A video from a waitress who was called a “fag” by a customer has gone viral.
Michele Crider works at the Dash-In restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
In a Facebook video, she said that she was working the lunch shift this past Tuesday when two men came into the restaurant. They weren’t friendly and ate quickly, but she didn’t think much of it.
She left them the check, and when she went to pick it up she found a message written on the receipt: “I DON’T TIP FAGS.”
The customer didn’t pay in cash, a point Crider brings up in the video and says, “You knew what you were doing.”
Crider said that the men don’t know her, that she’s a single mother and she is supported by her coworkers, who bought her flowers after they saw what those customers did.
“Try to understand what it is you’re saying: I’m not a fag, I’m a dyke,” she concludes.
The video has been viewed 400,000 times on Facebook so far.
Crider told WPTA that she has received support from all over the country because of that video.
“I started receiving messages from people from somebody from Alaska and somebody from Arizona, and they’re just saying ‘You’re so inspirational. I love that you turned a negative thing into a positive,’” Crider said.
And her boss said that people have been leaving her gifts at the restaurant.
“Today we have been getting lots and lots of phone calls. people dropping off gifts, people dropping off money, wanting to give Michele the tips she deserves, and just people wanting to show their support,” said restaurant owner Emily Underwood.
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