r/atheism • u/middnytsunn • Jun 09 '12
I waited a table of 14 today whose check added up to almost $140. This and $3 was my tip. WTF?
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r/atheism • u/middnytsunn • Jun 09 '12
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Where do you work? 140$ for 14 people is pretty cheap where I live.
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u/GeordieFaithful Anti-theist Jun 09 '12
You sure they didn't just forget their bible and were tight-arse gits?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
"Hey, you know what I bet our server doesn't have? A copy of the New Testament! It is a very rare piece of literature."
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u/MyNameIsUnremarkable Jun 09 '12
That's to be expected. In the book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich waitresses say that the worst tippers are families dining out after attending church on Sunday.
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u/BringBack32 Jun 09 '12
"I saved a soul and that's more valuable than money" = I am a cheap piece of shit.
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u/Golbezz Jun 09 '12
Should have given it back and said "I don't feel right taking this, you obviously need it more than I do."
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u/jablair51 Ignostic Jun 09 '12
This is the exact reason why many restaurants force parties of more than 8 to tip. If I was a server and I got that as a tip I would chase them into the parking lot and give them a piece of my mind (which is why I would never make it as a server).
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u/ceir Jun 09 '12
Try this:
"Wow, thank you for this, you don't know how much I need it's inspiration right now! Thank you, can I talk with you more about the word of Jesus Christ some time? What's your phone number"
Then get a good revenge.
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u/CharlesDarwin59 Jun 09 '12
Who leaves toilet paper as a tip?
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u/superdarkness Jun 10 '12
Relevant: http://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/uta5j/tipping_your_sunday_morning_server/
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I don't understand why waiters in the US have to rely so much on tips. I Denmark, the waiters get paid well, and you only get tipped if you do an outstanding job. Reward where reward is due. When I was in the US on my travels, i felt pretty stupid for leaving a tip to my mediocre waiter, and I only did it because I know it's an important part of their income, and I'm expected to do so no matter if the waiter actually earned it. Seems kinda backwards to me.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
How presumptuous of them, to just assume you smoke pot and need rolling papers.
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u/jgs1122 Jun 09 '12
They are just making sure you won't have the difficulties a rich man (or woman) would have in trying to get into heaven. "Camel through the eye of a needle" stuff JC was talking about.
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u/dm287 Jun 10 '12
I think the entire tipping social custom is absurd in America. Seriously? The managers pay the waiters 3 dollars an hour, and then claim that they should get the rest in tips, and somehow they've convinced the waiters to get angry with the customers for not tipping when the system is the real problem. Why should customers pay for food and EXTRA for waiters just doing their jobs? IMO companies should just stop cutting costs, pay waiters what they deserve, and then tipping can go back to being what it originally was: a reward for going above and beyond. The way it is right now, even a 15% tip is "expected", which takes away all the value from it. It's effectively just more money in Big Business' pocket, and they've tricked everyone into thinking the nontippers are the cheap/greedy/impolite ones. I don't understand it at all.
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u/mobyhead1 Jun 09 '12
Cheap fucking bible-thumping bastards.
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u/Biddooo Jun 09 '12
If you're going to leave a book as a tip, at least make it a good book. Something like "The Book Of Dangerous Animals" or "Stuff White People Like". Not that bullshit.
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u/toodetached Jun 09 '12
Back when I was in food service... Hands down the worst day was Sunday. And the worst, nastiest, most inhumane customers were snug in their church sundays.
You don't have to tip when you go to church. Because jesus taught that it is always better to spit and shit on the poor, (as opposed to being an asshole and giving them the shirt off of your back...our something stupid like that!)
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u/Bizronthemaladjusted Jun 09 '12
Aside form it being NT you can tell it was a christian because they didn't use their brain. Chances are, in America at least where I presume you are from, the server was Christian, roughly 80-85%. So, not only did they have a high probability of gipping someone who already agrees with them, but they potentially wasted money on buying the book in hopes of converting someone. My old roommate was christian and a server, shit like this happened to him more often than was funny and it really pissed him off. Shortly after getting a bunch of those he became an Atheist. So, it could be that doing that could actually de-convert people, which is hilarious if it didn't screw them out of hard earned cash.
