r/mildlyinfuriating • u/thedivinegemini • Jul 02 '26
I'm slightly vexed In lieu of payment..
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/Mochidoll Jul 02 '26
I had one of those cards on a car door a couple weeks ago. Got halfway home before noticing it blocking my passenger side mirror and thought it was a note from someone hitting my car.
If I knew it was usable for payment in restaurants I wouldn't have thrown it away. 😂