Mason Jar Cafe refuted the claim and said it had “nothing to do with tipping.”

A US waitress was fired just days after she received an incredible $10,000 tip on a customer’s $32.43 bill on February 5, however, the restaurant now says her dismissal was linked to the huge amount Tipping has nothing to do with it and is ‘purely a business decision’, according to report new york post.

The Mason Jar Cafe in Benton Harbor, southern Michigan, fired Lindsay Boyd a week after receiving a report. According to the outlet, a customer named Mark left it “in memory of a recently deceased friend who was in town for a funeral.” The money was divided among coworkers, with each person taking home a little. Above $1,100.

Ms Boyd claimed trouble began at the restaurant just days after receiving the large tip, and management ordered her to take Sunday off as a mental health day. She went on to say that management contacted her late Sunday and instructed her to take Monday off as well. She then sent a message to the restaurant on Monday asking if anyone had asked her not to return “in a professional manner.” “For a week, I’ve been a wonderful, hard-working employee, an amazing mother… I couldn’t ask for a better person. Now, I’m unemployed for the first time since I was 15 years old ,” her now-deleted Facebook post said.

However, Mason Jar Cafe refuted the claims and said it had “nothing to do with tipping.” The restaurant posted a clarifying statement on Facebook, “I will say this had nothing to do with the tip. She did receive the entire tip, but she did not pay taxes on it (the business paid the tax). Yes, she shared the tip at : “This was the request of the person who left it,” said couple owners Able Martinez and Jayme Cousins. “

“We do care about our employees. Our team has been around for 5 or 6 years. We have college girls who come home every summer and for four years now, we take our employees at the end of every summer North.” “We contributed to their college funds over the summer, we kept them employed during COVID, and we made every effort not to lose employees. We want it to be clear that this was not a decision that was made lightly or hastily,” they added.

Meanwhile, Linsey Boyd is now spending time with her family after a tough week.