Khalil Cavil is a server at The Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa Texas. Although he shares his fine Arabic first name with the great Lebanese Poet Khalil Gibran, Cavil is an all American biracial Christian - his father gave that name after a friend of his that had died in an accident.
And although the diner whom he served out $108.73 of food to was fine with letting him handle his steakhouse fare, when it came time to tip he decided to be a jerk.
“Cavil, a waiter from Odessa, Tex., said the note he received Saturday night from one of his tables left him speechless and “sick to my stomach.” The next day he posted an image of the note on Facebook, where it has since been shared 19,000 times and garnered nearly 8,000 comments, most of which were positive.
“I share this because I want people to understand that this racism, and this hatred still exists. Although, this is nothing new, it is still something that will test your faith,” wrote Cavil, who didn’t respond to a request for comment from The Post.
It’s unknown who those customers were (Cavil redacted the personal information of the person whose credit card was used to pay for the meal). But Terry Turney, chief operating officer of Saltgrass Steak House where Cavil works, said the customer is now banned from the restaurant.
“We stand by and support our employee,” Turney said in a statement. “Racism of any form is unacceptable.”
Some supporters have since found ways to send Cavil money to make up for the tip he didn’t receive. In a follow-up Facebook post on Wednesday, Cavil thanked those who have sent him money.
But he said: “I want to make it very clear that this was never about the tip nor the money. It was about shedding a light on racism and sharing the love of Jesus. It was about igniting conversations because I believe real change happens when we start talking about the issue and acknowledging it’s there.”
Class all the way, Khalil.
Way to not get into the mud with them.
As your namesake wrote:
“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.”
Those kind folk were teaching you how not to be an a**hole.
But no need to thank them.
You’ve already learned that lesson.