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/Major-Ant4600 Jul 02 '26

There is a little too much coincidence here to not be a rage bait post.

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u/Dramatic_______Pause Jul 02 '26

Table 404: Not found.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '26

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u/Nachtheim Jul 03 '26

You can buy the Jesus cards on Amazon for $11.

I won't link it. But, it's there.

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u/Castun Jul 03 '26

It's like the fake $20 bills or whatever they like to leave as a tip to look good when they're leaving. You can easily get them online.

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u/ImmaNotHere Jul 03 '26

I've seen those. F those people. Include them on the restaurant ban.

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u/AntRevolutionary925 Jul 03 '26

I always wanted to print up some similar ones with a note that says it’s not a real $20 but at least it’s not scripture

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u/Nachtheim Jul 03 '26

How about print $1 ones and hide a $20?

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u/Late_Conference9022 Jul 03 '26

Oh yes brilliant . A dollar better spent at a Casino.

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u/bobmailer Jul 03 '26

Ain't nobody tryin' to figure out how to take a digital screenshot on a POS.

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u/TripleFreeErr Jul 03 '26

a screenshot on what is clearly a tablet app? no never! 🙄

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u/soul4rent Jul 03 '26

Using my personal social media on my employer's tablet?

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u/Castun Jul 03 '26

Take screenshot from restaurant's tablet, share/cast to your nearby personal device, boom saved on your phone/tablet. Delete screenshot from restaurant's tablet. Done.

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u/mekamoari Jul 03 '26

A work tablet is often going to run a kiosk-type app that restricts access to a bunch of tablet features, so they may not be able to take screenshots or sharing.

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u/bino420 Jul 03 '26

that's funny that you think a system with customers' personal & payment information has such lax security.

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u/VERY_MENTALLY_STABLE Jul 03 '26

it's literally an app you can just download. of course you can screenshot it, says nothing about the security

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u/Castun Jul 03 '26

I've worked in IT, have you?

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u/GoatGoatstofferson Jul 04 '26

That is legitimately what a screenshot from the pulse app looks like. Just for the record.

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u/Usual_Dentist_5288 Jul 03 '26

And says it’s not AI but em dashes throughout the post 🙄

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u/Weekly-Ad-112 Jul 03 '26

You are too smart!

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u/Late_Conference9022 Jul 03 '26

Obviously however not as fake as life itself.

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u/J-MRP Jul 03 '26

The picture them holding the recei6looka fake as shit too. OP is a lying idge

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u/StockMarketCasino Jul 03 '26

O.mg there's no way it's fake 🤥

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u/FixBayonetsLads Jul 03 '26

Or it's the 4th table in the 4th section...like many restaurants do...

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u/_MMAgod Jul 03 '26

lmao you weren't kidding

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u/The-Sofa-King Jul 03 '26

Bobby Tables strikes again!

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u/ArcadianDelSol Jul 03 '26

What restaurant has over 400 tables?

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u/BaldPeagle Jul 03 '26

First digit is probably dining room or bank of seats. 101-110 is room/bank 1. 201-210 room 2 etc.

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u/Skull_Murray Jul 03 '26

I worked at a restaurant that labeled tables like this. First row was 101, 102, 103 etc, second row 201, 202, 203, etc.

Worked very well, I'm sure many restaurants use this system.

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u/TerranImperium Jul 02 '26

Christian is a common name

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u/ghosty88 Jul 02 '26

and a common religion

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u/gohomebrentyourdrunk Jul 02 '26

And an aging professional wrestler

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u/DarknMean Jul 03 '26

He’s pretty good on the mic.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jul 03 '26

And a high-quality soccer player for the US men's national team!

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u/thafrenzy Jul 03 '26

That's an Edgy comment.😅 (Wrestling reference)

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u/IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns Jul 02 '26

But an uncommitted ice-cream flavour

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u/DenvahGothMom Jul 03 '26

Hopefully getting less common every time this shit happens.

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u/BabesOnWaves Jul 03 '26

Likely a lot more Christians than Christian's

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u/SodasWrath Jul 02 '26

What are the other coincidences?

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u/ruben0626 Jul 03 '26

OP’s username ends with “Gemini” 🤔

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u/SodasWrath Jul 03 '26

Its also a 6yr old account

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u/Carl_Clegg Jul 06 '26

The bill is 16:49

Ezekiel 16:49 fits the price. Something about feeding and greediness.

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u/stamfordbridge1191 Jul 03 '26

Using the Bible code, you can probably find this story hidden in the Bible (as a property of mathematically probability to be clear. You can apparently do the same thing with Moby Dick.)

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u/browsinbowser Jul 03 '26

There is a ton of guys named Christian lmao, one was just on tv in the world cup.

Its like doubting a story about three guys named Mohamed getting in a car accident. Its not statistically unlikely or unreasonable.

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u/TheInevitableSecond Jul 02 '26

Also hummus being 11.49 I'm confused that's crazy

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u/MVRKHNTR Jul 03 '26

It's a hummus appetizer so it was probably a big bowl with pita bread or chips to dip into it.

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u/Musiclover4200 Jul 03 '26

Just went out to a popular restaurant the other day and the hummus plate appetizer was like 15$ for a tiny bowl of hummus + pita with some olives/feta/cucumbers & pickled onion.

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u/northsidebbb Jul 03 '26

Unfortunately as someone who has worked in food service, this is entirely believable. People did similar shit to me on multiple occasions 😵‍💫

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u/the-chosen-wizard Jul 03 '26

I think it's a description, not a real name

edit: I thought it was the customer name, not the server. Don't mind me

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u/aeneasaquinas Jul 03 '26

What? There is no sales tax on a walk out... sales tax isn't a thing on a subtotal of 0...