Here is one of the comments that a reader of the article left that I found interesting.
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I waited tables in Lynchburg, Virginia, home of Jerry Falwell (when he was alive), Liberty University and tons of Southern Baptist churches. The waitstaff used to constantly get Bible tracts instead of tips. It was like, "wow, good thing my landlord is accepting annoying bits of scripture this month in lieu of actual money."
This is always - ALWAYS - cheapness masquerading as piety. And the thing is, the people who pull this stunt, on some level, KNOW that this is the case. If there wasn't some degree of self-awareness attached to pulling that kind of ...hole move, then people like Pastor Bell wouldn't get upset when someone other than the waitress they intended to shaft knows about their "tipping" habits.
Last edited by RandyWayne; 01-31-2013 at 04:46 PM.
Such is the digital age we live in... simple silly things that typically would not get a moment's notice are spreading over the world in minutes....
Why do you think it silly? I don't find it silly at all. Very sad actually. As I stated earlier, I wonder how I would react if this had been my pastor.
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Most people do not realize how little a server in a restaurant receives.
In this region, the servers receive $2.30/hour. They work hard to please restaurant patrons.
My heart broke for my youngest son when he was trying to earn money at a Ruby Tuesdays restaurant before he started college. He worked 7 hours one saturday and he took home only $34, including tips for the entire day. That is $4.86 an hour. Slave wages. He was so discouraged because he worked during the time when gasoline first went up to $4 a gallon. He would arrive at work and they would send servers home 2 hours later. That meant he spent more on gasoline to get there and home than he earned.
There are plenty of people who tip only a dollar or two after a large meal and worse that there are many who leave nothing.
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