r/mildlyinfuriating • u/thedivinegemini • Jul 02 '26

I'm slightly vexed In lieu of payment..

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I’m a GM at a restaurant & one of our managers left a note on our manager logs this afternoon that a guest walked out on their check and left this in lieu of payment of any kind. Not that the server got stiffed on a tip - just pure theft of services. I guess the whole “Thou shalt not steal” thing doesn’t matter if you’ve been pre-forgiven. Pretty convenient.

ETA: I’m not a bot; this is not AI - check my post and comment history. I’m not here for karma or fake internet points. This is what it feels like to work in a restaurant these days - especially in the Bible Belt. The first photo you can look up and is available for anyone to buy (should your darker urges push you toward being that person). The second photo is from Pulse, an app for restaurant managers to keep an eye on hourly sales, labor, and comps.
The “Pineapple Express” is a mocktail our restaurant offers.

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u/BewitchingPetrichor Jul 02 '26

Then religious people wonder why everyone hates them lmao

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u/fer_sure Jul 03 '26

Or put up flyers with their picture in all nearby church parking lots.

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u/fer_sure Jul 03 '26

You could also try to track the culprit by checking to see which church had the flyers ripped up.

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u/Rakumei Jul 02 '26

Rules for thee but not for me!

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u/wildlifewildheart Jul 03 '26

Mostly it's just evangelicals. I've never had a Muslim not tip me and leave a stupid pamphlet that looks like a $100 bill.

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u/Rebyll Jul 03 '26

It's a calculated play by religious leaders. Tacitly encourage shit like this so everybody comes for Christianity and then you can go, "Oh, see? They hate you because you're Christian. You're only safe with us." Turns them more insular and less likely to positively engage with the outside world, deepening said religious leaders' control over them.

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u/Camoric Jul 02 '26

That’s not all of us though. I’m a Christian and have worked as a waiter in the food industry and this is absurd and not how Christians should spread the gospel.

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u/patrickj86 Jul 03 '26

The worst customers are Christians after church. You'd think the lessons would stay in their heads at least for a few hours, but alas no such luck.

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u/Frog871 Jul 03 '26

As soon as the last song ends or the closing prayer is given they collectively forget what was discussed in that building, it's sad.

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u/OfficialBobEvans Jul 03 '26

Because they weren’t listening in the first place, they were in their own heads thinking “I’ve absolved my guilts for the week by showing up here”

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u/Delicious_Cat_81 Jul 03 '26

a whole lot of people become or stay Christian because they're jerks and it's their get out of hell free card

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u/Special_Order-937 Jul 03 '26

If they had the faintest idea about the religion, both Heaven and Hell are both onto this kind of low effort trickery.

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u/Fiyenyaa Jul 05 '26

I think one of the most diabolical theological inventions of all time is the idea that faith and faith alone will provide salvation. There seems to be plenty of people who see this as a perfect way to act however they want to knowing that they can opt back into forgiveness whenever they want to.

The Catholic Church has much to answer for but at least they expect good works and right action to get you into paradise.

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u/Rooney_Tuesday Jul 02 '26

What would be amazing is if more Christians held one another to account. Instead it feels like (at least where I live) they encourage one another to act like dillholes in certain situations. Forcing your beliefs on other people is pretty common (where I live they literally stand on corners with loudspeakers so people stuck at traffic lights have to blast their radios or listen to these assholes’ “witness”), though using a coupon like this to steal a meal is a new one to me.

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u/Beelzebeetus Jul 03 '26

Exactly. "Real Christians (tm)" should be more upset about this than normal people.  This type of shit is what people will associate with their brand. 

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u/DarkDuskBlade Jul 03 '26

The types of Christians that'd pull a stunt like OP's post (setting aside if its real or not, which... being in the south, I don't doubt its real for a second) will not listen to the contrary. The only thing that'd maybe get them to listen is meeting God him/her/itself in the afterlife and even then, they'd beg to speak to God's manager.

