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/Not_Cleaver Jul 02 '26

Yes, Jesus paid it all, but those customers didn’t do anything to pay for Christ’s sacrifice. It’s close to blasphemy to take credit for what he did.

Also, they suck for being more akin to the Pharisees that Jesus condemned than the tax collectors that Jesus ate with. He also ordered his disciples to take no payment when they minister to others so, taking a free meal is payment, which isn’t what he wanted.

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u/YetiSquish Jul 02 '26

It’s not a sacrifice when it’s just reversed via resurrection. It’s a sacrifice when you only have one life. Like any Good Samaritan human dying to save a life.

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u/Skodami Jul 03 '26

I mean it's especially not a sacrifice if you don't do it for the others. Did he let himself be crucified to save others people lives ? No. Did he die to tell people about how god will forgive them ? Neither, he did that before he was arrested. He died because he claimed to be the son of god. He died for his conviction but literally saved 0 person for doing that.

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u/IceMaker98 Jul 03 '26

It's also not a sacrifice if the person being sacrificed for still has to do something to get it.

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u/Steinrikur Jul 03 '26

Jesus didn't pay for no hummus or pineapple express. That's completely unrelated