A group of 8 or more ate in this restaurant for less than $35?

I was thinking this myself. Wonder how many members of this congregation are members of the food service industry?

Hmm, I think the person that signed that receipt is fibbing. lay people tithe 10%, Pastors take their salary from that. or maybe he has to kick 10% up the ladder. Either way, God doesn't have to make rent on $2/hr.

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He tried to have the bill split up to get out of it.

That's the most important issue here. Where is this place and what do they serve?

I guess it could be a Denny's Grand Slam or something, but I don't think I've had a meal with my wife that cost less than $35 in the past several years.

Separate checks...

Oh. I withdraw my wonderment.

Because while she is taking care of 20 people in your group, she is not taking care of the other tables she normaly would be. It protects servers from assholes like those in the op.

I know you all assume it's a guy, but that is sooo a female's handwriting.

Pastor is a dumbass and should stick to church spagetti dinners.

That would actually make more sense.

Doing acts out of fear and not genuine generosity is definitely something lots of church-goers should have experience with.

The total check was over $200. In an effort to get out of the automatic 18% tip, he had them split it up.

His portion was $35.

Over loading them with a large group.... Lol you're telling me they would rather not have a large group? They make money by the amount of people coming into the restaurant ordering food. I have taken 40-50 kids to eat during season and they don't ever charge us gratuity. If they did we wouldn't go there. I do however make each kid leave $2 which equals a pretty good pay day for the waiters.

Reading fail on my part.