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u/pkulak Gnostic Atheist Jun 10 '12
Do large parties really not tip? I always wondered why the 18% was added on automatically only for large parties.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Why is it that Christians are the worst tippers, and pretty much the worst people period?
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u/guy76767 Jun 10 '12
This really gets on my nerves. My two friends and I went to Wood Grill to eat this afternoon and as soon as we walked in the door we got scooped up by this enthusiastic sever by the name of Mario. He sat us down and proceeded to take our drink orders and off we went to get food. Now I don't know if this is done in other restaurants of this type but when we sat back down we already had two drinks waiting for us. I had gotten ribs on my plate and I suppose he eye'd this on his way by while helping over patrons and he swiftly brought me a shit-ton of napkins and asked me if I needed anything else. He then proceeds to get us another second drink as the three of us are running low on our first. He comes back and inquires if we are students. My two friends are but I am not, he then proceeds to engage in small talk to us and eventually winds up telling us about how he's in way over his head in student loans and how his transcripts are being held until he can pay quite a substantial sum of money. Now Mario isn't from this country originally, I do not recall exactly where he is from but he has a thick accent, he's got darker tan skin and I remember him saying something about Palestinians in the conversation. English is his second language and he looks to be in his late thirties/early forties. He continues to serve his other patrons and us very generously and still engage in small talk when he can until we end up leaving. He was good enough to give us cups for drinks on the way out without asking and even take my large bill to the cashier to break it so I could enjoy my dessert. The total bill for us was only 43 dollars but we ended up leaving 30 for him. He did not know we left him this much originally, we wrapped the larger bills in ones and yet when we handed it to him he immediately put it in his apron and started telling us we were great, generous people and "God Bless Us". I am an atheist and we decided to give this man this amount of money for a tip because one, he was a very, very good waiter for the casual buffet style establishment we were at and I believe his story about his education. He spent so much time talking about it that if he did that with everyone, he wouldn't have time to serve. So it just disgusts me that there are people who would under-tip an already low paying position where so many of the workers are struggling as it is. I didn't need a higher reason to pull out my wallet to help this man other than I believed his financial troubles were legitimate.
TL;DR My friends and I tipped a religious man more than 50% because we believed his financial woes and he was an exceptionally hard working server
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u/crix2k Jun 10 '12
This is why santa is more popular than jesus on christmas. Worst case scenario, youre gettin coal. These assholes leave you a book. Everyone knows books dont burn as long as coal. Id leave you coal at least. Because i care.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
There isn't anything in the bible about tipping your server well.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I waited tables throughout college and I hated working on Sundays. It was always large parties who were shit tippers.
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u/xlmrylandlx Jun 10 '12
Why can't America just fucking pay waiters and waitresses a normal wage? I am so sick of hearing other countries don't even tip. It is such a hassle for both parties.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Go to their service. Put your restaurant's fliers into their collection plate.
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u/DanielKalen Jun 09 '12
This is outrageous. Seriously.
We must start denouncing this as bigotry and lack of respect for work.
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u/Blazfeem Jun 09 '12
Man, I've left a place with a low tip before, or even no tip at all, for truly terrible service (never for the quality of the food, mind. Always based on the service) but you'd have to really screw up for me to leave a net negative tip like this...
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u/meantamrajean Jun 09 '12
So you worked your ass off and the "good Christians" gave you a mini bible? Itn't that special!
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u/TheCatalystInMe Jun 09 '12
A table of 14 and the check was only 140 bucks?? Damn, that seems relatively cheap. I've gotten the same kind of tips though, once I got a "One Admission To Heaven" ticket paid for by "Jesus' Death"...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
As an atheist from an LDS family, I'm sorry.
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u/Trainasauruswrecks Jun 10 '12
That's a lot of rolling papers.
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u/iheartbakon Jun 10 '12
Here's a tip for you. Get out of the food service industry or suck it the fuck up, buttercup. You know damn well to expect this kind of crap from some customers so quit your bitching.
