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Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-tip

3,692 341 February 1, 2013 at 08:36 AM in News (2) Yahoo! Web Hosting
An Applebee's waitress who posted a receipt with a note from a pastor complaining about the automatic gratuity added to the bill on the Internet was fired on Wednesday after the pastor complained to her manager.

Chelsea Welch, the waitress, wrote in an email to Yahoo News that the pastor (who has since been identified as Alois Bell) told Welch's manager at the St. Louis-area Applebee's that the ensuing firestorm had "ruined" her reputation.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sides...20748.html


The female pastor has also has written a 28-page volume examines spiritual nourishment, complete with references to candy and junk food. The $10 paperback is titled "Watch the Hand that Feeds You." From her size, it appears she doesn't like to follows her own advice.





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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/docu...zes-687234
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02-04-2013 at 08:29 AM.
02-04-2013 at 08:29 AM.
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02-04-2013 at 09:13 AM.
02-04-2013 at 09:13 AM.
Wow!! Faint
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02-04-2013 at 09:43 AM.
02-04-2013 at 09:43 AM.
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zzyzzx
02-04-2013 at 09:53 AM.
02-04-2013 at 09:53 AM.
They got a lot of nerve doing an 18% auto tip AND them putting in a spot for an additional tip. I won't be eating there again.
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ecr72
02-04-2013 at 11:05 AM.
02-04-2013 at 11:05 AM.
I find it interesting how the industry standard 15% has been pushed up to 18%+ by these auto-grat policies and greedy servers. If they are going to have an auto-grat and a line for an additional tip, that auto-grat should be 15%, not 18%.

20% used to be the top end for exceptional service. Now a server is offended if they get 15% and expect 18-25% for very little effort on their part. I'll tip up to 25% if it's warranted, more if it's a cheap lunch (Chinese), but when the service is average I stick with 15% and will go down to 10% if there was something the server did that was rude or inexcusable. It's not being cheap either. Over tipping sends the message that mediocrity is acceptable. Knock it off.
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02-04-2013 at 11:08 AM.
02-04-2013 at 11:08 AM.
I don't agree with the attempt to foist 18% on us as the new standard either.
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02-04-2013 at 01:02 PM.
02-04-2013 at 01:02 PM.
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I don't agree with the attempt to foist 18% on us as the new standard either.
Sometimes I think you are just a bot.
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02-04-2013 at 01:08 PM.
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Sometimes I think you are just a bot.
Based on the number of times I fail CAPTCHAs, I have the same thought sometimes.
Why do you say that, though?
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02-04-2013 at 01:15 PM.
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Based on the number of times I fail CAPTCHAs, I have the same thought sometimes.
Why do you say that, though?
I had to Bing 3 words you said recently. 4 if you count the 'Cavalry'...but...that one was on me.
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02-04-2013 at 01:22 PM.
02-04-2013 at 01:22 PM.
18% plz.
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02-04-2013 at 01:27 PM.
02-04-2013 at 01:27 PM.
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I had to Bing 3 words you said recently. 4 if you count the 'Cavalry'...but...that one was on me.
I can't help it if you don't have a big diction.


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02-04-2013 at 01:31 PM.
02-04-2013 at 01:31 PM.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! LMAO
Gonna start telling that one around the water cooler at the office, aren't ya? Coverlaugh

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02-04-2013 at 01:37 PM.
02-04-2013 at 01:37 PM.
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Gonna start telling that one around the water cooler at the office, aren't ya? Coverlaugh
It may be a little too dirty to tell at work... Dontknow
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02-04-2013 at 01:39 PM.
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It may be a little too dirty to tell at work... Dontknow


FTR, that was awful.
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empiretc
02-04-2013 at 02:03 PM.
02-04-2013 at 02:03 PM.
Quote from ecr72 :
Over tipping sends the message that mediocrity is acceptable.

Agreed, and that is going on in other things as well. our society....

It is upsetting when you eat at a buffet, and the waiters still expect 15%. mamadas
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