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TexasTowelie

(116,556 posts) Tue Jan 11, 2022, 08:50 PM Jan 2022

Bartender's tip leads to arrest in Key West buoy burning

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Always remember to tip your server, if you know what’s good for you.

A tourist left a bad impression in a Key West bar by ordering drinks three times on New Year’s Eve without leaving a tip.

The memory stuck with the bartender, who helped police identify the Christmas tree arsonists who damaged the city’s iconic buoy at the Southernmost Point in the United States.

The Miami Herald reports that bartender Cameron Briody recognized the man who stiffed him in a webcam video of the arson.

Read more: https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/bartenders-tip-leads-to-arrest-in-key-west-buoy-burning/

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Bartender's tip leads to arrest in Key West buoy burning (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP

love it...justice will be served.... bahboo Jan 2022 #1

Having worked as one...... MyOwnPeace Jan 2022 #2

The perpetrators are idiots PJMcK Jan 2022 #3

bahboo

(16,953 posts)

1. love it...justice will be served....

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jan 11, 2022, 08:57 PM

Jan 2022

MyOwnPeace

(17,273 posts)

2. Having worked as one......

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Tue Jan 11, 2022, 09:02 PM

Jan 2022

you DO remember certain 'customers' that have high expectations and low returns!

PJMcK

(22,850 posts)

3. The perpetrators are idiots

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Jan 12, 2022, 04:51 AM

Jan 2022

They made an indelible impression at the bar by stiffing the bartender. He remembered them when he saw the video of them torching the Christmas tree next to the marker. He remembered that they paid for their drinks with a credit card and he had the receipts.

If you're going to commit a crime, it's not a good idea to leave a trail behind you.

Idiots and criminals.

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