Pastor refuses to tip "I give GOD 10% why do you get 18%"
 

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UPDATE

Edit: Pastor has now apologized -- waitress fired.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...logizes-687234










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EDIT: I DON'T READ CAREFULLY

18% is getting off light. If you can't afford to tip 20% then you can't afford to dine out.

A party of 20?? Yes, you can expect the restaurant to add gratuity.. Doesn't matter what cult you belong to.

OK I admit i didn't read the OP, I just glanced at the title and the picture.

Yeah, if it's in the bill, pay it dammit. Religion has nothing to do with it.

Two things we know:

This pastor is a ****head.

This waiter is going to get fired.

Tips are excuse for Restaurants to underpay their help and add hidden cost to customers.

Many restaurants define it as mandatory with a large group (and rightfully so). This guy is likely stealing.

When faced with a watier wanting a tip, I simply write this link down where the tip portion is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QGkOGZubQ

Wow, a whole $6.29... what a dipshit

I only tip 20% if the service is top-notch. 15% is my usual.

An unmolested dinner for a party of 20 deserves a tip.

**** church and pastors. Theyre all BS. This pisses me off. Cheap ass pastor cant give any kind of tip. Here's a tip for the pastor GFY

much to do about nothing.

a % of bill never made sense to me.
An expensive restarurant would create more tip for the server than the one working at IHOP.
Other than carrying a more expensive plate of food what does the high priced server do that the lower priced server doesn't?
So those of you who are in the food service business, please help me out.
I would rather tip on effort vs. the price of the meal.

Why should a restaurant be allowed to make you pay a tip? I tip pretty generously if my server is good but I don't like the "you have to tip this amount". That usually means, my drink stays unfilled and they don't give you near as much service as the guy next door who they have to suck up to so they get a tip.

I know and I agree - i didn't thoroughly examine the OP.

I am going to give the waiter a tip. I like it when they put a lemmon slice in my tea, makes the tea better. Thank you iav.

Usually the tip gratuity added to a party over 8 is meant to include the additional support from the wait staff and kitchen in ensuring the large party's needs are met. As a former waiter, once the guest number is over 5 or 6, it becomes very difficult to get everything done by yourself. Not to mention the additional busing staff.

It's part of the bill, that's why. They can charge whatever they want. It's the price you pay for overloading them with a large group.

If it's added into the bill, then pay it. If it's not, then I definitely agree with not tipping if you don't want to.

Yep. I start at 15 and go up or down depending on service. And I'm jist as apt to talk to a manager to praise outstanding service as I am to complain about really poor service. And the few times I've complained, I've paid the bill first - I'm not trying to get a free meal.

I'm sure God is really happy with this "pastor" for invoking His name in order to bitch about paying a bill.

As it says in the Bible "..God loves a cheerful giver...", anyone know what is says about a whinny tipper?

Chincy bastard

But you do gladly accept the gift card to use on your next visit :)

WWJD? :D

Jesus at The Last Supper:
"OK, who had the roast beef? You, John? Who had the veal? Thomas? Who had the three glasses of wine? Judas? We're going to need separate checks!"

I live by Mr. Pinks rules



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Our father always preached 20%, but 15% seems to be the standard.

LMAO ROFL LMAO ROFL

Next time I go to church....I'll make sure and drop a note in the collection basket that reads:

"God is free....why should I have to give you 10%?"

The tip would have ammounted around $2 a head. It sounds like she did her job well and since she probably could'nt tend to any other tables (wich cost her $ ) I don't think that $2 a person is asking too much. I assume she's making less than minimum wage but, puts up with assholes like that guy all day with a smile on her face.

It's not her fault the food service industry is set up this way, she's just trying to put food on her own table. It's customary in America to tip for good service, like it or not

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.

I really can't believe how many cheap bastards we have here.

If you can't be bothered to leave a tip, don't eat out.

If you're too poor to leave a tip, you should be at home eating anyway.

They really need to publish the name of the pastor and the church. I'd be interested to know who actually thinks this way.

