Last night my tip disappeared off the table then magically appeared after 30 minutes.
Last night I took a party of 8 by myself and when they paid, I saw there was cash on the table on the left side. I thanked them, dropped some plates off at the DMO and came back and suddenly the tip was gone. I started pre bussing everything and asked my server partner if he sees it or has seen it and he was helping me look. The only person who was next to my table was him. We didn't find anything. I assumed the table took their tip back when they left.
30 mins later the bussers finally start bussing it and the host comes up to me and said "here's your tip for that party, the bussers found it." I go up to the bussers and ask them exactly where they found it. They said they found it "on top of the table on the right side." There is absolutely no way I missed that. 540
I picked up napkins, plates, moved the computers we have on the table and nothing. There is 100000% no way I missed that tip. I obviously didn't see the server take it, but I'm assuming he stole it and put it back when he saw I was visibly angry and NOT letting it go. So idk. What do you guys think??? I don't know this guy very well and if he was stealing it wouldn't surprise me. The bussers were nowhere near that section and she was training a new busser and I DOUBT they ran in there to steal a tip during training. I'm still pissed about the whole thing but there's just no way it appeared out of nowhere. 540