Boyfriend’s restaurant harassing me during a trip to New Orleans

Date: 2/11/2022

I needed food really bad, and my boyfriend told me to come to the restaurant he works at. I did and his chef made me a delicious meal and they seemed to be concerned about me being broke and starving. I spent my last $40 on the meal by providing a personal check, and unfortunately it only covered the meal and $0 for a tip, which I felt really bad about. Later on my paycheck finally hit my account. I was on some kind of trip to New Orleans with other people, including my boyfriend. We got off a boat and went to some kind of bar/restaurant/hang-out space. Joe seemed like he wanted to do his own thing and not really be with me. I thought it was okay but still felt bad. My phone was ringing, but there was music blasting extremely loud there. Whoever was calling left a voicemail. I was able to make out that it was Joe’s restaurant saying I needed to pay more, that it’s not acceptable to leave $0 tip, and that they went out of their way to help me. They said I needed to come back immediately and pay more. I found Joe and asked him about this. He admitted that the restaurant does this to everyone who does not leave a tip. He did not seem concerned. He said they will keep calling me until I pay more. I angrily left him there, going outside. The music was still too loud outside so I kept walking. I thought maybe I would have to go inside another restaurant for it to be quiet enough to call. I was walking down the street when a door to someplace opened, it was a girl from our group. “(My name)? Come inside, check out this place!” she brought me in. It was a very small bar, and other girls from our group were there. She wanted me to play checkers with her. There was a table with a checkerboard and instead of checker pieces, there were slices of limes and cuts of strawberries. I sat on the strawberry side. Another girl asked me if I wanted her to order a drink for me. I asked if she can get me a Malibu pineapple. While I was setting up the board she returned with a receipt that said the drink had coffee, peach schnapps, and pineapple juice. I said No way that’s not what I said, that sounds gross.