No tip for US waitress with LGBT tattoo
"Can't tip someone who doesn't love Jesus! Bad tatoo [sic]" wrote the customer
"Can't tip someone who doesn't love Jesus! Bad tatoo [sic]" wrote the customer, instead of a tip, for Samantha Heaton, who bears rainbow-coloured equality bars on her arm, and has been serving at Buffalo Wild Wings for a year.
"It was shocking. I couldn't help but feel hurt," Samantha told the BBC. "I would've openly discussed my tattoo with them, had they asked. I talked to them about their food. They kept me constantly busy, but were not openly rude to me. I've never had someone write anything like this."
Her friend Joelle Nicole Maish posted a photo of Samantha's tattoo, along with the receipt on her own Facebook page, writing: "I would just like to say that being gay does not mean you don't believe in God or Jesus. And people who are 'religious' should not disrespect or act in such ways to other people. PS, they spelled tattoo wrong."
The photo was picked up by local social media producer Emily Sotakoun, earning 21,000 retweets and 53,000 likes, but when Samantha's story was picked up by local radio station 97zokonline, the comments started to flood in.
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