It depends on the store, but most restaurants in the US do this.
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"We don't tip black people" - Asshole customers on note to waitress in VA
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It depends on the store, but most restaurants in the US do this.
LordKasual
Banned
yeah, this is most kinds of racist people. unfortunately.
I'm not even bothered by overtly racist people, they aren't worth anyone's attention.
It's the closet ones that do all the damage.
Netherscourge
Banned
Most racists are cowards.
They don't actually speak up unless they are at a Klan or Trump rally, surrounded by other assholes.
They don't actually speak up unless they are at a Klan or Trump rally, surrounded by other assholes.
LegendofJoe
Member
Fucking millenials.
/s
/s
Zoe
Member
Fast food receipts do, but not receipts with tip lines.
Bornstellar
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Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
I wonder how many people have that church thread bookmarked
Already Torn
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Zoe
Member
Nah, most customer copy receipts are the same as merchant copy receipts aside from the line stating which is which. You're supposed to fill out both.
Bornstellar
Member
Why the hell would you bookmark it?
EDIT: I don't have any threads bookmarked. That's a real shitty thing for you to insinuate. And whether this story is or not does not change the fact that not everything you read is true, and using what amounts to a gut check to call for internet justice is almost universally a societal cancer.
Already Torn
Banned
You sure? I've known I've seen receipts like the one in the OP in sit down restaurants before.
So you can post it when you want to call a victim of racism a liar.
archangelmorph
Member
They didn't though...
Zoe
Member
I eat out a lot more than I should, so yes, I'm sure. 99% of the time, the only difference between the two receipts I receive is one says "Merchant Copy" while the other says "Customer Copy". The third receipt is the pre-pay receipt which would never say zero balance due unless your entire check is getting comped for whatever reason.
Edit: On Yelp it looks like some of the locations might have counter service in addition to sit-down, but that would make this couple doubly shitty by ordering at the counter and then sitting down to eat.
DarkestHour
Banned
You did and it turned out the waitress faked the entire thing. Who knows in this case.
4 is a cutie
Banned
Its hard not to be skeptical with the influx of "anonymous evil note ---> gofundme blessing" stories on the news
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Hey, if it turns out to be fake I'll eat crow with non-pandering hot sauce, but I suppose we have to consider why your first instinct is to think this could be fake and why mine is to think it's probably real given what we know right now
This is a pretty low-level instance (and one that happens daily in different forms) compared to burning down a church, so I'm not really skeptical about people going out of their way to shit on a black waitress
Bornstellar
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I'm biased to think fake because I've never met anyone that would write something like that on a receipt. Hell, I don't know anyone that writes anything other than numbers on a receipt. Combine that with the relative freshness of threads that started similarly where the initial report was false. But that's just my experience and I get why other people would be inclined to believe otherwise. Either way, there is no certainty so seeing people call for these people to be "named and shamed", fired from their jobs, etc. is dangerous. Also, Black Mirror.
The point is that yes, I have a bias which leads me to hesitate to outright believe this story.
bootsthecat
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It's common, I can only assume many folks in this thread don't pay attention. Anyhoo, here is the 'full'' receipt. The blacked out part is an illegible sig, and the last 4 of the CC, so not sure why that site decided to censor.
Bornstellar
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Triggered by inconsistent casing.
Cesare Borgia
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Lots of various stories stories about black people responded to ugly racism with grace, from Obama to the Charleston church to this. Almost want to ask why are black people expected or even required to respond with their best to white people's worst instincts. "Can we just move on/you didn't have to drag it out/your response is as bad as what they did to you/etc." Jesus...
Zoe
Member
It's common, I can only assume many folks in this thread don't pay attention. Anyhoo, here is the 'full'' receipt. The blacked out part is an illegible sig, and the last 4 of the CC, so not sure why that site decided to censor.
Must be different in other regions. I always see receipts like this randomly googled one:
Everyone in the world acts like just the people you know??? And that people only write numbers, not letters used in signatures, on a receipt???
What kind of bubble are you living in to think that's an accurate rule of thumb. Maybe your rule of thumb should be not to speak on issue of the world until you've gained more experience than what the "people you've met" have provided you.
Chie Satonaka
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It's the same reason that black people are asked and expected to forgive people after tragedies that involve loss of life.
Forgiveness minimizes the offense. If ultimately they're not mad, why should everyone else be mad?
Of course, being mad doesn't do you any favors either, because then you fall into angry black person stereotype.
Ultimately, you can't win no matter what you do.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
Not even the fedora?
Bornstellar
Member
I was admitting my bias. I also admitted that other people have experiences which would lead them to be differently inclined. Everyone "lives in a bubble" of one kind or another. I've also only provided cautionary examples which seemed relevant. And obviously I was excluding the signature portion when thinking about what you write on a receipt.
Must be different in other regions. I always see receipts like this randomly googled one:
Yeah, these are what I get.
