2019s Pizza Cafe in Scranton and ordered stromboli, which only cost $13.25. Mariana Lambert, his server, became emotional when she received a tip of $3000. The staff at the restaurant \u2013 which gain popularity after references in The Office \u2013 were shocked to receive such a huge tip. Yet, it turned out to be too good to be true when the customer decided to dispute the tip with his credit card company. \u201cIt really meant a lot to me because everyone\u2019s going through stuff. It really touched my heart. I still can\u2019t believe it. I\u2019m still in shock,\u201d Lambert said. Because the tip was of such a high value, senior staff at the restaurant checked with Smith that the number of zeros on the check was correct, and they even asked him for ID to verify his identity. After everything was checked out, the staff were elated by the gesture and noticed that Smith had written \u2018tips for Jesus\u2019 on the check. When Smith was asked about the note, he revealed that he had left the tip after being inspired by a social media trend called \u2018Tips for Jesus.\u2019 He decided to do it after seeing how hospitable Lambert was. Why did this restaurant sue the customer? Things took a turn for the worse when a few weeks later, Alfredo Cafe received a letter stating that Smith was disputing the tip. Zachary Jacobson, who works at the cafe, said: \u201cWe thought somebody was actually trying to do a good thing. And then now we are, what, three months later? Not even, and there\u2019s nothing. There\u2019s nothing to show for it at this point.\u201d The cafe had already given the tip to Lambert, so had to repay Smith out of their own pockets. They tried to communicate with Smith over Facebook, but after they received no response, filed for a civil lawsuit. \u201cUnfortunately, we had to file charges through the magistrate\u2019s office because now we\u2019re just out of this money at this point. And he told us to sue him. So that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to end up doing, I guess,\u201d Jacobson said. This situation gained a lot of traction in the local area, so much so that people launched a GoFundMe that was eventually shut down after the restaurant refused to accept the money. Although Smith was given his money back, this is known as a \u2018provisional payment\u2019 that is given to the disputer until the dispute is solved, once this case goes through all the appropriate legal proceedings, the money will be returned to the party who wins the case. As the restaurant confirmed with the customer about the tip, and the fact that he waited three months to dispute this, people online feel that the restaurant should have the $3000 returned to them. However, others who have gone through similar situations stated that credit card companies frequently side with customers. Another hospitality worker got lucky for his service and got to keep the money as TikTok paid off an Uber Eats driver\u2019s wedding after he went viral for leaving a heartfelt note for a customer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why this restaurant is suing customer over generous $3000 tip YouTubeA Pennsylvania-based eatery has reportedly filed a lawsuit after a customer left a $3000 tip on a $13 meal. Back in June 2022, Eric Smith dined at Alfredo\u2019s Pizza Cafe in Scranton and ordered stromboli, which only cost $13.25. Mariana Lambert, his server, became emotional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}