It's been ages since I posted on here but I am very distraught about a situation at my new club in San Francisco. I recently just moved here from Portland where I was at my club for a long time and it felt like family.
As I was paying house at the end of the night the manager informed me that there's been a "situation" with me at the bar and I didn't know what he was talking about. He told me that it was brought to his attention that I've taken tips from the bar staff off the bar and that its been on multiple occasions now. I immediately confronted the bar staff who were very specific and grounded in their accusations. They said on one occasion a customer walked away with like $15 on the bar and that I supposedly took it all and left them a single dollar. They claimed I had done things like this on two sundays in row.
I am not in trouble per se, but it makes me extremely uncomfortable working in an environment where I am so untrusted. What I believe happened was that on instances where customers have tipped me for my company at the bar I usually feel weird putting the money in my purse immediately, probably for the same reason the bar staff lets the money hang out in the bar for a while. I am guessing they thought this money was for them. I asked them to confront me about this in front of the customer if they think it is happening again.
What bothers me the most about this is that they were completely unwilling to accept that it could be a misunderstanding. It is especially hurtful because not only do I very well everywhere I go, not to mention I've tipped them as well, but because I feel like we're supposed to be on the same team. Not to mention I've aligned myself closely with workers rights activists in my private life.
While I am not in trouble, as the manager assumes it was a misunderstanding, I feel really weird about going back into work today. As if being the new girl isn't hard enough I've now been labeled as a thief by the people I thought were on my side. Any advice as to how to remedy the situation would be much appreciated as I am very unused to working in an environment where I am so distrusted.



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