Hell hath no fury like a pastor scorned by the Internet.

After a copy of her Applebee's receipt began circulating online yesterday, Pastor Alois Bell of the St. Louis-based Truth in the World Deliverance Ministries phoned up the restaurant and asked to have everyone involved fired.

"My heart is really broken," the 37-year-old told The Smoking Gun. "I've brought embarrassment to my church and ministry."

Last Friday, after evening services, Bell and her congregation headed to Applebee's for dinner as they did on many nights.

But a disagreement over the establishment's auto-gratuity of 18% for parties of 8 or more would soon propel the pastor to the heights of Internet infamy.

"I give God 10% why do you get 18," Bell wrote on her credit card receipt after crossing out the tip amount she was obliged to pay.

A server working at the restaurant uploaded a scan of the receipt to Reddit, and the rest is viral history.

Though Bell was denied her request to have a brand new staff awaiting her the next time she dined at her neighborhood Applebee's, she did succeed in getting at least one person fired: The waitress who posted the receipt online.

"I originally posted the note as a lighthearted joke," Chelsea Welch told Consumerist. "I thought the note was insulting, but it was also comical. I posted it to Reddit because I thought other users would find it entertaining."

They did � but Bell did not.

The pastor called it a "lapse in my character and judgment" that "has been blown out of proportion." Somewhat an ironic statement coming from someone who ordered Applebee's to fire everyone who came into contact with the receipt.

For her part, Welch did what she could to avoid having Bell's identity exposed, asking Reddit to stop posting the personal information of potential culprits.

In fact, Welch still isn't sure what exactly she did wrong.

"I didn't break any specific guidelines in the company handbook - I checked," said Welch, who had no complaints about her service prior to this week. "Because this person got embarrassed that their selfishness was made public, Applebee's has made it clear that they would rather lose a dedicated employee than lose an angry customer. That's a policy I can't understand."

A black person that doesn't tip? That's odd...

Gotta wonder how well she and Jesus get along.

Roommate must have been pretty desperate, drunk or both.

Screw Applebee's they just lost our business.

A black person that doesn't tip? That's odd...

You want a good laugh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKxAcDxIg1U

Haha! I liked the first comment under the vid. "Paint a conoe black and it well never tip"

My daughter worked her way through College waiting tables. She always disliked working the after church crowd. Black, for the most part, and they never tipped.

ConradCA.... I believe you be preaching to the wrong choir....EVERYONE is entitled to their own opinion just as you are on this public forum...regards....

of the St. Louis-based

...and some choose to spew feces out of their mouths on a public forum. Ain't the body of posts I'd choose to leave on my trail but hey....

Anyhoo... easy to cut down as that loud, obnoxious Black lady may be, the waitress effed up. Applebees had no choice but to fire her.

Birdwatcher

I'm not defending the Pastor by any means. But in most states a gratuity is just that. Even when the establishment adds it to the bill just like in this case. The restaurant customer is not legally bound to pay a gratuity if they choose not too.

Every few years someone refuses to pay an added gratuity and is arrested for "theft of services" here in NY or NJ. The story makes the papers and the evening news. The customer goes to court and beats the charges.

However, if the service was fast and cheerful there certainly wasn't any reason not to pay the gratuity. Shame on the Pastor.

Dan

It's called an observation.

then just don't go out to eat Geezer, and you should be happy for ever after.

The NERVE of those folks, trying to earn a living,

It's called an observation.

18% is an absurd tip amount regardless of the service or food. Period.

Sit down in a decent restraunt and do some quick math. If all the wait staff was $1 per person they'd be making $15/hr just to write down your order, fill your water glass, and bring you food somebody else cooked.

There's a bit more to it than that, but you gotta get out of Golden Corral to see it. Wife waited tables all through college and worked her ass off. I'd never shortchange a waitress.

If you don't tip, stay the [bleep] home....

I like eating out. I tip what I want and it ALLWAYS less than $18/table of 8 folks as the service provided is not worth more than that. I just as soon look at the menu, jot down my order, hand it to the cook, and fetch my own water.

If they want real money, get a real job.

You must not have watched the video.

I like eating out. I tip what I want and it ALLWAYS less than $18/table of 8 folks as the service provided is not worth more than that. I just as soon look at the menu, jot down my order, hand it to the cook, and fetch my own water.

