To think dramatic colleague should not have done this?

[Mabeldram]

I work in big brand hospitalality.

Last night there was a married couple in my section. She was lovely and he was a bit of a sleaze. I saw him scrolling through his for you page in Instagram - full of bikini babes. And he was a bit lechy with one of our teenage food runners, so I stopped her attending the table. I'm a sturdy mid fifties meno woman, I feel very protective of the youngsters.

When the couple came to settle up, the husband had a discount QR on his phone, so as per normal protocols I asked permission to take the phone to the host station to scan,

I asked a colleague to take it over as I needed to head to another guest as a priority. He scanned it, printed the bill and popped the phone down on the platter.

I always switch a phone off once scanned but Malcolm, the colleague didn't.

Malcom came back over to me after dropping the bill and phone down to the couple and ushered me into the kitchen.

Gleefully he told me that as he was heading back to the table, a tinder notification came up on the phone so he deliberately left the phone in a very visible position for the lovely wife to see.

AIBU to think he should have closed the phone down, or placed it face down, to save the grand reveal?

Yanbu, I get why he did it but that poor wife in every way:(

Good for him, I would want to know

Surely taking a customers phone is a huge risk. You should get them to come to the till if there’s no way of doing it at the table.

anyway, your colleague probably did the wife a favour, however horrible it is for her.

Better to find out sooner rather than later surely? And he'll never have to deal with them again.

Im lost

I can see why he did it.

It's not necessarily the right thing to do nor the wrong thing to do.
Did the wife notice?

She should know. Be horrible however she finds out. He was interfering but he has probably done her a favour in the long run.

Perhaps the wife already knows and is OK with it?? Who knows...

I wouldn't be taking people's phones though. Are you insured if you drop it?

I'm not sure if the wife noticed as Malcom just popped it on the table and then whizzed me into the kitchen to give me the info.

When I went back to take card payment, it felt a frosty tbh definitely tension in the air. and they didn't leave a tip.

Felt very sorry for the wife, but it may be an open marriage?

Taking phones is protocol(obviously after asking), never really thought about the insurance.

Some people do come up the the host station with their phones, but most happy for the FOH to take it.

Defo should have done it. Chaos is awesome.

How do you know they aren't siblings or cousins?

Why would they be communicating through tinder?

She meant the people at the table

Their marriage is none of your business. You know nothing about them or their life. Your colleague’s job was to scan the code and return the phone to its owner. Anything else was just being a busybody jobsworth.
FWIW as a client or customer if I had a code I would expect you to scan it in my had, no one would be taking my unlocked phone anywhere. How do I know you aren’t scrolling through my personal information? Perhaps you need to rethink the process for that.

All he did was leave the phone face up, with the screen lit because a notification came through? He didn’t go through the phone eg flick through from the QR code to see whether he had tinder and then leave it open?
I think that’s fine tbh, he didn’t actively do anything. He’s not obliged to proactively hide the tinder notification.

I meant the woman at the table

What if you dropped the phone and it smashed? Who pays for a new phone?

Weird story but anyway, you lost me at 'meno woman'.

Well we had a conversation and words were used and I understood the relationship based on those words.

It's my job. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Well

I would not be handing over my open phone to a randomer in a restaurant for a start. Beyond that the husband is daft if he's just letting Tinder notifications pop up anyway.

If you doubt the veracity contact HQ. I've been here 18 years, that can be established.

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I don’t think the waiter didn’t anything particularly wrong or right.

Out of curiosity are you American?