News Pastor refuses to tip "I give GOD 10% why do you get 18%" - Page 42

**QuikSsurfer** · 01:08 PM

http://gawker.com/5980177/pastor-ref...r-tip-than-god

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Unhappy with having to pay a restaurant's auto-gratuity of 18% for parties of eight or more, a pissed-off pastor used his receipt to express his indignation.

"I give God 10% — why do you get 18?," the man wrote above the autograt line before crossing out the pre-printed tip and signing the receipt "pastor."

The St. Louis-area server who posted a pic of the receipt on Reddit said the pastor was dining with a party of 20, and asked to have the $200+ bill broken up into smaller increments in a failed attempt to avoid paying the 18% tip.

"They had no problem with my service, and told me I was great," the server said. "They just didn't want to pay when the time came."

Redditors have been trying to track down the less-than-charitable Christian, but have so far been unable to identify the culprit.

At least one pastor was forced to issue a response denying responsibility, and the server herself has asked fellow Redditors to stop posting personal information of random people "who don't deserve a Reddit mob banging down their Internet door."

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UPDATE

Edit: Pastor has now apologized -- waitress fired.

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

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PGM · 02-03-2013, 08:39 AM

I bet. Working in close quarters like that anyway leads to a lot of action behind the scenes.

sedated · 02-03-2013, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Thatguy

They get paid shit, and they work twice as hard as you probably do. They have to endure insults, unwanted harassment, and assholes who take their crappy day out on them.

You dont like your job, then quit.

**GloryDayz** · 02-03-2013, 08:44 AM

Well this thread has gone for a while.... I can report I've never been a waiter, but I have had jobs that were very manual by their very nature. I was a paper-boy back in the day.. It may not have been a 12-hour shift, but it was a job that made a 12-year-old get up 364 out of 365 days of a year. And like being a waiter, a LOT of your take-home pay was in the form of tips. Later i worked in construction, so the great outdoors sure could show her not-so-great side on a regular basis. THAT'S why I elected to get out of that sort of life. In the end I traded-in one form of stress for another. While I used to whine about long hours in the heat or cold, or early hours folding papers in the heat and cold, nowadays those stresses have been altered to being the always-connected (laptops, BBs, MiFi...you name it, they can find me - and they do) IT professional! I think that's why many of us are here! We get to watch people get paid a stupid amount of money for doing something thy love. Yet they too have complaints and concerns about their lives too. It could be argued to death, and it's pointless.

But back to the original point, waiters and waitresses - but I'd extend it to the entire community of people in jobs where "tips" are the larger part of their take-home pay being in the form of gratuities - I think they just need to be abolished it if these problems are more than the exception to the rule. Just pay people if 9-out-of-10 servers are getting stiffed regularly. If, however, it's 1-in-10 servers who occasionally get stiffed after working an hourer past closing, tell them to suck it up and know it's part of deal. LOL, I porched every goddamn paper on my route, every day, and some folks just paid the price. I still porched their paper too.

Ask the community what they want and go with it. I'm sure there will be those who make $300 a night who will say it works well. Than there are a few Waffle House servers who work their asses off who might be inclined to be happier with a guaranteed minimum wage.

I know this, I tip, and I tip well, but I hate the idea that it's based on the price of the meal. That means 20% of expensive dinner means an server has "earned" more than the server who did a better job than the 20% of a more economical meal. So that's something I'd like to hear ideas about; you go out to the Pierpont's and it's not difficult to run up a $120 dinner and get a waiter/waitress who's not bad, but not better than McComick and Schmick's and how do you justify going less than 15% (as low as I'll go) to make sure the better server walks away at the end of the month with more money. That's my problem...I've had servers in supposedly higher-end restaurants who just did their job, but walk with more simply because the food is more expensive.

And I get the "amount of time per sitting" angle too...

Spott · 02-03-2013, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Thatguy

I used to work for a chain restaurant from 2000-2004 . We would always get large groups of younger kids right before close who either didn't tip , or tipped shitty. One night , A 19 top church group came in , 10 minutes before close (mortal sin in that industry lol ) they apologized for coming late. They end up staying for an hour past close, order a crap load of drinks (non alcoholic) and food. When the time comes to pay the bill two people pay for everyone-one in cash , and one on a card...leaving a 59cent tip! Needless to say the server was pissed, she ran outside, caught the group as they were loading up and told them off, as she handed back her "tip"..it was epic lol. The group leader was so ashamed he came in the next day and left $50 for her...the moral of the story is tip your ****ing servers. They get paid shit, and they work twice as hard as you probably do. They have to endure insults, unwanted harassment, and assholes who take their crappy day out on them. If you don't believe in tipping, then hit a drive through up or learn how to cook.

The only thing that doesn't surprise me about this story is that it was a church group.

Bump · 02-03-2013, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sedated

You dont like your job, then quit.

true, but that shouldn't be an excuse to treat others like shit just because you can.

Bump · 02-03-2013, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Spott

The only thing that doesn't surprise me about this story is that it was a church group.

But no, church people are the best ppl to wait on and Sundays are my favorite day

/hootie and flopnuts

unnecessary drama · 02-03-2013, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

But no, church people are the best ppl to wait on and Sundays are my favorite day

/hootie and flopnuts

Didn't you already get pwned in this thread enough?

Valiant · 02-03-2013, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

The pastor didn't get the waitress fired.

She wanted everybody fired, managers and server... And the report says, the server that served them did not post it.. Another server did.. Then it blew up more then she apologized for being a shit human and bringing disgrace..

