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When fairness becomes a community response
David Clark Scott
It wasn鈥檛 the waitress鈥檚 fault. But she bore the cost.
At each table in the Glenbrook Brewery in Morristown, New Jersey, there is a sign that says seating is limited to 90 minutes due to COVID-19 capacity restrictions 鈥� currently at 50% in the state. It鈥檚 a common practice. Time limits allow restaurants to turn over as many tables as possible in hopes of making a profit. In the U.S., an estimated 聽during the pandemic.
After an $86 meal for four last Friday, a disgruntled Glenbrook patron left no tip for his server, a nurse in graduate school working more than one job. Scrawled on the receipt: 鈥淒on鈥檛 kick paying customers out after 90 minutes.鈥澛�
But the story doesn鈥檛 end there. When a聽photo of the receipt with the word 鈥渮ero鈥� on the tip line was posted on a community Facebook page聽by a waitress from another establishment, folks responded. A local business owner started collecting tips 鈥� nearly $2,000 鈥� for the stiffed server.聽
, the kind comments, just the things people say bring me to tears,鈥� the waitress, Beth (she didn鈥檛 give her last name), told NBC New York. She plans to share 20% of the total with her fellow servers, and give the rest back to the community.
The natural response to injustice is compassion, empathy, and a desire to help.聽
Nicely done, Morristown.
