Open Post: Hosted By A 0% Tip From Pastor Bell
Chelsea Welch of St. Louis, Missouri is out of a job today after Applebee's pink-slipped her and gave her a one way ticket to the unemployment office for going on Reddit and posting a note on a credit card receipt from a pastor who left a server a not-so-Christian message instead of a tip. Pastor Alois Bell of The Truth of the World Ministries church crossed out the automatic 18% tip for parties of 8 or more and wrote: "I Give God 10% Why Do You Get 18." Somewhere God is wondering where his 10% is, because his PayPal account is empty and he knows those Sunday morning donuts and cups of coffee weren't donated from Dunkin' Donut and he knows they didn't pay for themselves.
Chelsea tells The Consumerist that she wasn't even the one who served Pastor Bell at Applebee's on January 25th. The server showed Chelsea the receipt and she thought it was funny so she took a picture of it and posted it on Reddit for laughs. The server claims that Pastor Bell and her party of 20 didn't have a problem with the service and didn't complain once during the entire meal. But when it came time to get the check, Pastor Bell tried to work around the whole "18% tip for parties of 8 or more" rule by asking for separate checks even though she's the one who was going to pay each check. It's a shady, shady move, but my abuelita approves! Pastor Bell's shady move didn't work and an 18% gratuity was still added to each check. The server said the computer automatically did it.
When Pastor Bell and her party paid up and left, the server found the bitchy note waiting for them. After the served showed it to Chelsea, she posted it on Reddit with Pastor Bell's signature in full view. Chelsea said that she didn't block out the pastor's signature, because she didn't think anybody would be able to make it out. The receipt went viral in a quick minute and ended up on Yahoo!. That's when Pastor Bell found out about it, called Applebee's and demanded that not only Chelsea get fired, but she also asked for the heads of every single person who works at that location. Pastor Bell wanted all of them fired.
Applebee's didn't clean house for Pastor Bell, but they did tell Chelsea to get the fuck out, because they say she violated policy by sharing a customer's private information. Chelsea says that she looked in the policy book and as far as she knows, she did nothing wrong. After a bunch of people jumped on Applebee's Facebook page and demanded that Chelsea get her job back, they said this:
"Our Guests’ personal information – including their meal check – is private, and neither Applebee’s nor its franchisees have a right to share this information publicly. We value our Guests’ trust above all else. Our franchisee has apologized to the Guest and has taken disciplinary action with the Team Member for violating their Guest’s right to privacy. This individual is no longer employed by the franchisee."
Pastor Bell wah-wah-wah-ed to The Smoking Gun and said that it was a "lapse in judgement" and this whole mess has "brought embarrassment to my church and ministry.” Pastor Bell says that she left a $6 cash tip and that Applebee's charged the 18% to her credit card anyway. Chelsea isn't moved:
“Whether or not she left a tip, the note was still offensive. It wasn’t my table, it wasn’t my tip. I’m not sure who ended up with what money at the end of the night. But you can’t really argue with what’s plainly written, and what was written was insulting. Insulted or not, I’ve lost my job over this mess, and that’s what I’m concerned with now. The six dollars one way or another wouldn’t really affect that situation.”
WWJCS: What would Jesus Christ say? Or What would Joan Collins say, depending on what your religion is.
Posting a customer's receipt on Reddit maybe isn't the smartest thing to do, but getting fired over it? Isn't waiting on non-tippers at Applebee's punishment enough? And you know, this makes me feel not so bad about the time my abuelita dragged me to church and when the donation basket came around, I put in $5 and took four ones. No, I didn't do that. Okay yes, I did.
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Dude's at a hockey game...
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
best summary evah, within!
i agree - i too think that quiet dude in the glasses will still be around to compete for the finale slots
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Atole-drinking? Lmfao! Is it strawberry? I mean fresa? hahaha
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"CAUTION: Delusion ahead." MK
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come on, GG's husband!
*can't look cochina in the eye*
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
There are chancla-wearing hippies hanging around these parts smoking ganja! Wearing flowers in their hair? :O
*runs back out*
Lol
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"CAUTION: Delusion ahead." MK
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GG - ooowww!
Shit I have to go soon to pick up my boy from Scuba class! Grrrrr...Imma kill that husband.
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
*throws chankla at que chochina* Look what you started! No atole for you Saturday morning.
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
Foxxy - I KEED! No shame in our state's capital.
GG, you know it! Almost done... ;)
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Que cochina was just being a brat. To me you'll always be a Bay City gal.
DId you see that busted purple blouse??? Eeeek!
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
We're not hippies but the ganja smoke will probably be wafting out of my sisters camper. *shakes head* Now I dont mind a little puff now and hten but those people (her husband) smokes two joints before he smokes two joints and then he smokes two more!
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
Submitted by RandéSleepover on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 12:15am
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Have had mostly good experiences tbh. Could be if one treats others well, the wait staff responds in kind. One time I took an acquaintance to dinner who wanted to leave about $5 in small coins, after insisting we split an appetizer and entree. Then asking for all sorts of changes, and water, and again without ice, etc etc. left the poor lady a little bit extra afterward. Just thinking of the moment she picked up the folder with the bill and all those coins flying across the room makes me shudder.
