News Flash: Preacher a Self-Absorbed Hypocrite

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/applebees-waitress-fired-pastor-receipt-193820748.html

Check this story.

Party of 10 eats at Applebees and is automatically assessed the standard 18% tip for parties greater than five. There is a field on the credit card slip where someone can add an additional tip. One can elect to leave an additional amount or not, no big deal either way.

... Except for Little Miss Prissy Pants, Alois Bell. Sorry, Little Miss Prissy Pants PASTOR Alois Bell.

Apparently it was a very big deal to LMPPP A. Bell. It wasn't enough to just sign the slip and leave the additional tip field blank. I'll bet a lot of folks do that, and it's completely acceptable. Bell, however, made a point of putting a "0" in that field, adding "Pastor" before her illegible signature, and leaving a snide little note asking, "I give God 10%, why do you get 18?"

The server for the group found it singular and amusing, and showed it to another server, Chelsea Welch, who photographed it and posted it to Reddit. As one would expect, the reddit crowd also found it amusing.

Ms. Bell, however, while perfectly comfortable being snide to the working class Applebees staff, was pretty hacked off that her true persona would be shared outside of Applebee. In short, she called Applebees and got Chelsea Welch fired.

So, to recap: Ms. Bell didn't like the automatic gratuity at Applebees and decided to be a snide little bitch about it on her receipt. When Little Miss Prissy Pants Pastor's own decision to be snide and rude went viral, she then punished someone else for her rudeness by causing them to lose their job.

THAT'S how a Pastor treats the least of their brethren, kids. They don't own up, laugh ruefully and move on. They make sure a blue collar working stiff loses their job. Just like Jesus would do.

Anyway, long and short of it is, Applebees definitely gets no business from me. Not that it's particularly high quality food anyway, but the boys get Applebees gift certificates for reaching reading milestones at school, and so we would go and I would add my entree and some desserts. We'll go somewhere better, with no pictures on the menu, from now on. Not much financial disincentive for them, but checking their website and Twitter feed, it appears that I am one of ALOT of people no longer patronizing Applebees because of this.

Maybe it's my time spent working retail, but I am a firm believer that the customer is absolutely NOT always right, and that one should not reward rude behavior by customers.

In conclusion, fuck Pastor Alois Bell and Applebees right in the ear. Your food sucks anyway, and Pastor Bell's church is undoubtedly just a scam.

much peace,

tjb

Ready for Spring

A photo of Max and Will standing in Albert Lea Lake at sunset in August, 2012.

much peace,

tjb

Equal and Opposing Forces

I am torn, sometimes, between my desire to be useful, engaged and relevant, and the contradictory desire to just be still, keep my head down and stay out of everybody's way as much as possible.

much peace,

tjb