Olive Garden server gets a $700 tip on a $32 bill. Then management allegedly blocks the tip and fires her because of a ‘policy’ she never knew existed

Olive Garden server Brook Skyes was fired June 1, 2026, in Fayetteville, Georgia, after questioning why she could not collect a $700 tip on a $32 bill, her family said.

The customer had left the tip by card, and managers told Skyes they needed to verify it before paying her, according to her mother, Buni Williams.

Olive Garden later said the payment had been declined and denied that Skyes was fired because of the tip…