If they want real money, get a real job.

Observe the waitress...

I understand that my waitress could be sitting on her ass somewhere smoking crack or shooting up or selling puzzy for that matter but instead she is working to earn a living and feed a family.

Compare that to the majority of Obama supporters. Absolutely worthless pieces of fecal matter..

I tip well, well over 18% and am proud to be able to help someone who is doing their best to help themselves in this economy that is being directed towards socialism more and more.

18% is an absurd tip amount regardless of the service or food. Period.

Sit down in a decent restraunt and do some quick math. If all the wait staff was $1 per person they'd be making $15/hr just to write down your order, fill your water glass, and bring you food somebody else cooked.

18% is an absurd tip amount regardless of the service or food. Peroid.

A buddies daughter worked at the local Red Lobster to put herself through school. She said she always wanted to ask the old geezers that gave .25 or .50 cent tips what 10% was when they were in school. Did math change?

the sanctimonious self righteous bull crap you spew.

Thats the trouble; tips are no longer for excellent service, the staff expect them every time..

And I don't see it as my obligation to make up for crap wages, that's between the staff and the business owner..

In other lines of employment, staff do a good job because they take pride in their work, not because the expect a tip..

And I don't see it as my obligation to make up for crap wages

God always seems to pay me back double.

nah,...he was just crazy.

My youth is dotted with interactions with lots of crazy people.

I didn't realize that they were crazy back then,....'cause I was crazy too.

I tip 20% at restaurants.
I leave a tip for the room service in hotels.
I tip when I get a haircut.

God always seems to pay me back double.

God always seems to pay me back double.

What is she smoking?

Maybe the waitress was a piece of [bleep] and a miserable waitress.

Guessing is obviously a favorite sport on the Hunter's Campfire.

A buddies daughter worked at the local Red Lobster to put herself through school. She said she always wanted to ask the old geezers that gave .25 or .50 cent tips what 10% was when they were in school. Did math change?

Ever waited tables? I doubt it......
Ever buy your buddies beer at the local establishment? Or are you too cheap for that as well?

Places I frequent know I'm a great tipper, they definitely remember me. I get outstanding service from my usual places as they know I'm not a cheap ass.

I tip well, 20% usually. I and my wife have waited tables before and my simple opinion is that if you don't want to tip then don't sit your azz down and have the waiter/waitress serve you.

There are times when I don't feel like tipping, so I CALL IN A PICK UP ORDER AND TAKE THE FOOD TO GO.

My daughter worked her way through College waiting tables. She always disliked working the after church crowd. Black, for the most part, and they never tipped.

Have two doing the same, same observation/complaint about blacks in genderal.

Worse, the establishment has a pickup window (not fast food), and twice, fat black bitch's have pulled money out of her bra and handed it to my younger daughter.

If she would not get fired, I would tell her to take the change, run her hand down her pants and hand it back.

Gotta wonder how well she and Jesus get along.

Damn, pm me his ATM locales !

As a consumer who loved to "eat out" when I had teeth and could swallow, I've always thought that the restaurant should list the full actual price of the meal on the menu and pay the waitresses fair wages � not put me in the position of being a waitress's de facto employer.

Yes.

Yes. No. But I just usually pay my own way.

A fool and his money are soon parted. But if being the "big tipper" makes you feel big, have at it.

Your being a racist. Your insults and anti-black statements are sickening and have no place in this web site or this discussion.

How telling that you claim it's foolish and absurd to pay someone decently for a sevice job well done.
Says quite a bit about the type of person you must be....

Interesting you refer to me as a 'fool' and a 'big shot', and then claim I'm doing the attacking. Good day sir.

This one!

For me, tipping has always been something that was given for work performed above what the standard level of service should be. Not a mandatory part of the price.

On that note though, when I do leave a tip (almost always), I figure it's none of the government's damn business to tax it. It's a gift and shouldn't be taxed like that. That's one reason I never leave the tip on the card. Always leave cash and let the waiter/waitress decide if they want to report it.

If this tip was forced upon them because it was a party of 8 or more, as indicated earlier in this thread, $34.93 seems like a good deal, if you do the math. Never saw an Applebees around here you could eat at for $4.37, or less, per person.

M7

You want a good laugh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKxAcDxIg1U