There is an interesting story coming from Reddit that is going viral right now. A St. Louis-based pastor took a group of 19 friends out of supper. The customers were reportedly happy with their service, but were not happy when the bill came. Like many of restaurants, this one has a policy of an automatic 18% tip for dining parties over a certain number. The pastor wasn't happy with the 18% tip and tried to get around it by having the server split the check into 20 separate transactions. Unfortunately, that trick failed.
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This was how he responded:
I doubt the waitress was seeking a 10% or 18% income tithe from her customers.
And I know from what she wrote on Reddit that she wasn't responsible for the 18% tithe. The restaurant's cash register automatically enters in that gratuity. But the pastor -- and, yes, we know he is a pastor because he identified himself as as pastor when he signed his credit card bill -- had to be a jerk and give the waitress absolutely nothing after taking care of him and his guests and even going to the extra work of trying to cut out a portion of his money by separately processing each diner's meal.
Since this story went viral, various amateur detectives have spent time seeking out the identity of this pastor in order to shame him.
One would hope, as word of this story spreads, that the pastor himself will experience a bit of guilt on his own and step forward to make amends with the server by belatedly giving her a tip. Or at the very least apologize for being so overtly unChrist-like.
I doubt the waitress was seeking a 10% or 18% income tithe from her customers.
And I know from what she wrote on Reddit that she wasn't responsible for the 18% tithe. The restaurant's cash register automatically enters in that gratuity. But the pastor -- and, yes, we know he is a pastor because he identified himself as as pastor when he signed his credit card bill -- had to be a jerk and give the waitress absolutely nothing after taking care of him and his guests and even going to the extra work of trying to cut out a portion of his money by separately processing each diner's meal.
Since this story went viral, various amateur detectives have spent time seeking out the identity of this pastor in order to shame him.
One would hope, as word of this story spreads, that the pastor himself will experience a bit of guilt on his own and step forward to make amends with the server by belatedly giving her a tip. Or at the very least apologize for being so overtly unChrist-like.