Nah, they just needed to let her know that they aren't bad people and that they would normally tip (only assholes don't tip, right?). I mean, except for the fact that she was a darkie. But we definitely aren't bad people because we would normally tip such good service.
I mean, they aren't monsters or anything, right? Only monsters don't ever tip.
I mean, they aren't monsters or anything, right? Only monsters don't ever tip.
V
Vilix
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Screw those racist bastards. My hope is she'll rise above this.
So, a random racist couple is racist and shitty. "Wow, that's awful!" But shouldn't Mod-Bot, who closed the original thread about the 4 black people torturing a white special needs person, also feel the need to close this thread? -- Here was his/her viewpoint on that --
MOD-BOT:
Please don't create threads about news stories whose sole point is to horrify and appall people. This applies equally to stories about horrible events and to random, petty local tragedies of no greater significance. It makes people's experience of our community worse if they have to tiptoe in between threads about mundane atrocities just to participate in the OT. Real news stories of cultural import are fine, even when they're about something horrific happening, but if the right response to a story is mostly just "wow that's awful" it probably shouldn't get a thread.
This seems like a random, petty local tragedy of no greater significance. Racists not tipping is shitty, but a "mundane atrocity" as well.
MOD-BOT:
Please don't create threads about news stories whose sole point is to horrify and appall people. This applies equally to stories about horrible events and to random, petty local tragedies of no greater significance. It makes people's experience of our community worse if they have to tiptoe in between threads about mundane atrocities just to participate in the OT. Real news stories of cultural import are fine, even when they're about something horrific happening, but if the right response to a story is mostly just "wow that's awful" it probably shouldn't get a thread.
This seems like a random, petty local tragedy of no greater significance. Racists not tipping is shitty, but a "mundane atrocity" as well.
Vicetrailia
Banned
Because it makes them feel better know that they're oppressing those of which they hate.
Did you PM a mod?
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
I don't know how this store's system works, but when I waited tables, receipts reprinted after the person paid showed "balance due: 0.00".
freethoughtbubble
Member
Maybe they felt guilty for not tipping.
I read that rule as prohibiting disturbing content that adds little to the conversation. If the rule banned common, every day misfortunes, gaf would grind to a halt.
No, and maybe I'll get banned for the post I made. But I'm asking why this hasn't been closed and giving an explicit example of why I'd expect it to be. Maybe Mod-Bot hasn't seen it, as no one is on 24 hours a day. Or maybe there's a difference that can be explained easily for me to learn from.
You should PM a mod if there is an issue with a thread. Do you think mods are all knowing all seeing omnipotent beings?
They say constantly: "If you have issue with moderation, PM a mod."
You should do that. It would probably be more effective than thread shitting.
They seem pretty good at participating in or closing threads, yeah.
You're assuming someone didn't PM a mod about those threads, yeah?
Shooting a PM to a mod is more effective than thread shitting.
Is your goal to get the thread closed?
I gave my opinion on the thread (wow those people are racist and shitty). Adding to it, I'll say that the person exposed to that racism acted really classy about it. My goal isn't to get the thread closed. But I do take issue that the thread I referenced was initially closed. Perhaps, since that topic went on to get a lot more attention, the mod would say they made a mistake at the time. Or, maybe not. Perhaps the mod would close this thread, or explain the difference.
Or perhaps you should PM me, as you and I going back and forth with your thoughts here certainly is derailing the thread.
excelsiorlef
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You mean the thread that was then recreated and remained open. When more details came in.
Issues are always best served just PMing a Mod.
Once again, your issue and questions can easily be answered by a mod.
What does that thread have to do with this one by the way?
Why would I PM you? I don't want the thread closed and you aren't a mod.
HawksWinStanley
Member
I would've preferred a note if I was serving them. Just so I know it wasn't my service that was the problem but that I was just serving shitty people.
The ideology of moderators shouldn't need to be a secret. How are you supposed to know what viewpoints are okay to express or not allowed if people don't ask on this forum publically? A PM to a straight answer should never be needed.
And I already described how I felt this thread related to the other one.
And I suggested you PM'ed me since you were so offended by a thread derail, nothing more. But don't worry, I'd rather not continue our back and forth.
By PM'ing a mod... you know the thing you should have done in the first place.
I wasn't offended by your admitted thread derail, that's why I responded to it.
I have no desire to PM someone such as yourself.
Well this story is currently being reported to me by BBC news here in London so I think the topic is rather far reaching.
In general though calling out mod behaviour to a thread based on other threads is bad form. It's like being that kid in class who'd always complain that the other kid didn't get told off for doing x y or z but they did.
Skellig Gra
Member
I'm a little skeptical this is legit as the whole thing is really weird but we'll see if anything more comes out of it.
Vicetrailia
Banned
You're complaining about action, but not taking the matter to the mods more efficiently. How smart. If you want a mod to answer, seriously, just send a PM and politely ask them to reply on the forum.
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