A fiery and fuming worker took down a restaurant’s reputation with a furious post claiming mistreatment by the institution. This caused a heated discussion in the comments section.
A restaurant worker based in Dublin, Ireland, took to Twitter alleging that he got his final pay in copper coins from an eatery called Alfies. Rian Keogh posted a photo of a bucket filled with 5c coins that he claimed was his payment.
The poster claimed via a follow-up photo of it on a scale that this bucket of coins weighed just under 30 kilograms. Keogh also provided screenshots of apparent messages that he received from what is assumably a superior.
A bucket of copper coins with the interior of a restaurateur in the background.
These messages, found in the comment section of the original post, showed the restaurant worker asking for his final pay, with his higher-up asking if it was okay to pay him in cash. Almost hinting at the future, the payer penned:
“Like I said I’ll have every cent for you on Tuesday.”
This could be viewed as a funny foreshadowing which another Twitter user expanded on, claiming that it is a widely-held inside joke in the industry. The user going by Oisin Brennan also expressed that he and the owner of Alfie are close.
Another naysayer asserted that he heard this was a consequence of this restaurant worker’s unprofessional behavior, allegedly using foul language to disrespect management during a shift. Keogh denied this accusation.
According to the TikTok user, she never said that she was interested.
A significant amount of people in the comment section also expressed compassion. Twitter user Jamie Caffrey exclaimed that they found this purported conduct by the eatery so uncivil that they would no longer be eating at Alfie’s.
Many encouraged him to take legal action against the restaurant, with some alleging that the payment practice is illegal. One Twitter user claimed:
“This isn’t legal tender by the way… you can refuse to accept it as payment…..so can the bank.🤦”
Others challenged this, purporting it to be legal tender. The viral post has accumulated just under 2000 retweets and 15,000 likes so far.
Service workers have a history, like Keogh’s mistreatment, of being treated poorly by their superiors and customers. TikTok and cart girl Cassie Holland experienced this first hand.
A man tipped Holland with three ripped $100 bills and offered to give the other halves on a proposed date. This was after constant advances from him, to which the TikTok user consistently told him she was not interested.
After explaining the story to him on social media, the embarrassed customer gave her the other half of the story without any conditions. Twitter users will have to wait and see if Keogh gets a similar response.