"Christian" couple leaves anti-gay rant instead of tip

[mmhmm]

Oct 28, 2013 14:09:23 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

That fundamentalist Christians are judgmental assholes.

Apparently, some of them certainly are ... either that, or they're Christians in word only.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Wrong again......The restaurant pays this person to serve them.....Tips are a gift, not a requirement.

Like I said in a previous post, they could have just paid their tab (without including a tip) & left the restaurant - instead they decided to scrawl a hateful msg on the tab in place of a minimal monetary bonus for the good service they'd received.

If it was such an affront to them to be waited on by this server (based on a preconceived notion), they could have (and should have ) just left the restaurant before even ordering their meal and gone somewhere else to dine.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

This thread reminds me of a button I used to have on my purse that said "God knows when you don't tip".  I had no idea the button was referring to not tipping gay servers.

Of all the things to take a stand on. That'll show them gay people all right they'll be converting in no time.

[Shooby]

Oct 28, 2013 14:09:23 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

That fundamentalist Christians are judgmental assholes.

Um, yeah, that sound pretty assholey judgmental too.  So, I don't think you get to put down an entire group of people based on  two people.

[Shooby]

Well, OK.  So, now we are going to deteriorate into fundamentalist Christian bashing.  So, that is any different from the 2 diners how?  Sheesh.

[Spellbound454]

I think its probably harassment.

Do you have human rights legislation?
Being Gay isn't against the law I wouldn't have thought

[mtman]

Oct 28, 2013 14:27:36 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

Being Gay isn't against the law

Back in the day it was.

[Spellbound454]

Back in the day it was.

What difference does it make to you?

[mmhmm]

Oct 28, 2013 14:25:47 GMT -5 Shooby said:

Well, OK.  So, now we are going to deteriorate into fundamentalist Christian bashing.  So, that is any different from the 2 diners how?  Sheesh.

Shooby, one post does not amount to a deterioration into "fundamentalist Christian bashing".  Let's not blow things completely out of proportion, okay?

[mmhmm]

Oct 28, 2013 14:32:05 GMT -5 mtman said:

Oct 28, 2013 14:27:36 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

Being Gay isn't against the law

Back in the day it was.

This is not "back in the day", in case nobody had shared that little bit of information with you.  Step outside your narrow little world once in awhile.  This is 2013.

[mmhmm]

Oct 28, 2013 14:27:36 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

I think its probably harassment.

Do you have human rights legislation?
Being Gay isn't against the law I wouldn't have thought

No, it itsn't against the law, Spellbound.  I think, in most cases like this, the victims decide not to bother with taking it further.  It's just not worth the effort of getting that involved.  Much easier, and probably more satisfying, to just ignore the ignorance and go right on about your business.  No tip is required for service; however, I'd be willing to bet this particular couple will be remembered.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

No tip is required for service; however, I'd be willing to bet this particular couple will be remembered

No doubt - and now that the story's gone viral, they'll probably be remembered anywhere else they dine in their little corner of the world too.

They may find themselves being refused service from a few restaurants - or getting waited on with barely adequate service in the future.

[Deleted]

I have seen and heard of religion being used as an excuse for many types of bad behavior but to use it to get out of tipping? Sheesh, now that is cheap!

[mmhmm]

Oct 28, 2013 14:59:58 GMT -5 @joey said:

I have seen and heard of religion being used as an excuse for many types of bad behavior but to use it to get out of tipping? Sheesh, now that is cheap!

Ain't that the truth?  You have to wonder about people who would claim to be Christian then proceed to do something this trashy!

[Tennesseer]

Oct 28, 2013 14:06:41 GMT -5 mtman said:

Oct 28, 2013 13:55:16 GMT -5 Shooby said:

  You don't stiff someone for their work and service.

A tip is not a requirement......If I was repulsed by a waitperson......I would not tip them.

Yet you would eat the food off the plate their repulsive, gay hands touched.  You never know if 'the gay' disease touched your food.

Would you drink your gay beverage?

[Deleted]

* Archie, you know better than to go down this road.  You've been told, and told, and told.  Cut it out.  Seriously. - mmhmm, Administrator

[Tennesseer]

Oct 28, 2013 14:32:05 GMT -5 mtman said:

Oct 28, 2013 14:27:36 GMT -5 Spellbound454 said:

Being Gay isn't against the law

Back in the day it was.

So was allowing blacks to vote.

[zibazinski]

I'm still trying to figure out how they knew he was gay?

[mmhmm]

Oct 28, 2013 17:51:01 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

I'm still trying to figure out how they knew he was gay?

So, I believe, are we all, zib.  Unless he was wearing a sign around his neck, I have no clue how they thought they knew his sexual proclivities.

[Tennesseer]

Oct 28, 2013 17:51:01 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

I'm still trying to figure out how they knew he was gay?

It takes one to know one.

[Deleted]

Oct 28, 2013 17:51:01 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

I'm still trying to figure out how they knew he was gay?

hmmm... well speaking as a person that works with a few gay men I would have to say that it is often times pretty obvious even without your Gaydar.

[zibazinski]

I remembered the movie! THE BIRDCAGE with Robin Williams. That's what I meant about being obvious but restaurants, unless they are in primarily gay areas, aren't going to hire someone who is obvious about his or her orientation. So unless the server told them or they asked him and he told them, how could they freakin know? This is just weird. There has to be more to this story.

[zibazinski]

Well, other than the sales guy that we know is gay now, the only funny thing he ever did was dye his hair. I dye mine and im not gay. 

[Deleted]

Oct 28, 2013 18:09:33 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

I remembered the movie! THE BIRDCAGE with Robin Williams. That's what I meant about being obvious but restaurants, unless they are in primarily gay areas, aren't going to hire someone who is obvious about his or her orientation. So unless the server told them or they asked him and he told them, how could they freakin know? This is just weird. There has to be more to this story.

What? restaurants don't hire "obvious" gay people? Where the heck do you live? That would be discrimination in the real world.

[zibazinski]

The Midwest and no, they don't hire obviously gay people, period. Or anyone that stands out.

[Tennesseer]

Oct 28, 2013 18:19:26 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

The Midwest and no, they don't hire obviously gay people, period. Or anyone that stands out.

Iowa?  Minnesota?  Where gay marriage is legal?  Chicago?  Ann Arbor?

[Deleted]

Oct 28, 2013 14:11:00 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Oct 28, 2013 14:09:23 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

That fundamentalist Christians are judgmental assholes.

Apparently, some of them certainly are ... either that, or they're Christians in word only.

I do have A friend like that in real life and most of us in circle of friends either ignore her, don't take her too seriously. 

In my opinion, most of our friend thinks, judgemental attitudes and christianity doesn't go hand in hand. 

[Deleted]

When was being gay illegal? 

[Deleted]

In my understanding most of the servers in US don't even make a minimum wages.
What I mean is owner of the establishment they seldom pays required minimum wages.  
 

[Deleted]

Oct 28, 2013 18:38:48 GMT -5 oped said:

When was being gay illegal? 

That's great question.