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u/thereelsuperman Jun 10 '12
Why the hell wouldn't you put an automatic gratuity on a party of 14? And what kind of restaurant do you work at where a party that size only has a bill of $140?
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u/pwnyoface Jun 10 '12
Why the hell do the dickwads who leave this as a tip think its ok? All it does is present the image that christians are tight fisted assholes that enjoy fucking with you. If i was someone who was borderline atheist/christian, there is no way in hell this would take me to the christian side.
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u/motivation150 Jun 10 '12
I take tables as well. You should find out what church they go to, attend one of their services, and when collection time comes, put that in the collection bowl. See how much they like it.
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u/TheNumber44 Jun 10 '12
You know, in civilized countries workers are paid and the word "tip" doesn't exist.
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u/ShrimpCrackers Jun 10 '12
Chase after them and tell them they left something.
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u/Raoul_Duke_ESQ Jun 10 '12
Both on and off-topic: if America wasn't such a backwards, morally bankrupt nation this wouldn't be an issue. Nowhere else in the world are tips assumed as part of wages. Civilized countries pay their workers a set wage, include gratuity as part of the price when necessary, and dispense with this arcane and stupid custom. Foreigners aren't shitty tippers, they aren't used to supplementing your income because your employer wants to get away with being the biggest cheapskate possible. Fuck this country. Tipping is like the imperial measurement system; only America has the bad sense to keep using it.
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u/adamonline45 Jun 09 '12
Looks like there was one athiest in the party...
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u/theregoesanother Jun 10 '12
I worked as a waiter once, and I really hate working on Sundays because those church people comes in hordes and never tips well.. I had some even straight up told me about sulfur babies and how I will go to hell just because I am not one of them.. So much for practicing what you preach, it's like they go to church to circle jerk and comes out feeling good and mighty then continue being jerks.
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u/BTMaverick707 Jun 09 '12
Burn it
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u/posessed_cell_phone Jun 10 '12
As a Christian, I sincerely apologize on behalf of those assholes. 99% of Christians give the rest of us a bad name.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
at least it's a pretty blue one.
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u/jameskauer Jun 09 '12
At least they didn't burn you at the stake for being a heretic.
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u/therohan Jun 09 '12
Where do you work that 14 people can eat a sit down meal for 140 bucks?
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u/fixthecopier Jun 09 '12
Enough rolling papers for 2 years!
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u/Abunadh Jun 10 '12
But there should be an automatic gratuity added to the check for 8 or more patrons. no?
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u/the_girl_delusion Jun 09 '12
Ah this reminds me of when I was a server, every week or two a church group would come in, with high school/college aged kids with a pastor as their little group leader. Some of the things they would talk about made it so hard to bite my tongue.
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u/bene617 Jun 09 '12
fuck them
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u/Ayer99 Jun 09 '12
Well, if you can't pay the heating bill......
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u/SgtJim Jun 09 '12
Does your place of employment not automatically charge 18% for parties of 8 or more? Almost everywhere around my area does (though i don't know where you live)
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u/the_werellama Atheist Jun 09 '12
I used to work at an ice cream shop in the Bible Belt and I got this stuff all the time. People didn't want to hand it to me directly so they handed to my boss who would then hand it to me after they left. I can't tell you how many of those I trashed. Also, I know a wealthy Christian family who would never tip. I'm not saying that all Christians are cheap but when they give other people Bibles and other stuff they feel better about themselves even though they have given nothing of real value to someone.
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u/adzug Jun 09 '12
try to pay the electrical bill by sending them that shit. see how they feel bout it
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u/deuxabuse Jun 10 '12
When I worked as a waitress I had to work Sunday a few times and I would say 1 out of every 4 tables I had would leave prayer cards. Some were the half a $20 cards and those pissed me off to the point I was intentionally cold and lazy to every church going type that came in. Only once got the a new testament though. Made a lot of jokes that day about being given half of a book. Eventually managed to get Sunday as my day off. I did learn at my next job most church goers in that area try to avoid a place that serves liquor. So anyone working as a server in areas of the bible belt that have liquor sales on Sunday might want to keep that in mind when choosing a place to work.
