You Chose… Poorly
The owner, for reasons that are beyond us, felt that sweeping the problem under the rug was the best solution. The waitress would remain an employee, and Whitney would eventually give up her fight against the large restaurant chain and its conniving waitress. As you might have expected, Whitney was disappointed in Abuelo’s decision.
We really can’t see any reason why the owner would go to such lengths to keep the unethical employee. Were they related to each other? Did they have another kind of relationship they wanted to hide? Or were they splitting the ill-gotten tips? One can only suspect, but like anyone else who’s outraged by the owner’s decision, we’re assuming the worst.