re: Waitress stiffed on $735 takeout order, then fired for calling out customer on FB

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Are they paid based on tips or hourly?

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That's precisely what is sort of annoying about the Outback conundrum.

I worked the curbside takeout at Outback when I was in high school in Slidell. We made $3.50/hour, so tips were a nice supplement to the shitty wage. Not everyone tipped - I'd say 75% or so of people did.

I never really had any expectation about what I should be tipped - we never expected 15% or 10%, etc. Literally tipping a dollar or a couple dollars was good enough for me. You're acknowledging your fat arse didn't have to leave your car and we prepared your order with all the calorie-laden condiments, butter, and bread your fat arse can eat. If I was stiffed, not the end of the world. But at the end of the day we really relied on them to supplement the wage and it is more of a service than places where you have to walk in and pick up and pay yourself. (Cue the "Well find a better job!" retorts - it was actually a good job most of the time as most people aren't so stingy that they can't leave a couple bucks)

With that said, this lady is a dumbass. If she's been doing that job for awhile she should know that churches don't really tip. I waited tables at Outback too and would routinely be left bullshite christian proselytizing cards with my 45 cent tip. Pastors don't tip - they just don't. They don't tip in Curbside Takeaway, and they don't tip (or tip very poorly) while eating in. It's just a fact of life. She should've known they would leave her nothing but "DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO HEAVEN" card. The same is actually true for a lot of group orders. Slidell Memorial Hospital nurses never tipped and they always had the most complicated (relatively speaking) orders.