Hi! I'm tax exempt (for no apparent reason), enjoy the skull-****ing I gave you!

People like this infuriate me.
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Are you serious? Of course they'd rather have multiple tables with different cook times as opposed to a table with 40 ****ing kids...

His bar tab was separate from the 35 he owed

ROFL

I tip most of the time I eat out, but isn't it considered "optional"? Shitty service=nothing, good service=big tip. The restraunt should pay employees more and the guy shouldn't use religion to get out of paying a tip.

1.) I didn't read the OP thoroughly...the tip was part of the bill, so yeah, he needs to pay that.

2.) In the case of a normal tip, nobody is required to tip anything. Should they tip? In my opinion, sure, if the service was good. However, if they choose not to then that is their choice.

3.) It's customary, but not a law.

You're getting a tip confused with a gratuity.

Probably just that guy. Don't get his profession confused with his personality. He's probably just a tightwad. Pastors are just as faulty as the rest of us - they've just studied the Bible more.

They work on a very small profit margin as it it. Restaurant owners rely on tips as much as servers do. If they payed $10 an hour, your $40 dollar bill would be $100 for the same food.

But yeah, I tip based on service too. I start at 15% and based on the quality of service, it goes up or down

A waiter that has to serve a dickhead pastor and most likely 19 bible thumpers should be given a 5,000% tip and a new car.

Pic of receipt shows "tip".......What am I missing?

Definition of GRATUITY

: something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service; especially: tip

See gratuity defined for English-language learners »

See gratuity defined for kids »

Examples of GRATUITY

A 15 percent gratuity is automatically added to the restaurant bill.


tip
noun

Definition of TIP


: a gift or a sum of money tendered for a service performed or anticipated : gratuity

Most restaurants add an automatic 18% gratuity for parties over a certain amount. Just because it says tip on there.....doesn't mean it was an actual tip. Hence why they have the "other tip" section below it.

I'm going to hold off until I hear what PizzaManHootiePeytonsPrincess has to say about this!

It is amazing to me how many people old and young that do not know that the wait staff normally doesn't make but 3 to 5 dollars an hour and tips are suppose to make up the difference plus some. A lot of people also don't know that if a person is paid in this manner and it doesn't come out to minimum wage the employer has to pay the difference at the end of the year.

A 18% gratuity was added to the TIP once the patrons were over a party of 8.

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It's more of an additional service fee and some restaurants will call it that to avoid confusion.

Because god doesn't pay rent dumb ****

There are a few cheap ****s on here.

They probably groan and curse every time they see you enter with your 40 little heathen brats.

where at pizza hut?

I agree with you that he should have paid the tip, just thought the idea of tipping was dependant upon the patron

I actually refuse them unless the food itself was bad.

If you have to afford being tipped to make a living, you can't afford working as a waiter. Is 20% the new 10%? I always tip around 15% and I thought it was higher than most. Still, I think tipping is stupid. I think of all the times I have tipped in my life and think back on if I never tipped in my entire life how much better it would be and how much more money I would have.

That makes about as much sense as a screen door on a battleship.

I had dinner at Prime in the Bellagio. Food was excellent and the dinner experience was classy and relaxing. I tipped 20% which came out to $300 and everyone shit a brick. I remind them how their dinner experience was compared to other places and they'd come back in a heart beat. I remind them that this tip assures their service stays consistent for future visits. Hell when I went back we got a complimentary bottle of wine and a great spot in the restaurant to view the strip. They remember those that tip well.

So you want waiters to make less than minimum wage?

:spock:

And yes, 20% is the new 15%. I start at 20% and go up or down depending on the service.

Actually, they offered us a better price than normal and I was complimented multiple times on how well behaved of a group I had. Even had another customer stop at my table to compliment them. I'm fortunate to have some well behaved "heathens".

You're insufferable.

If it were not for servers, you would'nt be able to take your spouse out to a fancy restaurant to wine & dine her. You'd be in line at McDonalds

It was actually a Chinese place.