Original Blog Entry: Charlotte waitress fired after poor tip, Facebook gripe

NBey6 — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:19:19 GMT

Charlotte waitress fired after poor tip, Facebook gripe

Posted: 11:36 a.m. yesterday

Updated: 7:38 a.m. today

CHARLOTTE, N.C. mdash - A North Carolina waitress is out of a job after griping on her Facebook page about the bad tip she got from a lingering table of customers.

The Charlotte Observer reported Monday that Ashley Johnson, 22, felt slighted after spending three hours waiting on a couple at Brixx Pizza who left only a $5 tip.

So she blasted the couple on her Facebook page while also mentioning the restaurant.

Brixx officials told Johnson a couple of days later that she was being fired because she violated a company policy banning workers from speaking disparagingly about customers and casting the restaurant in a bad light on a social network.

Johnson says she has apologized to Brixx and is looking for a new job.

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