I thought a bonus is a gift, and not an entitlement.
While the execution of giving him the gift is alittle odd, he's still going to be 700$ richer than he was yesterday.
I damn sure wouldnt ask anyone who gives me a gift to cover the fee's.
Any complaints over a gift is considered being ungrateful.
I understand him being grateful for the bonus even if it's automatically 30% smaller but the way the owner/manager handled it was also completely uncalled for. And not to mention if he didn't have overdraft protection and his bills got returned he could get put in a bad situation with insurance companies or utilities. Not a good situation to put anyone in.