Florida Church Gets Full Refund from Restaurant

[Reynolds]

Good point, we shouldn’t overlook the employee’s poor behavior and the damage she could cause to the business because of her action. She is not innocent in this. The employer was not gracious, didn't even talk to her first, I don’t know the employee’s financial situation and responsibilities or if she even considered the repercussions to her actions, but people make mistakes and grace should be in the picture.

The church probably made an innocent mistake, but that issue is up for debate considering some don’t think you should tip for takeout. I don’t believe that is always the case that we shouldn't tip which brings us back to erring on being over gracious or over stingy. I still believe the church could have turned the situation from being looked upon as stingy (which is why this became news) to being gracious and reaching out help the employee who lost her job by giving her the refund for the food they did in fact eat. They could have come out shining but looks like they missed that boat.

You assume a lot. How do you know if she had previous warnings or infractions?

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

after waitress bad mouthed the church on social media for not tipping on a huge takeout order:

Outback server fired over Facebook post



Christ Fellowship Church is pastored by 'leadership expert' John Maxwell:

Christ Fellowship Church Palm Beach

Was the food a tax right off?

 

[Reynolds]

Was the food a tax right off?

For who? The Church, a non-profit does not have tax write offs. The business of course wrote the refund off because you do not pay taxes on losses. I have no idea what you are asking.

 

[InTheLight]

Update:

• Church compensates the waitress
• The church normally tips on these sorts of take out orders but this time the order was picked up by a volunteer
• The waitress did not name her place of employment when she complained on Facebook about not getting a tip
• The time it took in preparation of the large takeout order meant the waitress missed out on a lot of tips.

UPDATE: Local church compensates Outback server who lost job, not tipped on $735 order 

 

[thatbrian]

***Update***

Megachurch Finally Tips Server For Their $735 Order A Week After Their Visit

 

[ChrisTheSaved]

This entire story is absurd. She was wrong and she did talk crap about the church online. I would fire her for that myself. The food comes boxed and only needs bagging coming from the backend. She did not spend her shift (8 Hours) as she claims making this order. She put it in bags and put it in a car.

I don't have to tip and only do so when service is excellent, or I can see the waiter working hard.

Say she offered bad service and didn't deserve a tip? Does that mean that now everyone gets to drag the Church through the mud? What if she was super rude? Made them wait to be helped? I guess that would not have even mattered, because no waited to even hear the churches side before jumping to conclusions that the church was bad.

 

[carpro]

If I were on the board at that church my suggestion would be to give the employee the refund which would speak volumes to the community regarding what the church is really about.

Ridiculous.

 

[just-want-peace]

Ridiculous.

Totally agree! An appropriate "tip" would be fine - if normally done in the past, and in line with past tips.

 

[Benjamin]

Ridiculous.

Grace.