Diner robbed,Waitress fined, fired

Time for another restaurant boycott.

Why? The woman left the key to open the cash register on top of it and left for a couple of minutes. If was her fault they did it.

Secondly she agreed in the first place to pony up the cash for something that was her fault to begin with. You don't just agree to pay, then afterwards complain and sue.

She's the one being sued. And she's not liable for the money, I‘d back her a 100% that she signed that paper under duress.

Maybe employers should start deducting the cost of a company car when an employee totals one off and was responsible for the accident.

50? She's lookin' good.

Yeah...that Sarah Palin-Tina Fey hair & glasses look.
She screwed up with the key, but will possibly win
her deducted money back....someone will hire her, I'm sure.

Why? The woman left the key to open the cash register on top of it and left for a couple of minutes. If was her fault they did it.

Secondly she agreed in the first place to pony up the cash for something that was her fault to begin with. You don't just agree to pay, then afterwards complain and sue.
Actually forcing someone to sign something they don't want to and forcably keeping her their to do so not only constitutes duress, it could also constitute forcable confinement.

The paper she signed is worth nothing, furthermore their threat to sue her could also be classified as blackmail if not done properly.

just theft under $5000, this wasn't a robbery.

this is the first time i've heard of someone being held responsible for a theft. heard plenty of times server being responsible for fraudulently obtaining food and beverage, but not for theft.

strange indeed

You haven't worked for enough arseholes!

Local bar deducts spilled drinks from the server's pay, plus any the customers simply refuse to pay for or pull a drink & dash.
3 nephews and nieces worked at 3 different gas stations and were told they'd be docked if a customer gassed up and ran. That's why the kid in BC ran after someone and got killed.
Worked cleaning barges once, and someone dropped the other end of a huge hose. I was in a slicker, soaked in oil and couldn't hold it from going over the side. Got told it was gonna be docked from my pay, and when I said like hell it was... got fired on the spot.

What Herbie said,in most bars if your cash doesnt add up to the sales it come's out of the server's pocket,if it's over it go's into a float,or the owner's pocket.

Keeping the key on the till definitely was poor judgement. But we don't know if that was standard practice or not. Might have been a factor in these guys picking that place to rob. If they had been casing the joint for a while and noticed the pattern of leaving the key on the till they may have decided that it was an easy place to rob without getting hurt or caught.

Lots of places have different rules for shortages in the till. I used to be a manager for a regional grocery chain and any shortage over $20 had to be paid back by the cashier.

The manager's actions were very hostile. She was already upset about the robbery and then placed in the awkward position of either signing the paper and be out several hundred or not signing and being fired. Crappy situation all the way around.