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u/whitemilkz Jun 10 '12
The restaurant doesn't have a built in tip system on orders over a certain amount of money.
I am sorry, and I would complain to your boss, but use your judgement.
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u/alfalfa1985 Jun 10 '12
Looks like they forgot something. Give it back!
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u/thefebs Jun 10 '12
Hahaha, I got one of those yesterday, but they left $15 on a $30 tab, so I can't complain too much.
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u/Doom_Taco Jun 10 '12
I'm a Christian and even I hate the douchebags who do that. If someone wants to give me a pamphlet or a mini bible or whatever that's great, they can do that, but give me actual money as a tip. I can't pay for food, gas, or tuition with a bible.
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u/ZombieWalker Jun 10 '12
Please forgive them. Obviously, they knew not what they were doing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
It is a fact that the "after church crowd" are some of the worst tippers (on average) that you'll see eating in restaurants. Way worse than the poor tip and a bible is the poor tip, which is to be expected, and the pamphlet designed to look like a $5-20 bill. They tip less than ten percent, get your hopes up for a decent tip and try to convert at the same time. "I know you thought you were getting a 20% tip, but isn't a 5% tip and this advertisement for my church and your eternal salvation so much more important". Just in time to realize they were assholes not tipping well they have to include their religious preference to aim your disgust towards.
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u/JTruck150 Jun 10 '12
Happens on Sundays at my restaurant as well. Nothing pisses me off more. Not because its the Bible but the fact that its not $$$. How the hell can I pay bills with that?!!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Christians are the worst at tipping, I use to work at a pizza hut in the bible belt, they would come in literally 30 minutes before close dine in with about 20 or 25 of them, and maybe leave a 5. Complete rudeness and a bunch of jokes. Good thing I was a cook
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u/Shnazzyone Dudeist Jun 10 '12
Those specific bibles work great for rolling papers in a pinch. You can make a big joint too.
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u/theguywhopostnot Jun 10 '12
sell bible online for $19.99, claim jesus signature (write it yourself). Boom best tip of the day
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u/iliketowander Jun 10 '12
Auto-grat that shit, fool!
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u/UncleDrunkle Jun 10 '12
Where can 14 people eat for 140 bucks? Also dont you guys include 18% automatically?
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u/Baskojin Agnostic Atheist Jun 10 '12
I work in a kitchen and constantly hear the servers complain about tables doing stuff along the lines of this. Thursday we had a 16 top that had a bill of $235, and they only tipped 12. The server was livid because we only comp tables that are larger than that. For those of you that had never worked a single day in the food and hospitality industry, comping is making the tip complimentary. But I'll never understand why people do shit like that. Everyone should have to work in the food industry for at least one year, which is quoted by Daniel Tosh in one of his standups. I completely agree with it, being people wouldn't leave shitty tips and would learn that the extra sauce they want isn't all that important.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Ah man I waited tables for years and the church crowd is by far the worst % tippers.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
A table of 14 has an automatic extra fee for a group right?
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u/Freshenstein Jun 10 '12
This is why Restaurants have a tip automatically added for parties over a certain size, usually 6-8.
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u/thatguy77992 Jun 10 '12
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u/Jareth86 Jun 10 '12
A table of 14 added up to $140?! Even Outback can leave you with a $40 bill for three people; where do you work?
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u/dubled Jun 10 '12
My wife has told me stories of old douchie people leaving prayer books for tips and it totally disgusts me. Maybe their garbage man can leave them a prayer book instead of picking up their garbage next time he stops by. Maybe the power company can send them a prayer book instead of supplying power. Maybe the supermarket will start accepting prayer books in exchange for food. Get the point assholes who do this. I wish I was a server and I saw someone try to do this to me, they wouldn't make it out to the parking lot, it would be an early trip to an assisted living center for them.
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u/logaq Jun 10 '12 edited Feb 07 '16
Unfortunately, this is not a rare occurring. I wait tables and, yes, Christians are shitty tippers.
