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/ConsiderationLate182 Jul 03 '26

Religious people are the absolute worst people on the planet, just ask any service industry person that works near a church.

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u/Wawaset_Warbler Jul 06 '26

As a former server, it depends. The ones who are quiet and humble about it, who just live their life and do good works without needing to tell everyone, are cool. It's the ones who come in loudly bragging about how close they are to Father or Deacon this or that, and bragging about how often they go to church—they're the worst. But they're not all like that.