A mother of six who worked at a restaurant was forced to confront an elderly man who allegedly stole cash tips left by previous customers.
Brittany Baker was hard at work during a shift at Perkins Restaurant in Fargo, ND on Saturday when she claims a man grabbed money from the table directly next to her booth.
“I saw him doing it while I was on the computer and I was like ‘oh my god!'” Baker shared with Valley News Live. “I had no idea what to do.”
The man then stood up and walked around the restaurant asking other tables for money, Baker claimed in a TikTok video.
The server’s co-workers were reluctant to cause a scene, but insisted she ask for her money.
Footage captured Baker approaching the man, who was sitting in a window-side booth with his wife, and demanding her money.
“I just wanted to say that I noticed you took the money off this table and that money is mine,” Baker said in the now-viral clip. “That’s my tip I made from that table, so I don’t feel comfortable serving you until I get it back.”
The customer grabbed his wallet and handed her a few dollars – mumbling an inaudible response.
“Is that all there is?” Baker asked.
“That was all there was,” replied the customer.
Baker took the money and left, but believes he didn’t pay the full reward he was owed.
“He split the money from another bunch of money, so I feel like he didn’t get it all back,” Baker told the media. “Hey give me back $2. There was definitely a fiver and a few more, so I don’t think he paid the full amount back.”
Baker suspects this wasn’t his first time sniffing for money at the dining chain.
“One of my colleagues had told me it was the couple that tried to go out last weekend,” Baker said.
In a subsequent TikTok video, Baker added that the man tried to walk away from the bill after the confrontation before “his wife stopped him and made him pay.”
He didn’t leave a tip.
“That was pretty intentional,” Baker claimed in her video. “He knew exactly what he was doing, old man or not.”
“And I work in North Dakota, so I only make $4.86 an hour, so yeah, tips are a big deal for me. I have kids at home to feed,” she added.
Some social media users praised Baker’s courage in standing up to the elderly customer, while others suggested they would have kicked him out of the restaurant.
“I would have put it out, being old shouldn’t be a thief,” said another TikTok user, while a third added: “That’s why I always submit my tips directly to my server. “
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