Bump · 02-03-2013, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

She wanted everybody fired, managers and server... And the report says, the server that served them did not post it.. Another server did.. Then it blew up more then she apologized for being a shit human and bringing disgrace..

she even tried to twist it saying that she knew it would get so much publicity and help the spread the word of jesus, lol.

duncan_idaho · 02-03-2013, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

she even tried to twist it saying that she knew it would get so much publicity and help the spread the word of jesus, lol.

Oh, I get it. It's like when God let Ray Lewis get away with murdering two people so he could continue to spread the word of God?

Dave Lane · 02-03-2013, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Oh, I get it. It's like when God let Ray Lewis get away with murdering two people so he could continue to spread the word of God?

Now you are starting to get it.

WhiteWhale · 02-04-2013, 12:35 AM

I know someone who worked at Applebees and he said church groups were the worst.

He talked about a group of old ladies who had a nice con going for them. They would pay for their tickets with a 100 dollar bill, and then after getting their change they would find the manager and say they got shorted a $20. The customer is always right, and you know the store isn't eating that $20.

unnecessary drama · 02-04-2013, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

I know someone who worked at Applebees and he said church groups were the worst.

He talked about a group of old ladies who had a nice con going for them. They would pay for their tickets with a 100 dollar bill, and then after getting their change they would find the manager and say they got shorted a $20. The customer is always right, and you know the store isn't eating that $20.

So ridiculous.

This shit just doesn't happen. Reading it makes me

Backwards Masking · 02-04-2013, 06:36 AM

At least he's just using God as a reason not to tip

Better than using God to justify not going to prison for killing someone like 2x Super Bowl Champion Ray Lewis

God bless this pastor, just another solid reason why churches shouldn't have to pay taxes - what they do is better than what everybody else dopes and results in creating better human beings than the rest of us.

loochy · 02-04-2013, 08:14 AM

I know someone who worked at Chilis and he said non-church groups were the worst.

He talked about a group of young men who had a nice con going for them. They would pay for their tickets with a 100 dollar bill, and then after getting their change they would find the manager and say they got shorted a $20. The customer is always right, and you know the store isn't eating that $20.

Therefore, all non church people are bad.

02-03-2013, 08:44 AM	#618
GloryDayz Clark, do the right thing(s).. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lee's Summit, MO Casino cash: $75066	Well this thread has gone for a while.... I can report I've never been a waiter, but I have had jobs that were very manual by their very nature. I was a paper-boy back in the day.. It may not have been a 12-hour shift, but it was a job that made a 12-year-old get up 364 out of 365 days of a year. And like being a waiter, a LOT of your take-home pay was in the form of tips. Later i worked in construction, so the great outdoors sure could show her not-so-great side on a regular basis. THAT'S why I elected to get out of that sort of life. In the end I traded-in one form of stress for another. While I used to whine about long hours in the heat or cold, or early hours folding papers in the heat and cold, nowadays those stresses have been altered to being the always-connected (laptops, BBs, MiFi...you name it, they can find me - and they do) IT professional! I think that's why many of us are here! We get to watch people get paid a stupid amount of money for doing something thy love. Yet they too have complaints and concerns about their lives too. It could be argued to death, and it's pointless. But back to the original point, waiters and waitresses - but I'd extend it to the entire community of people in jobs where "tips" are the larger part of their take-home pay being in the form of gratuities - I think they just need to be abolished it if these problems are more than the exception to the rule. Just pay people if 9-out-of-10 servers are getting stiffed regularly. If, however, it's 1-in-10 servers who occasionally get stiffed after working an hourer past closing, tell them to suck it up and know it's part of deal. LOL, I porched every goddamn paper on my route, every day, and some folks just paid the price. I still porched their paper too. Ask the community what they want and go with it. I'm sure there will be those who make $300 a night who will say it works well. Than there are a few Waffle House servers who work their asses off who might be inclined to be happier with a guaranteed minimum wage. I know this, I tip, and I tip well, but I hate the idea that it's based on the price of the meal. That means 20% of expensive dinner means an server has "earned" more than the server who did a better job than the 20% of a more economical meal. So that's something I'd like to hear ideas about; you go out to the Pierpont's and it's not difficult to run up a $120 dinner and get a waiter/waitress who's not bad, but not better than McComick and Schmick's and how do you justify going less than 15% (as low as I'll go) to make sure the better server walks away at the end of the month with more money. That's my problem...I've had servers in supposedly higher-end restaurants who just did their job, but walk with more simply because the food is more expensive. And I get the "amount of time per sitting" angle too... __________________ Come on Clark Hunt, you can do this... Glass is doing shit over at the K, so if you do something awesome here, this city could go back to having awesomeness abounding in it's teams (and lots of support from the fans too). Come on buddy, do this thing...
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02-04-2013, 12:35 AM	#627
WhiteWhale Veteran Join Date: May 2011 Location: Doo-Dah Casino cash: $24178	I know someone who worked at Applebees and he said church groups were the worst. He talked about a group of old ladies who had a nice con going for them. They would pay for their tickets with a 100 dollar bill, and then after getting their change they would find the manager and say they got shorted a $20. The customer is always right, and you know the store isn't eating that $20.
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02-04-2013, 06:36 AM	#629
Backwards Masking Bustle in your hedgerow? Join Date: May 2011 Location: NOT Missouri Casino cash: $16820	At least he's just using God as a reason not to tip Better than using God to justify not going to prison for killing someone like 2x Super Bowl Champion Ray Lewis God bless this pastor, just another solid reason why churches shouldn't have to pay taxes - what they do is better than what everybody else dopes and results in creating better human beings than the rest of us. __________________ Freedom Isn't Free.
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