So, I was eating lunch at my table during break and I left my phone on that table when I got up to bring drinks to a table that had just come in. I got the drinks, set them down at the table, cleared off another table, and then went back to my lunch; my phone was missing.

I looked around the section, I only had 3 tables, and one of those had just gotten here. One of the tables had a little girl that was trying really hard to avoid my gaze.

I walked over and asked, “I’m sorry to interrupt your lunch, but did you guys see anyone near that table? My phone is missing.”

The mom said, “No, we didn’t.”

I asked, “Ask you sure your little girl wasn’t playing over there?”

She’s asked her daughter, who gave a firm “nope”.

I gave an audible “hm”.

The mom said, “Are you accusing my daughter of stealing? She said no, so that means no, she wasn’t over by your phone that you carelessly left out.”

So, I pinged my phone with my Apple Watch, and the mom goes, “is that your grandma texting you.”

I pinged again and again and again, and then said, “well whatever the matter is, it must be urgent.”

It was silent for a few seconds, and I finally said, “give me my phone back, little girl.” She shamefully pulled my phone out of her purse and gave it back to me, the mom somehow looked mortified.

I took my phone and walked away. Needless to say, they left no tip.