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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.

"I give God 10%," Bell wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip and scribbling in an emphatic "0" where the additional tip would be. "Why do you get 18?" (There were more than eight people in Bell's party, triggering the auto-tip.)

back up link: Give a snarky quip (and no tip) and thy receipt shall end up on the internet – Eatocracy - CNN.com Blogs

Do you think the pastor was a jerk? YEP absolutely
Do you think the waitress should have been fired. Tough call, depends on the employee handbook, i wouldnt have fired her but at the same time not sure i can point to anything saying she shouldnt have been fired.

I would have suspended her and thats it.
 
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Re: Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-t

Auto tip policy kicks in when party is above 8 people. On a bill of 34 bucks, what did they eat? One beer a piece?
 
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Auto tip policy kicks in when party is above 8 people. On a bill of 34 bucks, what did they eat? One beer a piece?

I noticed that myself, i was thinking 8 or more coffees and maybe someone had pie lol :shrug:
 
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Do you think the waitress should have been fired.

Yes, she should have been fired as she posted personal information about a customer (the customer's name) that was only obtained by being at work.

There are similar privacy policies with companies about posting personal information about customers.
 
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Applebee

back up link: Give a snarky quip (and no tip) and thy receipt shall end up on the internet – Eatocracy - CNN.com Blogs

Do you think the pastor was a jerk? YEP absolutely
Do you think the waitress should have been fired. Tough call, depends on the employee handbook, i wouldnt have fired her but at the same time not sure i can point to anything saying she shouldnt have been fired.

I would have suspended her and thats it.

I would have fired her. She's an idiot. Her judgment can't be trusted. She published information and an image online that strictly belongs to her employer. Oh, the so-called pastor's an idiot, too.
 
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I'm torn....posting someone's information online isn't cool...but the pastor was a corncob.
 
Re: Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-t

Yes, she should have been fired as she posted personal information about a customer that was only obtained by being at work.

There are similar privacy policies with companies about posting personal information about customers.

I sort of agree, thats why i said i cant argue against the firing but in reality what personal info did she post?
if it was only the pic(not sure if thats all it was), thats not to personal

scribbled first name, readable last name and nothing else
 
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I'm torn....posting someone's information online isn't cool...but the pastor was a corncob.

Thats the thing though what info, a scribbled first name and readable last name.

Has anybody found something else posted or did i miss anything else.
Maybe the watress described the patron or something also.
 
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I sort of agree, thats why i said i cant argue against the firing but in reality what personal info did she post?
if it was only the pic(not sure if thats all it was), thats not to personal

The picture had his signature and he has since been harrassed on facebook and twitter if I remember correctly.

I agree he is an asshole, but so is the waitress for posting the personal information. Had she just posted that some rude customer had said this about the tip, I doubt she would have been fired.
 
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Well, I don't eat at Applebees, but I will redouble my efforts by way of avoiding the place.

I own my own business and that business deals with the public, but when that public acts like a complete jerk, I DON'T leave my employees hanging out to dry. I back them up, instead.

Have I mentioned that I have had the same employees for the last 7 years?
 
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The picture had his signature and he has since been harrassed on facebook and twitter if I remember correctly.

yes it did but an unreadable first name and only readable last name so unless theres more info than that the only people that could put two and two together are the people that were with him.

but again i totally agree if there was very specific and direct info posted, simply cant do that
 
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The pastor's a she, not that it matters.

The waitress should have been fired; privacy policies or whatever, you simply can't have your employees trashing your customers, especially when the Internet is sure to bring harassment down on them, like it did here. But the pastor's behavior is also inexcusable. Never mind that her salary is paid by the 10% her congregation gives to God.
 
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So long as there is a notification on the menu the addition of gratuity -- should a customer order -- is a legally binding contract. People have gone to court and have lost when they tried to be cheap skates.

She should have been fired for posting a receipt on the web that is not her property and Applebee's would be the liable party should something happen as a result...




back up link: Give a snarky quip (and no tip) and thy receipt shall end up on the internet – Eatocracy - CNN.com Blogs

Do you think the pastor was a jerk? YEP absolutely
Do you think the waitress should have been fired. Tough call, depends on the employee handbook, i wouldnt have fired her but at the same time not sure i can point to anything saying she shouldnt have been fired.

I would have suspended her and thats it.[/QUOTE]
 
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yes it did but an unreadable first name and only readable last name so unless theres more info than that the only people that could put two and two together are the people that were with him.

but again i totally agree if there was very specific and direct info posted, simply cant do that

Well the signature was read good enough for him (corrected her) to be harrassed on facebook and twitter so it wasn't just "scribbled".
 
Re: Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-t

Well, I don't eat at Applebees, but I will redouble my efforts by way of avoiding the place.

I own my own business and that business deals with the public, but when that public acts like a complete jerk, I DON'T leave my employees hanging out to dry. I back them up, instead.

