A Texas Roadhouse waitress landed in the unemployment line Monday, after a friend noticed her Facebook post complaining about tips she'd received while on the clock.
Kirsten Kelly was laid off from her former position at the Ohio restaurant after posting thoughts about how customers should add extra contribution to their checks, according to Toledo News Now.
Kelly reportedly received a bad tip from an old high school classmate, who later became annoyed by the post after coming across it on Facebook.
"I just said, If you come into a restaurant and spend $50 or more, you should be able to tip appropriately for that," Kelly wrote in the post. "I was mad. It was a Friday night and I made $60 because I had several people that night who weren't tipping appropriately. More than one time, people spent $50 or more and they tipped five or six (dollars). That's not OK!"
The post has since been removed.
"They told me that I knew what I was doing when I posted that, and they would have to let me go because a customer came in [who had] printed off a screen shot of it," Kelly told Toledo News Now. "And they were really upset."
"Texas Roadhouse does not tolerate offensive language towards guests, whether it occurs online, offline or even in the parking lot," the company declared during an interview with WTOL.
According to a career navigator at JOBsolutions, it's alright to post things on social media, but others may not want friends posting things about them online.
"It is legal, you just have to realize what friends you're accepting online, as well," acknowledged Cayla Fortman. "Obviously, if you only have your privacy setting as 'friends only,' [people you aren't friends with] will only be able to see your profile picture."
"Just make sure everything you put on there, just realize everyone can see it online," added Fortman. "It's best to just assume that everyone can see it, because nothing can ever really be taken off of the Internet."
