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In reply to the discussion: Waitress Who Posted No-Tip Receipt From “Pastor” Customer Fired From Job [View all]Matariki
(18,775 posts)166. Yeah and now she should post the name, address, and telephone number of the restaurant
and they'll see how firing her works out for them.
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Courtesy Flush
Jan 2013
OP
and Jack Mehoff. (I personally got caught by that one as a teenager working fast food).
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#287
You still seem to be coming at it from the "taking it personally" angle.
IveWornAHundredPants
Jan 2013
#93
The frozen veggies I get a HEB are in plastic bags to. And after I portion
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2013
#117
Some of the best meals I've had -- ever -- were at little truck stops and diners and
MADem
Jan 2013
#137
Your sarcasm tag notwithstanding, a lot of these Mom and Pop places aren't on the internet.
MADem
Jan 2013
#176
Not to be rude and jump in, but Yellow Book and a few other "Yellow Pages" types
glowing
Feb 2013
#278
When you go to Applebee's an order that steak and veggies, the steak is pre-cooked and frozen, and
MADem
Jan 2013
#161
The absolute worse meal I have ever had in my entire life was at an Applebees
fasttense
Jan 2013
#233
If you always get diarrhea before your check arrives, it's probably a gross restaurant. n/t
Ian David
Jan 2013
#89
I like Applebees food. I have never had a bad meal. I don't eat there allot because I
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#108
How sad. Maybe if you realize that even a poor person likes to go out and eat once and awhile.
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#125
An extravagent $20 meal ... and all you can afford is $3, not $4 for a tip. Give me a break.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#188
You don't know me. You have no right to judge me. When I worked before I
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#201
You're right, I don't. Just your opinion on waitress tips...paid less than those who empty bedpans.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#215
You seem like an angry person. So I will leave you on this one and say you have
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#229
Yeah brucefan, even people that get "stiffed" by having to be employed by Walmart like to go out.
xtraxritical
Jan 2013
#146
I don't go out very much at all. I am retired and I am not a millionaire. My daughter-in-law
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#138
Certainly it is "better than nothing" but you're endorsing a race to the bottom.
MADem
Jan 2013
#248
Applebees's DOES SUCK. Menu: F; Kids' Menue: F. See also Applebee's ... Less Healthy than McDonald's
Texas Lawyer
Feb 2013
#301
Never fails... where you find cheap conservatism blended with "holier than thou"
HillWilliam
Jan 2013
#136
Look more like crocodile tears to me. She is sorry her rudeness was exposed to the world.
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#200
And if you write insults on restaurant checks you lose your right to privacy, imo.
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#14
Chelsea sounds like an intelligent young lady and probably can do much better than serving
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#10
I wonder if those insisting this was fake/staged will apologize in this thread?
bullwinkle428
Jan 2013
#15
You couldn't pay me to eat at an Applebee's. Just inject bacon into your heart.
onehandle
Jan 2013
#16
Think "bacon" is a metaphor for fat and salt of which presumably there is no shortage in food at
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#52
Applebee's is literally one step above gas-station microwaveable frozen food. For real.
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#307
Every one of their foods has bacon it it. It's in the water. It's piped into the ventilation...
onehandle
Feb 2013
#271
Actually, thank to the internets and google, the entire receipt can be viewed.....
physioex
Jan 2013
#60
She is lying. The amount that was charged to her card is on the receipt and does not
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#74
Reply to myself for this thread: pastor in question is a 'she' and probably
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#40
I had stumbled on the same source after I posted my request for info, but thank you
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#225
Again - why is it a "pastor" when they do shitty stuff? Pretending believers/clergy never do?
dmallind
Feb 2013
#298
SHould be a wake-up call...far too many employees have no protections whatsoever...
joeybee12
Jan 2013
#57
I hope she finds better work. The person that did not tip deserved to be called out. Waitresses
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#58
This would have been an opportunity for the pastor to learn a lesson and have some shame
bluestateguy
Jan 2013
#66
If what the pastor did was the right thing, why does Applebee's want to hide it? nt
patrice
Jan 2013
#70
They fired the server--if that's "getting to the bottom of it" they've hit rock bottom! nt
MADem
Jan 2013
#185
What if the waitress had written a Hindu religious greeting on the bill? Christians are PRIVILEGED.
patrice
Jan 2013
#78
Yeah and now she should post the name, address, and telephone number of the restaurant
Matariki
Jan 2013
#166
The bigger issue begins with the "pastor" believing that God & the waitress are separate entities.
VOX
Jan 2013
#173
i'm not sure but it seems 18% tip was included in the bill -- you *had* to pay it. that's why it
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#209
Isn't it now illegal for employer to use what you pot on a social website to fire you
notadmblnd
Jan 2013
#227
Nope. The laws in the works forbid them from demanding passwords to accounts.
Posteritatis
Feb 2013
#312
The perfect squelch would be to have this boomerang on Appleby's like it were a big rocket
indepat
Jan 2013
#245
pastor = garbage, true. But the real assholes in the firing incident were the Applebee managers. nt
Xipe Totec
Jan 2013
#258
Stiffing a waitress is just like stealing. Which makes Rev. Bell a thief.
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2013
#263
I used to own a muffler shop and I quickly learned that "Pastors" ALWAYS asked for their
Dustlawyer
Feb 2013
#288