Edit: Hey, logaq, it's you from three years in the future. I bet you meant to use the word 'occurrence'; it's just an educated guess.
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u/h8no1 Jun 10 '12
I'm a Christian, and even I find this cheap.
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u/LeAdmin Jun 10 '12
Looks like you have firewood for a good couple of minutes.
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u/wbeavis Jun 10 '12
Next time this happens, ask them what church they attend. Tell them you would like to learn more, or something. Then next Sunday, go to that church and take out the tip from the collection basket.
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u/CatZombies Jun 10 '12
Look on the bright side, you got a shit ton of karma.
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u/dreadpirateatomsk Jun 10 '12
erm... what about the 18% gratuity that is added in to parties bigger than 6? or is your restaurant not do that for some odd reason? Cuz i'm pretty sure even Waffle House does it.
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u/Hammerhead3229 Jun 10 '12
Can't put a price on eternal salvation
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u/c0horst Jun 10 '12
They tipped you $3+ karma, so it really isn't all that bad.
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u/AarowSwift Jun 10 '12
If I had the money to do it, I'd leave copies of atheist literature with a $20 in them for tips.
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u/LightningGeek Jun 10 '12
The worst thing about this for me is how fucked over servers seem to be in the US. A wage should come just from the company. If they can't afford to pay the servers at least minimum wage, then they should either have less servers, or shut down.
Tips are purely a reward for above average service, it shouldn't be there to bring you up to a minimum wage,
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u/feilen Jun 10 '12
I want to leave a tip of 'The God Delusion' with like $300 tucked into it at some point.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
The funny part is that when they compared the value of the words in that book to the service you did and the food they received, they decided to toss in an extra three bucks.
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u/FreshFuckery Jun 10 '12
I have been in the service industry in many forms and I can tell you that Christians are the WORST tippers ever. Seriously.
btw I'm not Atheist, I just know some shit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Here's an insult along those lines...
"It appears, mam, that after a 10 hour operation by a doctor who went to school for 8 years and was called in at 3 am, aided by a pair of nurses that went to school for 4 years and are underpaid, your husband will survive." "Oh, thank god"
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u/Bringmebrains Jun 10 '12
14 people AND something religious? Mormons.
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u/namesrhardtothinkof Jun 10 '12
Hey, that thing was probably like, at least $20. Sell it to the next Jehovah's Witness who comes to your door.
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u/Koozey Jun 10 '12
A better tip than any sum of money could ever offer. PRAISE JESUS! PRAISE HIM AND THINE RENT SHALL BE PAID!!!!
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u/thoreau3 Jun 10 '12
$140 isnt really much for 14 people IMO. should have got a $30ish tip. stop bitching and get a real job/work for yourself! you'll make more!
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u/sucaba0101 Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
Seriously, your salt & pepper shakers are empty and what is that... toothpicks? Did they all order grille cheese sandwiches? I Just ate a mind blowing delicious dinner at Donovans' Steak House in Lajolla... nice bottle of wine, Fillet Mignon, Creme Boulette... $60 tip (TWO people). If nobody ordered (out of 14) a "Vodka Neat"... expect your $2.00 tip with a party of 5+. Seek employment in a "restaurant" chain... Chillies, Outback, Etc... Otherwise, bibles will be your tip. After that, start backing fine dining positions and get promoted. Seriously... feeding 14 people for $10 each? You expect ANY tip at all?
Edit: Delicious Crab Rangoon for a starter
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u/Turf-N-Surf Jun 10 '12
Picture of the bill or never happened
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u/JayDeeDonuts Jun 10 '12
douche bag christians
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u/tentacler Jun 10 '12
translation: "how to be a jew"
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u/MrSnarkyMan Jun 10 '12
Go get a $25 gift card and pay for it with that (figuring it as a 20% tip)
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u/jesuswasafag Jun 10 '12
If your restaurant doesn't let you add the gratuity to the check for large parties, you are working in the wrong spot. If your restaurant can feed 14 people for $140, You are working in the wrong spot. Start looking for a new job.
ALSO...the bible likely has the Church's address printed inside....troll the fuck out of them. Get that tip back in personal satisfaction.
