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In reply to the discussion: The Waitress, the Pastor and the Applebee's Meltdown...a perfect internet storm. [View all]SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)because no one would cop to the posting (it wasn't the original waitress--it was her coworker who posted it)
The pastor would have avoided the whole thing by not bringing in a party large enough for an 18% gratuity to kick in.
Or she should have dropped a dime and asked around and she would have found out all sit down establishments, outside of fast food restaurants, charge a gratuity for large parties.
Or she should have taken them to her house and fed them.
The thing is, she decided to show her ass to the one person who had absolutely nothing to do with Applebee's, Inc.,'s company policy of charging an automatic gratuity to large parties. The fact that she employed a "scorched earth" policy by demanding that all the wait staff be fired was overreach.
If applebee's has a policy about posting receipts, then positive or negative--don't post it, period. I believe firing was extreme--a reprimand would have sufficed. Thing is, the tip was going to be added whether or not she scratched it out, so it was stupid of her to do it. But, as she should well know, pride goes before destruction and the haughty spirit before the fall. Must hurt like a bitch right about now.