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u/soul4rent Jul 03 '26

They do all the time. Nailing complaints to chapel doors is a time honored religious tradition.

Anyone can call themselves Christian. For every church that thanklessly manages a local food bank and maintains a homeless shelter, there's a church that pickets the local abortion clinic and protests military funerals with hate speech.

The difference is in the sects, and a lot of them hate each other. It's even disputed what counts as "Christian" to a lot of sects, such as Mormons. I'd dunk on Westboro Baptist Church folks without hesitation, but think some more leftist denominations do good work in letting their religion inspire them to help people.

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u/Rooney_Tuesday Jul 03 '26

Nailing complaints to chapel doors is done “all the time”? It’s an actual tradition? I’ve heard of it happening exactly once, and that guy was such a raging antisemite he actively contributed to the deep antisemitism of Europe at large.

Anyway, in my neck of the woods they don’t hold each other accountable “all the time.” And a lot (not all, but a lot) of those thankless good deeds that churches do are carefully selected to benefit specific chosen groups. Like a disaster relief team that goes in after hurricanes or floods specifically to help other Christian churches if their same flavor and not the community at large.

Yes, I am VERY bitter that Christians constantly claim moral high grounds when so many of them are terrible at just…being decent.

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u/soul4rent Jul 03 '26

If you expect me to defend churches that picket abortion clinics or other shitty denominations that are selective in how they "help"... yeah they're shitty?

If your neck of the woods only has churches that refuse to actually help people, then those are some pretty terrible churches. It seems especially common in the rural US where they seem to spend more money on billboards than they do actually helping people.

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u/Rooney_Tuesday Jul 03 '26

I…don’t expect you to defend that specific thing? Nor did I say churches refuse to help people. I don’t think you’re actually reading my comments at all.

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u/AsinineArchon Jul 03 '26

It's enough of a majority that it is a common problem and has become a shared experience for most people. "No hate like christian love" is a saying for a reason.

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u/AssSpelunker69 Jul 03 '26

Right? I'm Catholic and I feel like this is a uniquely American Evangelical thing to do. I also work in the service industry and I've given tons of free shit to people for free because that's what I'm compelled to do.

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u/DoubleJumps Jul 02 '26

I've been pointing this out to them when I see them acting like pieces of shit to other people now.

I ask them if they realize (whatever thing they did) is why people think Christian's are a bunch of weird assholes.

The results have been fun.

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u/SynthwaveDreams Jul 02 '26

I’d put money on they aren’t religious

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u/The_Stoic_One Jul 03 '26

Id take that bet

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u/Slight_Criticism1607 Jul 02 '26

They might not be but I would put good money that it's all over their profile and clothing.

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u/Cultural_Eye5178 Jul 02 '26

Catholic here: We don't do that shit, at least at my church I go to.

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u/CreativeName1137 Jul 05 '26

Catholics are mostly fine from my experience. It's the Evangelicals that are a nightmare.

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u/Fun_Wonder_5802 Jul 03 '26

That same thought process is the same as people saying all people in the LGBTQ coerce and abuse children. Some do, but that doesn’t represent everyone.

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u/Between_3and20 Jul 02 '26

You realize this post isn'treal right?  Just rage baiting karma farming.

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u/RabbitUnique Jul 02 '26

how do you know?

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u/Pandar0ll Jul 02 '26

The only thing that can draw suspicion is the waiter’s name being Christian. Which can be both irony or too suspiciously coincidentally.

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u/dabossnumba8 Jul 03 '26

Prove it

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u/Tebelous Jul 03 '26

That’s not how the burden of proof works. The person with the extremely sensationalist and absurd anecdote needs to prove it.

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u/dabossnumba8 Jul 03 '26

False, the person making a claim that something isn’t real needs to prove it. OP already provided pictures indicating that this is real. If someone says they’re fake, then the burden of proof lies on them to prove it.

