• yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Nah, they commonly know evolution is true, just refuses to admit… they are angry coz someone dare to not give them money. Fuckin greedy pigs.

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      14 hours ago

      It’s not just a single story, I think this is relatively common.

      I worked as a server for 5 years and I received at least 2 of these fake bills as a tip.

      I’m guessing this behavior is somewhat regional; my experience was in the deeply religious midwestern usa.

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        Oh yeah. I used to get 2 or 3 of those every Sunday afternoon. I got used to it and eventually didn’t mind as long as they left some real money with it, but the first time you think you’re getting $20 and it’s just a piece of garbage is a real disappointment.

        Do they really think someone’s going to want to join their church after getting jerked around like that?

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          They’re jerking themselves off. This way they can feel like they’re doing God’s work, and they can afford to do it all the time.

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          Well, yah. This is like why the Nigerian Princes put spelling mistakes in their phishing emails. You don’t want to hook the smart ones.

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          In Germany it would simply be amusing and mildly obnoxious, because German waitstaff get paid a living wage and tips are not expected at all. Also, Americans tend to be the only ones who tip.

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        Did you go to church and put it into the collection plate?

        After all, Matthew, Mark, Luke and even Thomas all confirm Jesus said, “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, and unto God that which is God’s.”

        These people are playing at being God, and deserve their play money back.

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            It’s not more than I think. I’ve lived in the Midwest most of my life. Compared to Tennessee it’s nothing.

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            Sure, but thats mostly because we just have an absurd number of bars. Basically everyone has or had a drinking problem, largely because theres not much to do that doesn’t involve alcohol.

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        I’ve seen lots of religious people leave pamphlets, but they’ve also always left tips. Usually good tips as a way to sell that they’re nice and care about you.

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        Sorry that happened, though can’t say I’m surprised to hear it happens more frequently than that one-off example. I feel like it must be common anywhere there’s an intersection between low economic opportunity and sanctimonious Christian smugness.

        They probably think it’s like a cheat code to avoid paying while still somehow earning more good boy points with god.

        (Not to say I’m a fan of tip culture either, but that’s how waitstaff get paid in the US, and stiffing one person on a tip isn’t going to change that.)

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          (Not to say I’m a fan of tip culture either, but that’s how waitstaff get paid in the US, and stiffing one person on a tip isn’t going to change that.)

          Thank you for adding that part.

          Yes, the system is bullshit, but it’s nobody’s place to decide that their server should work for free because you want to protest.

          I’ll support change, but until then, tip your servers well. It’s a hard job, and they deserve much more respect than most people give them.

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            If possible, rather than add it to the credit card, tip in cash. Real cash. Safe from wage theft especially if you hand it to them directly.

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        11 hours ago

        We hired a contractor to fix our roof and he left one in each bathroom stall.

        I… Simply dont understand

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      Most outrageous thing to me as an non-American is, how his boss is allowed to pay him $3 an hour for doing the job.

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        It’s the greater of $2.13/hr + tips OR minimum wage per hour. So if you filled in for 1 slow hour at a dinor, sold a cup of coffee and only pulled $1.87 in as a tip you aren’t getting paid $4 ($2.13 + $1.87). You get at least minimum wage.
        Minimum wage varies by state (or City) from $7.25 to $21.65 per hour.
        Typically, the City’s with high minimum wages also stipulate it to be the minimum rate before tips.

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          And you expect the boss to actually make up the difference. There’s a reason wage theft is so common in the US.

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          Fascinating. Do people also write down the amount of tips received each hour? To make sure the boss pays for the slow hour, and it doesn’t end up coming out of your own pocket anyways, from the other more busy hour? I can’t believe Americans are doing that amount of maths?

          When I was a pizza delivery boy, I just did the cashing-up once a day. The cash register would know how much of the money in my pocket was owed to the boss, and I got to keep the change. Only time maths was involved was when the delivery cars broke down (which they did all the time) and I had to use my own car and the boss had to compensate me for using my own car.

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          Those cities also tend to be governed by mostly Democrats while the ones under the thumb of the GOP are very happy watching people try to survive on $7.25

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      Just one real story? This happens thousands of times around the country, every Sunday afternoon.

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    But, then I’d need to go into a church.

    I’m 60 years old and I’ve been inside a church three times. All when I was a kid, all against my will.

    I thank god every day that my parents raised me atheist.

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      Same here, only been to church less than a hand full of times. The first time was when I smoked weed for the first time too.

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    atheist has infiltrated sanctity of the church

    Idk why I find this more funny than the actual story

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      I gave the director of the last church band I was a part of a bit of an existential crisis when I told him I was pagan.

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        I rarely meet people from my Christian days, but if I mentioned I’m pagan myself, I fear it could cause them all to mobilize to “save me”.

        That and the fact it’d probably give my mom a heart attack, she has tough enough time to process just the fact I’m not Christian anymore.

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      Back in the day we used to scan twenty dollar bills just to fuck with friends. Can’t do that anymore. It’ll dial up the secret service before you can open the file!