Waitress in Anti-Gay Note Dispute Was Dishonorably Discharged From Marines: Source

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Looks like we have another great discrimination Scam

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Dayna-Morales-Receipt-Gay-Server-Lifestyle-Note-Marine-233672131.html

The New Jersey waitress whose story has been questioned after she claimed she received an anti-gay note instead of a tip on a restaurant bill was dishonorably discharged from the Marines last spring after she stopped showing up, NBC 4 New York has learned.

Dayna Morales, a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, had posted a photo on Facebook earlier this month showing the bill with a line through the tip area. The photo of the receipt showed someone had written, "I'm sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle."

A New Jersey couple came forward to NBC 4 New York and said this week that the receipt was theirs but that they had left a tip and did not write a note, suggesting it was used for a hoax. The handwriting, they said, was not theirs, and they also supplied what they said was a credit card statement showing they were charged for the total plus the $18 tip.

NBC 4 New York learned Wednesday from a Pentagon source that Morales was dismissed from the Marine Reserve Corps in May because she wasn't attending drills. It wasn't immediately clear how often those drills were held, and Morales did not respond to a request for comment.

She was stationed in Newburgh, N.Y., and began serving in July 2009, military sources said.

A woman who served with Morales told NBC 4 New York that the commitment is a serious one.

"I wouldn't want anyone to think she was a part of my Marine Corps family, because she's not," said the woman, who asked to remain anonymous because she is still on active duty.

Others who say they knew her tell NBC 4 New York there were things about her background that didn't seem to add up.

A woman who says she and Morales worked together at a Cheesecake Factory in Nyack, N.Y., last year said Morales told coworkers she had brain cancer.

"She came in with her hair shaved because she wanted to shave it herself before she lost it," said Jacqie Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick said Morales also leaned on the cancer story to accept offers of help from friends at work.

Then, she abruptly quit, according to Fitzpatrick, and her coworkers didn't see her again until she appeared in news reports about the receipt.

The Cheesecake Factory declined to comment.

Gallop Asian Bistro said Wednesday that it was still investigating and that Morales is not on the work schedule for now.

[kytwell 179]

Sounds about right. Real, perceived or made up out of thin air; but always the victim.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Liberals pretending to be the downtrodden ... Look at all the libs that fell for this scam here on this forum.....The ongoing war against Christians had to be made at all cost.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You think this fits into a partisan dialogue do you Blue? That's rather 'special'.

Looks like we have another great discrimination Scam

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Dayna-Morales-Receipt-Gay-Server-Lifestyle-Note-Marine-233672131.html

The New Jersey waitress whose story has been questioned after she claimed she received an anti-gay note instead of a tip on a restaurant bill was dishonorably discharged from the Marines last spring after she stopped showing up, NBC 4 New York has learned.

Dayna Morales, a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, had posted a photo on Facebook earlier this month showing the bill with a line through the tip area. The photo of the receipt showed someone had written, "I'm sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle."

A New Jersey couple came forward to NBC 4 New York and said this week that the receipt was theirs but that they had left a tip and did not write a note, suggesting it was used for a hoax. The handwriting, they said, was not theirs, and they also supplied what they said was a credit card statement showing they were charged for the total plus the $18 tip.

NBC 4 New York learned Wednesday from a Pentagon source that Morales was dismissed from the Marine Reserve Corps in May because she wasn't attending drills. It wasn't immediately clear how often those drills were held, and Morales did not respond to a request for comment.

She was stationed in Newburgh, N.Y., and began serving in July 2009, military sources said.

A woman who served with Morales told NBC 4 New York that the commitment is a serious one.

"I wouldn't want anyone to think she was a part of my Marine Corps family, because she's not," said the woman, who asked to remain anonymous because she is still on active duty.

Others who say they knew her tell NBC 4 New York there were things about her background that didn't seem to add up.

A woman who says she and Morales worked together at a Cheesecake Factory in Nyack, N.Y., last year said Morales told coworkers she had brain cancer.

"She came in with her hair shaved because she wanted to shave it herself before she lost it," said Jacqie Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick said Morales also leaned on the cancer story to accept offers of help from friends at work.

Then, she abruptly quit, according to Fitzpatrick, and her coworkers didn't see her again until she appeared in news reports about the receipt.

The Cheesecake Factory declined to comment.

Gallop Asian Bistro said Wednesday that it was still investigating and that Morales is not on the work schedule for now.

She doesn't have a work ethic. Kind of surprised that would make news though, it's hardly all that interesting.

[Pooky 3,559]

You think this fits into a partisan dialogue do you Blue? That's rather 'special'.

She doesn't have a work ethic. Kind of surprised that would make news though, it's hardly all that interesting.

I think it more likely that this episode will only serve to numb the public at large to the issues of LGBT discrimination, so that when another incident comes along that has actual substance to it, the general reaction will be a great big "So what?"

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I don't see why it should, there's nothing significant about this story. If some people want to use this to diminish the very real issue of homophobic prejudice, then it's something they brought with them.

[Darnell 8,478]

OK - so the puir wee lass has problems.

IMO, she should take a 2 year hitch with the Army, nowish,

then use her education benefits after she gets out.

Anything else is just a waste of her time.

Sure, she made really bad choices, but ...

[Pooky 3,559]

IMO, she should take a 2 year hitch with the Army, nowish.

I think a DD from the USMC might just preclude that as an option.

[Darnell 8,478]

not always. her ARMY Recruiter can tell her more

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I think it more likely that this episode will only serve to numb the public at large to the issues of LGBT discrimination, so that when another incident comes along that has actual substance to it, the general reaction will be a great big "So what?"

Bingo Pooky. You captured it well.

It's like I tell some on here, when anything and everything including Denzel's Oscars is labeled Racist. when something real comes along, we are so numbed by the absurd, we shrug.

[Rattlehead 69]

not always. her ARMY Recruiter can tell her more

Why on earth would the Army want someone like that, especially during a drawdown. She'd be a mistake to recruit back when stop-loss was in effect.

[Novembro 1,763]

Hold on, I'm trying to muster up some care.

Hmmmm...

Yeah, no. Don't care.