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Outback server fired over online rant slamming church for skipping tip
foxnews.com ^

Posted on 02/11/2018 6:18:09 PM PST by BenLurkin

A Florida Outback Steakhouse worker says she filled a local megachurch’s $735 takeout order and then was fired when she ranted on social media about not getting a tip.

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Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach Gardens was holding a conference and called in an order to the local Outback Wednesday for 25 steak dinners, 25 chicken dinners and 25 side orders of potatoes that Yoder said she had to prepare, costing her other tips.

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A friend read her post and called the church to complain and was told that the person who picked up the food didn’t know to leave a tip.

“Coming in to eat or takeout, you should automatically be wanting to tip 15 percent,” Yoder said. “From there, you either go up or go down based on service.”

A church representative called the restaurant Thursday to make it up to Yoder.

Nevertheless, she was shown the door.

... Outback has a strict policy forbidding workers from posting about customers on social media, WSVN reported.

Outback even reimbursed the church for its big order.

“We did not call the restaurant to have her fired, we wanted to get the situation resolved,” church official David Lonsberry told the Palm Beach Post.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: megachchurch; outback; tip; vhurch
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To: Thumper1960

What YOU should do is go to the restaurant, box and bag your own meals and then cash out. THAT would be appropriate for a cheapskate like you.
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“X” ring


141 posted on 02/12/2018 1:07:38 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights .........It is the LAW...)
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To: NRx
That said, I do agree with a lot of the comments above pointing out that in most states restaurant wait staff are exempt from the normal minimum wage.

That is not exactly true. Yes, their base wage is a lower minimum, but they are still required to be paid minimum wage. If they get $2.50 an hour, and only make $24 in tips over an 8hr shift, that comes out to $5.50. Their employer is required by law (federal) to make up the difference between what they were paid, and federal minimum wage. I'm sure some restaurants try to find ways around this, and have no idea on state laws for places that have higher minimum wage than federal. But, legally at least, EVERYONE makes minimum wage. Except maybe some contract work. And sometimes the military.
142 posted on 02/12/2018 4:07:03 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: Thumper1960
To think....the person who may have taken 30 minutes of so to box and bag all that only cost $1.50 in wages.

Huh? You do realize that minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13, not $1.50? And most restaurants pay slightly more than that? (Not much but enough to justify 'competitive wages'.) Some buddies worked at another steak chain, and their starting was around $4 an hour. Way more than your dollar-fifty and change.
143 posted on 02/12/2018 4:26:06 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: sheana

My reasoning is that, if you spent $4.50 on lunch, you might as well tip $2, because it’s still nothing, really. (If $2 makes a difference to you, you should be eating lunch at home or packing a bag.) On the other hand, if you’re spending $100, you might as well tip $30, because you’re already putting it on the credit card, even though you know better.


144 posted on 02/12/2018 4:50:10 AM PST by Tax-chick (Harvey Weinstein was married to a beautiful model.)
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To: sheana

My reasoning is that, if you spent $4.50 on lunch, you might as well tip $2, because it’s still nothing, really. (If $2 makes a difference to you, you should be eating lunch at home or packing a bag.) On the other hand, if you’re spending $100, you might as well tip $30, because you’re already putting it on the credit card, even though you know better.


145 posted on 02/12/2018 4:50:11 AM PST by Tax-chick (Harvey Weinstein was married to a beautiful model.)
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To: NobleFree

Pillsbury Doughgirl.


146 posted on 02/12/2018 4:52:58 AM PST by VietVet876
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To: BenLurkin

The WHOLE PURPOSE of take out is to NOT have to tip, nor buy drinks - it cuts the cost of ‘eating out’ way down.


147 posted on 02/12/2018 5:12:25 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart...I just don't tell anyone)
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To: BipolarBob
Social Media claims another “victim”.

Third one today - teacher in Florida, teacher in New Jersey, and now this one.

When will people learn?

148 posted on 02/12/2018 5:14:35 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Thumper1960

It’s the manager’s fault, not he customer’s. You don’t tip on a takeout order.


149 posted on 02/12/2018 5:45:15 AM PST by dinodino
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To: Thumper1960

You continue to show your ignorance - look up the definition, it doesn’t mean “confused”. How cheap to call somebody sensitive after you insult while showing your own ignorance, calling me cheap and ignorant - and why? ...because I disagree with you on how much to tip on pick up orders (smh). It just makes you a d*ck. I take offense because I give A LOT to charity and you know nothing about me. Your attack was unnecessary.

Ok then Mr. Genius - what is the “correct” amount to tip a place when you order a pick up? I want a percentage with a detailed rationale as to why, a compare and contrast against the service you’d get dining in. My expectation is that nobody will be able to disagree with your articulate and enlightened response.


150 posted on 02/12/2018 6:07:54 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Tax-chick

I do tip for take out but 10-15% vs. 15-20% for eat in. My kids have never had to wait tables but my nieces and other friends’ kids have and it is hard work.


151 posted on 02/12/2018 6:17:05 AM PST by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (" Undecided Voter: someone who parades their stupidity as proof of their morality." ~David Burge)
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To: mabarker1

It was Lancasters. I love the Authentic NASCAR theme


152 posted on 02/12/2018 6:22:56 AM PST by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Rebelbase

Only on a busy Thursday night.


153 posted on 02/12/2018 6:24:49 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Tulsa.


154 posted on 02/12/2018 6:27:10 AM PST by yarddog
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To: Calm_Cool_and_Elected

When we get takeout, it’s from places that don’t really have table service, such as Sabor or a mom-and-pop (and grandparents and kids) Chinese place. I’ll remember, though, if I ever get takeout from somewhere that’s oriented toward sit-down dining.


155 posted on 02/12/2018 7:22:04 AM PST by Tax-chick (Harvey Weinstein was married to a beautiful model.)
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To: S.O.S121.500

I will feel obligated to pay wages myself When I get to hire and fire staff. And when I get to profit from running the business. Until then, paying the owner’s staff wages is not my job. ( I do pay good money in tips but yes, only for good service. Waiters who ignore my guests at the table or who fail to bring the food or who are rude or insulting do NOT deserve or receive rewards). Tips are a way of saying Thanks. Tips are not entitlements.


156 posted on 02/12/2018 7:41:58 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

Waiters who ignore my guests at the table or who fail to bring the food or who are rude or insulting do NOT deserve or receive rewards).
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157 posted on 02/12/2018 8:09:36 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights .........It is the LAW...)
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To: BenLurkin

Do people normally tip for take-out?

I’ve only done it at an ice-cream stand where the tip jar had a label stating it was for those young ladies’ college fund.


158 posted on 02/12/2018 9:11:40 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BenLurkin

159 posted on 02/12/2018 11:23:18 AM PST by simpson96
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To: BenLurkin

Shouldn’t the cashier or kitchen staff who don’t receive tips anyway be organizing and bagging all the take-out food? Whenever I pick up food from a restaurant I like, the cashier and kitchen staff box up and bag the order. No waiters are involved in the take-out side of the operation, i.e., the cashier and kitchen staff aren’t waiting tables between handling take-out orders.

The church probably assumed that this is how Outback handled their order.


160 posted on 02/12/2018 12:45:10 PM PST by Cecily
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