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64. Ahh, the Pharisee Phorce: the features of the faces change, but...

Tue May 23, 2017, 06:35 PM

May 2017

...the "smug cheapskate" expression is eternal as all hell.

Which is where they'll end up, if you believe in that sort of thing. I'm hardly a bible scholar, but I'm don't really recall any passage about "Blessed are the petty assholes."

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Those superior attitudes were there long ago- why I got fired once :D [View all] luvMIdog May 2017 OP

what was wrong with the owner? if they come in a group like that 20% gratuity on their bills lunasun May 2017 #1

the manager wouldn't do that. He was only concerned with restaurant profit luvMIdog May 2017 #3

best you left . glad you got to tell the lady off first lunasun May 2017 #5

yeah that felt good. It was worth job hunting :D luvMIdog May 2017 #6

Where did this occur? Sucha NastyWoman May 2017 #2

It was in Houston Texas luvMIdog May 2017 #4

Any chance getting more specific would mean The Woodlands/Conroe/Spring area? Sucha NastyWoman May 2017 #63

I worked all over Houston & left there so many years ago I can't remember where luvMIdog May 2017 #65

does it say something in the bible about tipping not tipping tipping too much? lunasun May 2017 #7

not that I'm aware of. They like to make their own interpretations ;) luvMIdog May 2017 #9

Luke 10:27. Part B. mwooldri May 2017 #34

That's not about tipping & the church lady could say her track left at the table instead of a tip lunasun May 2017 #35

It is there in the old testament - as early as Genesis karynnj May 2017 #38

True, Bible has nothing on tipping. Tons on tithes though. mwooldri May 2017 #39

Thanks I was asking about where the tithing percentage comes from . Thank you for the reference lunasun May 2017 #41

I hate these people get the red out May 2017 #8

they ARE hard to like that's for sure luvMIdog May 2017 #10

Well, you do realize the vast majority of "church" people Hortensis May 2017 #50

I said THOSE people get the red out May 2017 #55

Good redefining. Keep it up? Hortensis May 2017 #60

I might as well have gotten the lecture get the red out May 2017 #61

excellent ! n/t jaysunb May 2017 #62

Print up some menus with 15-25% inflated prices. JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #11

the manager should have looked out for us. He was a moron luvMIdog May 2017 #14

I'm surprised none of your wait peers stepped up for you or walked out w/ you. JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #21

As a fellow waitress told me once about that group Phoenix61 May 2017 #12

don't forget covering the place in cracker crumbs and kids barf hahaha luvMIdog May 2017 #13

What a horrible group of people. They justified their exploitation of you Tanuki May 2017 #15

yeah I was maintaining my anger okay until I saw that 'salvation' tip she left LOL luvMIdog May 2017 #16

You should "accidentally" trip and spill scalding hot coffee on them. Lucky Luciano May 2017 #17

then they do a law suit and win lots of money. ;) luvMIdog May 2017 #18

...and bankrupt the restaurant that treated you poorly! Lucky Luciano May 2017 #23

I guess they are the kind of "Christians" that discount the letter of James. TexasProgresive May 2017 #19

just like the Trumpsters they have made their own cult-ish religion luvMIdog May 2017 #20

I think this has just become my favorite new passage Generic Other May 2017 #32

Or Matthew 25: 35-45 calimary May 2017 #47

The concepts of eternal torment and eternal life are inane and inhumane as well... Moostache May 2017 #53

I'm glad you did that. I'd say it was worth it. What a horrible woman. nt raccoon May 2017 #22

Some people must enjoy spit in their food cutroot May 2017 #24

I hear you sharp_stick May 2017 #25

The movie "The Help" comes to mind. KPN May 2017 #26

What insufferable gaul.. whathehell May 2017 #27

gentle correction HuskyOffset May 2017 #33

Congratulations whathehell May 2017 #45

Having been a member myself, I know first hand Christianity is a plague. Ligyron May 2017 #28

Yes, most in the Western world, self included, are or have been. whathehell May 2017 #49

Oh, absolutely. Ligyron May 2017 #51

I believe whathehell May 2017 #59

Look at it this way. lapislzi May 2017 #29

The ones who leave tips inside tracts Maggiemayhem May 2017 #30

Good for you! smirkymonkey May 2017 #31

Other possibilities Dick Tracy May 2017 #36

The wait staff has little power. TNNurse May 2017 #37

I was a waitress LittleGirl May 2017 #40

but they're always happy to avail themselves of your services, though. unblock May 2017 #42

Restaurants who value their employees put automatic gratuity on large groups IronLionZion May 2017 #43

Brings back a memory of having the same thing (getting fired) happen to me. maddiemom May 2017 #44

overall heaven05 May 2017 #46

Those were Xtians and like most of their modern day pro life contemporaries dae May 2017 #48

I have heard from many people who work(ed) in restaurants The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #52

I started twisting balloons as a side job in Tulsa TlalocW May 2017 #57

How come I never encounter someone so hateful? Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #54

I've seen the same thing when I worked in restaurants, quite often... Blue Meany May 2017 #56

I do not understand people like this. Doreen May 2017 #58

Ahh, the Pharisee Phorce: the features of the faces change, but... JHB May 2017 #64

one of the compliments I consider the greatest Skittles May 2017 #66