Teenage waitress wins £13k after abuse over dropped pudding

Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 27 Oct, 01:27 · Archive

A 15-year-old waitress has won over £13,000 in compensation after being abused for dropping an apple crumble.

Daniesha Charles, 15, has won over £13,000 in compensation after being screamed and sworn at by staff at The Royal Thurso Hotel in the Scottish Highlands for dropping an apple crumble. An Edinburgh Employment Tribunal ruled that she was discriminated against because of her age, sex, race and disability.

Charles, who is Black British Caribbean and has dyslexia, depression and anxiety, was the youngest and the only Black female employee among 14 staff members, most of whom were white British. She was employed as a waitress from May to June 2024, earning £7 per hour while completing a college course. The tribunal heard that a chef and the general manager, Andy Woodcock, repeatedly shouted and swore at her. The chef also scolded her for spelling 'porridge' incorrectly and referred to her in the third person as 'that' and 'it'.

The tribunal was told that the chef and general manager swore and shouted at South African and Nepalese members of staff but not at white male employees. Charles was screamed at over the dropped apple crumble and received what the tribunal described as a 'tirade of abuse' for the incident.

How it is being reported

• Teenage waitress who was on £7 an hour wins more than £13,000 after being shouted at for dropping an apple crumbleDaniesha Charles has won more than £13,000 in compensation after she was screamed and sworn at for dropping an apple crumble.Daily Mail · 27 Oct, 01:06
• Teenage waiter wins £13k compensation after being sworn at for dropping apple crumbleDaniesha Charles, 15, faced a ‘tirade of abuse’ over the incidentThe Independent · 26 Oct, 14:00
• Young waiter wins £13k payout after being shouted at for dropping apple crumbleDaniesha Charles, 15, faced a ‘tirade of abuse’ over the incidentThe Independent · 26 Oct, 11:10

In this story: Daniesha Charles · Andy Woodcock · The Royal Thurso Hotel · Edinburgh Employment Tribunal · Scottish Highlands

This summary was written by AI from the headlines and standfirsts above, and states as fact only what at least two outlets report. How we use AI · Report a problem