When we first heard that New Jersey waitress Dana Morales, who claimed a family had stiffed her on a tip and left a homophobic note instead, had made the whole thing up, we tried to give her the benefit of the doubt. Morales had claimed she was donating the contributions people sent her in solidarity to the Wounded Warrior Project, so whatever her motive for the hoax, it didn’t look financial. But now it seems not even that part was true, as Bridgewater Patch discovered on Thursday (h/t Gawker): “A Wounded Warrior representative checking for donations by her name and the ZIP codes for Bridgewater, where the restaurant is located, and Bedminster, where Morales said she lives, was unable to find any matching donations.” If we still wanted to give Morales the benefit of the doubt, we’d point out she could have donated anonymously from elsewhere. But we don’t.