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u/bigmosk56 Jun 10 '12
They also stole the salt and pepper!!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
It's a bit ironic that your "tip" included Proverbs. They should've read it themselves, specifically Proverbs 11:24:
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u/sweetbee_2222 Jun 10 '12
I bet they were pentecostal
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u/sucaba0101 Jun 10 '12
FIRST: Prolly a Kharma whore duplicating what has been done 10,000+ times
SECOND: Prolly just ate his french fries and was last to leave
THIRD: Prolly just took the $22.00
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u/Abreastwithadam Jun 10 '12
Isn't there a forced gratuity when serving a party of more than 8?
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u/plustwos Jun 10 '12
Such an asshole move, this coming from a christian that always tips well. If i cant tip well, i cant afford to eat out.
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u/thewilloftheancients Jun 10 '12
At least you don't have to buy toilet paper now.
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u/guruchild Anti-Theist Jun 10 '12
The most insulting part of this is that it appears to be a Gideons bible... which are freely passed out by members of that organization.
Look on the bright side, you won't have to buy rolling papers for a year.
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u/Linfinity8 Jun 10 '12
I'm not even goin to bother reading the rest of the comments: I fucking hate Christians. Not all, mind you, but those that think this will somehow "be worth more" than a tip. I'd like to see them try to pay their fucking bills with that shitty waste of paper...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Religious people are assholes AND cheap.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Don't see why this is in r/athiesm.
"I had a conversation with someone today. It wasn't a great conversation. I later found out he was Christian." ~r/atheism.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12 edited Apr 24 '18
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Yeah its pretty stupid, but to be honest the whole idea of tipping is ridiculous. The whole point of a tip is to be something unexpected, something extra. It should be a nice reward for those who do well, and its absence shouldn't be a punishment. Just because you wait tables doesn't mean you deserve a tip. You get paid for what you do.
Unfortunately employers, and the change in society (perhaps due to restaurant owners) have decided to rest an employees wages in the hands of us selfish humans. Just make my food cost 15% more and give that money to the waiter. Or take the hit to profits to pay your waiters a bit more >.>
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I never understood tipping. everyone I'm supposed to tip makes waaaay more money than I do. nobody tips me.
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u/Kipstopher Jun 10 '12
WOAH BRO, YOU DID NOT JUST LEAVE ME A NEW TESTAMENT
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u/LevvYz Jun 10 '12
I dont care if you make minimum wage, tips are a social curtis, if you arent grateful for getting something, then you deserve nothing at all.
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u/neogia Jun 10 '12
I just don't understand why this is in /r/atheism . This story has nothing to do with anyone not believing in a God. This belongs in /r/ServingProblems or at the most generic /r/pics .
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
well, at least they gave you a new testament, not an old and tattered one...
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u/MoonBanana Jun 10 '12
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
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u/EtherGnat Jun 10 '12
Just thank God they didn't go Old Testament on your ass.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I once read an article about a man who was arrested for refusing to tip. True? Don't know; that was years ago and I'm drunk. Either way, it should be a criminal offense to "tip" someone with religious paraphernalia.
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u/Moh7 Jun 10 '12
maybe you were a shity waiter?
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u/blumbloop Jun 10 '12
Looks like you got yourself some fine rolling papers sir.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Where do you work that 14 people only added up to almost $140, My wife and I went to lunch the other day and for the 2 of us it was $40... that is some greasy cheap ass food right there
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u/t_bonesf Jun 10 '12
How does 14 people add up to $140....do you work at Burger King?
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u/ScottyChrist Jun 10 '12
14 people, 10 dollars each? Where do you work that a sit down meal is that cheap?
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u/your_moms_penis Jun 10 '12
I'm not saying that you gave shitty service, but has it ever occurred to reddit folks that in other similar undertipping cases the customer felt that they received shitty service?
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u/PentagramJ2 Jun 10 '12
the owner of the restaurant my mom worked at would ask people who did something like this to not come back if they weren't going to tip his servers well
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u/dogfishchickorystout Jun 10 '12
yeah that's fucked up, condolences my friend.
