Funny Or Not?
 

A server at Applebee's was fired for posting a customer receipt and it went viral. The costomer wrote on the receipt, "I give GOD 10%, why do you get 18%", and left no tip.

Do you think this is funny or not?

St. Louis Applebee

Don't understand your post. please clarify.

I don't know what it means either. ( I am posting WAY too much. Sweetie will be home tonight from Ohio business trip so tomorrow I will give you all a rest)


I think anyone who does not pay a wait person a decent tip is stealing. Period.

I think a restaurant that doesn't pay their employees a decent salary is stealing...

Tipping, these days, is no more than a wage subsidy and expected.

Just my opinion...

That is not funny IMHO!

My opinion: Not at all funny. It does define the customer though. It doesn't say much for the server either. Posting a copy of a customer's receipt is not nice and his/her dismissal is justified.

Yeah Gracie, I'm posting too much also, and I don't have a good excuse like you do. I've just got too much time on my hands.

Tipping is really a puzzling problem to me. The idea that you "have" to leave at least 15%, regardless of service just doesn't seem right. However, waiters are one of the few groups excluded from minimum wage. So you're right, it really is subsidized salary. Of course if they were paid what they are worth, the cost of food would go up 20% or more.

I would "like" to tip 20% for good service, and on occassions with a great exceptional server as much as 100% (or more for a cheap breakfast.) BUT I would like to leave nothing for rude, unprofessional servers. I've tried this a couple of times and my kids and wife will not let me do it. Probably because both my wife and daughter have had experience serving when they were young.

As to the question, I find the note left for the server really rude. I also bet the person is more likely to leave 10 cents than 10% in the plate on Sunday. OK, I'm just being mean now.

Not the end of the story...
 

Here's the whole story. The customer who wrote that is a Pastor. When she was notified that the waitresses coworker had taken a picture of what she wrote and posted it, she called up Applebees and demanded that all the managers and the waitress be fired. The backlash against her and her 20 person congregation has been so huge that she has since offered a half-hearted apology, but did not ask the restaurant to give the waitress back her job. There has also been a backlash against Applebees for standing by this abusive customer and not supporting the waitress. This includes petitions and internet discussions about boycotting Applebees.

I like having the rest of the story. The only problem with posting it is showing the signature.

Hmmm, nutty paster, only 20 people in the congregation. Sounds familiar here in Kansas. We are the "proud" owners of the insane Fred Phelps and his gay bashed, military funeral protesting chuch.

Her name....
 

Pictures of the pastor and her church are posted all over the internet new as well as her giving a sermon. She has come out and made a statement as well. There is no big secret here.

The article tellls the whole story. I think the pastor was out of line in writting that on the receipt and leaving a zero tip. I don't think the waitress did herself a favor by embarassing the customer and making the comment public. She thought of it as being humorous.

Server need to be compensated properly. As the man once said, "I'd like to pay my bills with a smile but unfortunately, people want money".

And the waitress that was fired wasn't even the server - she simply posted a copy of what another server received!

True!!!!!!!