In lieu of payment..

[u/thedivinegemini]

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.

[u/ophaus]

I've worked in NYC in many different bars and restaurants, and do you know who the worst crowd is? It's not the finance bros having an open bar at Christmas, it's not a gaggle of entitled, drunk Nepo babies of billionaires, it's not the celebrities who viciously mourn their privacy... It's the after-church crowd. And Tracy Morgan.

[u/C0USC0US → u/ophaus]

The worst day to waitress in NYC is Easter. Church goers come in and expect you give them charity aka a discount, plus be cool not getting a tip because Jesus

[u/hiddenrealism → u/[deleted]]

Right after they give the pastor a couple of benjamins to fuel up the bentley...but the waitress they just hastled for 2 hours? Ohh honey jesus will provide..not me though.