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Submitted by que cochina on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 12:23am.
see why i don't admit where i live, GG? see what associating oneself with Sacramento brings? 17 years in the Bay Area but it doesn't matter now ...
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Toledo??? *scratches head*
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
Submitted by Foxxy Brown on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 12:10am.
@GG -- i'm in one of the far extended distant suburbs of San Francisco. in other words i live in Sacramento and hate to admit it
AKA - Sacra-Toledo!!!
Foxxy, I so have to get a t-shirt that sez that
"Game recognizes game"
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
Submitted by Gardening Girl on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 12:20am.
Foxxy if you ever see a caravan of 6 or 7 campers with latinos, white, asian, black people that will be us! We are a mixed crowd.
*sniffs* damn hippies.
;-)
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
lol, he does seem the vengeful type GG
/game recognize game, lol
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Foxxy if you ever see a caravan of 6 or 7 campers with latinos, white, asian, black people that will be us! We are a mixed crowd.
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
Grandma Cindy just fucked up I think...she snipped at Albino boy.
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
Submitted by Gardening Girl on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 12:12am.
Sacramento is nice! We stop by when we go on our way to Lake Shasta! I'll scream your name when we go next summer. :D
i'll probably hear you -- i am close to the 99-50-80 crossover... ;-)
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
WR, you be careful. I dont want your ass flying across the room
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
As a German History prof once said to me, "Ever try to get a waiter in Italy?" It's sometimes not fair and customers can be assholes, but asking people to work for a service-based tip is remarkably effective at getting good service.
The only place where I've seen good wait-service without the incentive of a tip is Asia, but that's due to cultural, non-economic reasons.
And tipping is sort of self-policing. A customer can be a cheap asshole, but rarely twice at the same resto.
ok GG let's create a PR drinking game. we can start with:
fashion forward
on trend
"it doesn't look ex-pennnnnn-siiiiive" *slaps Nina*
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Foxxy, That's brilliant taping it so you could watch it together! hahaha sometimes can't keep up with the acronyms but that's much more fun!
GG, gave up on the typing part10 minutes ago so now I'm just "thinking" on what to write when I'm done on this contraption! One of these days imma flip myself on it and fall on my ass! ;D
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Sacramento is nice! We stop by when we go on our way to Lake Shasta! I'll scream your name when we go next summer. :D
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
@GG -- i'm in one of the far extended distant suburbs of San Francisco. in other words i live in Sacramento and hate to admit it
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Submitted by Gardening Girl on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 12:08am.
I thought it gave that shot of "reality" to the segment.
lmao. yeah, that was real all right
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
I keep forgetting ( I has a touch of the Olds) but what area are you from Foxxy?
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
grandma is on my nerves. not because she's old. because she won't. stop. whining.
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
I thought it gave that shot of "reality" to the segment.
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
hahahahahahahahaahha!!!!! re: the bermuda shorts. oh suckie suckie now... ;-)
that bald ass is the one from where i am. i have to go check out his studio. and by check out i mean stand my po' ass outside the window and look in.
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
WR, talk about doing it all!
Were watching Project Runway! Its gotten a bit down market since moving to the old lady channel but I can't quit Tim Gunn.
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
@ within -- project runway again ;-) this time i taped so GG and i can watch at same time. in RL she's 2 hours ahead of me
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
nice editing job showing the woman pulling her dress out of her ass as the closing shot PR team, damn
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Hiya GG, lmao at your meth dumpster comment in the other thread! Did you say anything about that bitchy reporter UNhotslut? Dividing my time between goofing off, treadmill and doing some writing for tomorrow. In that order of course, hehe
@Foxxy, "@ GG -- start yo bitch cuttin' engines! :-)" - yassssss! What are you guys watching tonight?
@Jintess, they'll not do that again if they want to keep your business. Good idea paying cash from now on.
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I think that bald headed bulldog latino guy is going to be trouble.
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
Bf used to wear burmuda shorts...
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
the albino was an ass to the dude fr austin tx last week and then faked up the nice by the judging
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
for a minute i thought he said "susan sarandon's swing club"
*raises eyebrow at SS*
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
He may sound docile but something tells me to watch out for the Albino.
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
look at the PR website and watch his audition or intro video, GG!!
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
GG is your boyfriend wearing hot pants? lolol
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Foxxy, I still think Designer Dali is my ex boyfriend from the 10th grade...
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
yeah, "sad she went home." liar.
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Um granny look at what you are wearing...you ARE the weekest link!
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012
Yeah justducky, pilot error happens (I've done it with my job so many times) and since my initial post I've gotten a call from them letting me know they are issuing a refund of the 9 dollars. I don't want to be a cynic, like I said they've never pulled this in the past 2 years I've dealt with them. I just think I'll pay in cash (exact change plus dollar tip) next time I deal with them. (It's always pick up,usually solo order)
If it's a bigger one I'll step it up. The bf has told me you always tip at least a dollar per (same goes with bartenders, dollar extra per drink.)
@ GG -- start yo bitch cuttin' engines! :-)
hi within!
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Hey, WR! What's shakin'!
"Let them all boil in their own hotdog juice." Deb 7/2012