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Local seafood restaurant shames woman for allegedly not paying her bill

1:11 PM EDT on October 1, 2019

We can go back and forth about whether or not internet outrage and shaming culture is a good thing. Personally, I think it does more good than bad, because if you're not doing creepy/illegal/assholish things, there's not much to worry about.

But sometimes there's a situation where someone didn't do anything wrong and catches the wrath of hundreds or thousands of people who aren't connected to the situation. This recent incident falls into that, "Who fuckin' knows?" grey area.

From KOCO:

A mother of two says she was publicly shamed when a metro-area restaurant posted a picture of her face and her receipt on Facebook, claiming she didn't pay her bill.

Tiara Lee said she woke up Sunday morning to find the post by a seafood restaurant near Northwest 34th Street and Classen Boulevard.

"My heart dropped," Lee said.

Lee told KOCO 5 that, because no one was at the register, she paid $100 to her server after having dinner with her two children.

"It was a $100 bill. I told him to keep the change because it would be $5.40. 'Just keep the change,'" Lee said.

Who just hands $100 to a server at a seafood restaurant instead of waiting for the cashier?? Probably the type of person who thinks it's cool to tip $5.40 on a $95 tab.