Have I mentioned that I have had the same employees for the last 7 years?

see i agree with you, unless id be legally advise to fire her and it was a certainty that i must or in this case "cooperate" made me i would fire her either, the pastor was a complete ass.
 
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Thats the thing though what info, a scribbled first name and readable last name.

Has anybody found something else posted or did i miss anything else.
Maybe the watress described the patron or something also.

In this particular instance the Pastor knowingly acted like a jerk but you kind of need policies at a chain resturaunt that can be applied to all employees. You don't want a Supervisor making a decision on if it's too much customer information, if the posting was warranted etc.

Honestly I'm not very sympathetic with the pastor AT ALL! The fact she even called the corporate yelling at them to fire EVERYBODY at the resturaunt shows the fact she's not sorry for what she did just that everybody else knows about it. Definately a certifiable douchebag. At the same time...waitress should of thought it out more when she posted things on the intrawebs.
 
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Plenty of idiots to go around.
 
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Well the signature was read good enough for him to be harassed on facebook and twitter so it wasn't just "scribbled".

actual it was

first name is unreadable, last name is clearly bell the picture shows that1aloisreceipt.jpg
 
Re: Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-t

In this particular instance the Pastor knowingly acted like a jerk but you kind of need policies at a chain resturaunt that can be applied to all employees. You don't want a Supervisor making a decision on if it's too much customer information, if the posting was warranted etc.

Honestly I'm not very sympathetic with the pastor AT ALL! The fact she even called the corporate yelling at them to fire EVERYBODY at the resturaunt shows the fact she's not sorry for what she did just that everybody else knows about it. Definately a certifiable douchebag. At the same time...waitress should of thought it out more when she posted things on the intrawebs.

agreed

im just sticking to my guns on this one though unless it came from a very serious legal suggestion to do so or i had to because cooperate made me, i keep her and only suspended her to make it look good.

ANd of course if she clearly violated a policy then she'd have to be punished in what ever way the policy said.
 
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actual it was

first name is unreadable, last name is clearly bell the picture shows thatView attachment 67141749

Again, the information is there that somebody looked it up and harrased her on facebook and twitter. So, there is enough there that the waitress should not have posted it.
 
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agreed

im just sticking to my guns on this one though unless it came from a very serious legal suggestion to do so or i had to because cooperate made me, i keep her and only suspended her to make it look good.

ANd of course if she clearly violated a policy then she'd have to be punished in what ever way the policy said.


Also, we do not know if this was the first infraction that the waitress did. She could have done other stuff and this just was the final straw, we don't know.
 
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the waitress did everything right
EXCEPT post the scribbled, near illegible signature of snarky pastor on the net
where the pastor was then identified and exposed - and properly embarrassed
so, the employer had to fire the waitress
and for that i will have to avoid applebees (thank goodness cracker barrel no longer discriminates against gays, because i hated being unable to eat there ... ignoring applebees will be easy by comparison)

but this "Christian" who holds herself out to be a minister
this pastor who insisted that the restaurant manager and the waitress be fired
this pastor who wrote the snarky 10%/18% note intending it to be read
and then became upset when her embarrassing words and actions reached an unexpectedly larger viewership
she needs to take off her WWJD bracelet and go into hiding
 
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Again, the information is there that somebody looked it up and harrased her on facebook and twitter. So, there is enough there that the waitress should not have posted it.

again i never know what the first name is without the NEWS telling me and i disagree. im sticking to my guns on this one. But its just about what "I" would do, not what they did.

Unless it came from a very serious legal suggestion to do so or i had to because cooperate made me, i keep her and only suspended her to make it look good.

ANd of course if she clearly violated a policy then she'd have to be punished in what ever way the policy said.
 
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Also, we do not know if this was the first infraction that the waitress did. She could have done other stuff and this just was the final straw, we don't know.

I agree that could DEFINITELY be a factor but be clear im not saying they were "wrong" because i got nothing to really support that im just saying what i would have done if it was my decision.
 
Re: Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-t

the waitress did everything right
EXCEPT post the scribbled, near illegible signature of snarky pastor on the net
where the pastor was then identified and exposed - and properly embarrassed
so, the employer had to fire the waitress
and for that i will have to avoid applebees (thank goodness cracker barrel no longer discriminates against gays, because i hated being unable to eat there ... ignoring applebees will be easy by comparison)

but this "Christian" who holds herself out to be a minister
this pastor who insisted that the restaurant manager and the waitress be fired
this pastor who wrote the snarky 10%/18% note intending it to be read
and then became upset when her embarrassing words and actions reached an unexpectedly larger viewership
she needs to take off her WWJD bracelet and go into hiding

I'm not a pastor, just a Christian and I agree with you. I'm not even that critical of the waitress for posting the receipt. If it embarrassed the pastor then she shouldn't have written it. She should be embarrassed and, if she's not, I'm embarrassed for her.
 
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