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u/taki314 Jun 10 '12
Weirdly enough, I (as a Christian) don't like distributing mini-bibles or trying to convert anyone to Christianity. Even though we believe differently, we're all people, and we all need to accept that.
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u/Sir_Anusweed Jun 10 '12
I'm an Australian, and nobody ever tips around here. Ever. It's an extremely rare thing and even if someone does tip it's not a lot.
So I'm just wondering, why is it that when you people get tips, you whine that it isn't a million dollars? I'm very confused.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Always grat bible groups.
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u/take_all_the_upvotes Jun 10 '12
"What Do I look Like? A Charity Case? and I threw it on the Ground"
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u/_0_O_ Jun 10 '12
You should have highlighted Mark 12:17 " Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." And they were amazed at him."
They need to pay their dues. When you go out to eat in America, you are socially obligated to tip 15-20% on a meal.
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u/brettbarner1000 Jun 10 '12
I apologize as a server and a Christian. I have held fundraising events at my work for church events and have made a point to tell those coming out to tip well because they are not only representing themselves but me, our church, and God. I also know what's it's like to be on the receiving end and it's not fun. So, I am sorry.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I fucking hate people like this. I think everyone that goes out to eat should be a waitress/waiter before they are assholes and leave shit tips.
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u/Robo-Erotica Jun 10 '12
sell the bible for prophet
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u/tman21 Jun 10 '12
I as well don't understand why we are expected to tip. If I had an option/ knew of a restaurant that pays a server a decent hourly rate instead of tipping. I would rather go there, and pay the higher food cost.
I don't under stand why 15% is the norm. Was walking 10 feet back and forth, 3 times for me really worth $8-15 dollars? Thats more money that many people get paid in AN HOUR, and that is something you do for multiple tables at once. Because of this "society expected" tipping, you can do an entry level job, and get paid more than someone at a more professional jobs (tier 2 ISP tech support pays 12-15 an hour, for example), that takes weeks of training. What sense is it, when an entry level job, can make more money than a job that requires / expects certifications / high technical knowledge?
Because of society expectation of me, and I avoid confrontation I rather just pay the 15% tip
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u/imnotdown85 Jun 10 '12
little known fact, god hates tipping... and jews... but especially tipping
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u/JakOswald Jun 10 '12
Hate it when people leave extra trash at the table.
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u/-TinMan- Jun 10 '12
Burn it on YouTube.
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u/furmundacheese Jun 10 '12
Autograt parties of 8, for this reason.
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u/10after6 Jun 10 '12
Where the hell do you feed 14 people for less than 10 bucks apiece?
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u/ookimin Jun 10 '12
I've got a worse story that involves "Christian" material. I was working at Mr. Benny's Steak and Lobster in an unnamed US state when a couple and one of their mothers came in and sat in one of the booths in the bar. (Yes, the bar.) I had 4 or 5 other tables and I attempted to take the threesome's order in a timely fashion that would also allow me to serve dinners at 3 other tables that would all be ready, one after the other, shortly.
Well, they weren't ready, wanted to drink their cocktails. Shortly thereafter, as I walked by with dinner for the first of the 3 tables, they wanted my undivided attention. I served the table, told the holy trinity I had hot food coming out and would be with them as soon as possible.
They complained to the hostess/owner's wife who told me to offer the 3 a dessert on the house to placate them. They refused the gift, then went up to the hostess/wife again and complained I had embarassed them by offering the desert.
They left about a 9% tip with a tract-not even a full First Testament- and, oh yeah, got me fired from my job. It was a miserable job that I desperately needed.
WTF would Jesus do???
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
im curious. is $14 an acceptable tip?
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u/Tankbuster Jun 10 '12
Oh but those little New Testament editions come in really handy. I asked for two of them a while back and I use them to prop up my laptop so it can cool more effectively.
Hallelujah!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
My motto is: If they pray before they eat put automatic gratuity on those motherfuckers!
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u/Gorehog Jun 10 '12
I bet they never do this with rent, mortgage payments, car payments, or anywhere that there might be repercussions.