The Juke Joint — Restaurant in Anaheim

Last night around midnight, (April 8) I came to spend time with my partner and our friends who recently welcomed their first baby into the world. It was their first night back and they recommended we go to this place. When we first arrived, everything was great. People were having a good time and we were playing jenga.

Then, we put a $20 bill inside the vending machine. We knew that it wasn't going to give us our change back because it was stated on a note, but we were okay with that. What we were not okay with, was the act of having the vending machine steal our $20 bill and didn't vend anything back.

I asked for assistance with this machine from several employees there and they all told me to ask the bartender as she was the one in charge.

I have been a waitress and bartender for nearly 6 years now and I understand the system, I understand the frustrations, the stress, the aggressive guests, and I have great respect for bartenders and servers.

I also understand that vending machines are owned by third parties, but once again I reiterate that I am familiar with the system at restaurants and bars and I know that we could have been helped, but the bartender dismissed me. She immediately told me that the machine did not accept $20 bills but no where on the machine did it say that, it only said that the machine gives no change. I am certain that I am not the only one who has had this issue and nothing has been done about it before. This place continuously and voluntarily has made the decision to steal from people.

$20 in this economy is precious, and for some it will decide if people eat or not. I am a big tipper because I work in the industry, so if the bartenders weren't negligent I would have tipped those $20 either way. There was no need to steal it from me.

People who steal money from others are the ones who never have enough because money is an energy. So I advise the employees to stay safe and keep their money clean.

The bartenders (male and female) were extremely neglectful of this incident and did not take the time to listen to us. I was respectful from the beginning but when they offered us no help and walked away I became persistent about this issue and my partner was also bluntly ignored and no one reasoned with him.

The bartender in charge of this place should be trained to lead with logic and reasoning and not by her emotions. She is under qualified to be lead.

When we left, we were followed by a kind employee who fixed the situation for us because this employee witnessed the entire incident and agreed that it was a robbery and pocketed money. This employee gave us our $20 back.

This person was the only one there that had morals.

For the sake of this person's safety and job, I will leave this person anonymous.

This place is corrupt and they have implemented tactics to steal from their guests and the bartender knew exactly what she was doing by ignoring my...

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