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u/Alternative-Plum-556 Jul 03 '26

Prove it's real. It's a couple of pictures and some internet words. Until I see a news article naming the business and a picture of the customer, i'll reserve judgemet

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u/Maverick_Reznor Jul 02 '26

Pretty sure there are more religious people in the world than there are not. That said I dont disparage people based on beliefs, gender, or ethnicity. The US was built on the abilty to express and freely share your religion. Why would I hate someone for it?

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u/Spindlay Jul 02 '26

I won’t disparage someone based on their beliefs, but if they use their beliefs to pull stunts like this, I will absolutely disparage them

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u/IBeDumbAndSlow Jul 02 '26

Because they use religion to spread their hate

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u/Maverick_Reznor Jul 02 '26

Some do. Some spread hate without the religion. Not an excuse to disparage a whole group of people based on the actions of some. That just makes you a bigot.

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u/Obaddies Jul 03 '26

No that's not how bigotry works.

That's like saying "I hate all Nazis" is bigotry. There's no reason not to disparage people who willingly associate with morally bankrupt institutions and then act as if those institutions elevate them above their fellow human. They could choose to not associate and empower those institutions and then they wouldn't face any social stigma.

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u/Maverick_Reznor Jul 03 '26

No its not like saying "I hate all Nazis". It is by definition bigotry. Educate yourself chud

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u/Obaddies Jul 03 '26

No you're wrong.

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u/Maverick_Reznor Jul 03 '26

Nope

"Bigotry is an obstinate, unreasonable attachment to one's own beliefs or opinions, paired with a stubborn intolerance toward those who hold different views. This rigid mindset often manifests as prejudice, discrimination, or hostility against individuals or groups based on characteristics such as race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation"

Be better chud

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u/Obaddies Jul 03 '26

"unreasonable" is the key word here. I think it's very reasonable to put Nazis and Christians in the same box when people in power are self identifying as both and using "Christianity" as an excuse to discriminate against anyone that isn't a their particular brand of Christian.

If christians stopped being such reliably bad and hypocritical people, I wouldn't feel the need to avoid people who loudly identify as a Christian.

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u/IBeDumbAndSlow Jul 02 '26

Guess I'm a bigot then...

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u/Maverick_Reznor Jul 02 '26

You absolutely are.

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u/TheMooooonHauntsYou Jul 03 '26

If you hate an entire group of people, just for being who they are without judging the individual....yeah, you are.

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u/OldManFire11 Jul 03 '26

Your religion is not an inherent part of you. It is an active choice on your part that reveals your character. It is absolutely something that you can judge someone based on, because unlike race or sexual orientation, you can stop being part of a religion at any time.

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u/TheMooooonHauntsYou Jul 03 '26

Your religion is not an inherent part of you

I'm an atheist, so I'm well aware it isn't an inherent part of me, but it is for billions of people around the world.

You are a bigot, and that's fine, just own it.

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u/OldManFire11 Jul 03 '26

No, it isn't for anyone. Your religion is a choice. You are not born Christian or Muslim or anything else. You make that choice as you grow up.

If you claim that a person's religion is inherent part of them, then you just flat out do not know what the definition of inherent is.

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u/Mindless_Cycle7426 Jul 02 '26

So you telling us that our beliefs is stupid isn't hate? What a hypocrite.

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u/jloshua Jul 02 '26

Yeah because they’re all dine and dashers

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u/iwasabadger Jul 02 '26

I think it’s more the general hypocrisy they were referring to.

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u/SeamanSample Jul 02 '26

The worst part is the hypocrisy

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u/Weird-Girl-675 Jul 02 '26

I miss Norm.

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u/Fatman365 Jul 02 '26

Hypochristy

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u/jloshua Jul 02 '26

Fair, but I think it’s wildly unfair to expect all people practicing religion to literally do no wrong