Here’s the advice a gay server has for a couple who recently wrote “straight” on their receipt and left along a bit of fire and brimstone Christian literature: don’t.
Britton Weaver of Boise, Idaho seems about as nice a guy as they come. He recently served a middle-aged couple lunch, and remembers them as pleasant and respectful.
That is, until the bill came.
“They signed their receipt not as their first or last name, they signed it as Straight,” said Weaver.
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And before we all laugh at the giant mixup that Mr. and Mrs. Straight always seem to wind up in (those scamps), the pamphlet titled What you miss by being a Christian with the eye-popping (and soul-damning) headline “HELL!” made their intention crystal clear.
“I got a little offended. I got a little angered by it,” said Weaver.
A little?!
Maybe the 21% tip helped soften the unsolicited “you’ll burn for eternity if you don’t address your perversion” message.
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Brian JC Kneeland
Interesting they have decided who will and won’t go to heaven or hell!
Sean Ylinen
Hey, at least they tipped along with providing hateful pamphelts.
Michael Clifford
Well, the waiter can tell them “Ok, see ya down there!”
Billy Budd
Disgusting people are everywhere.
James Robinson
How nice of them to make that ass-umption >:( I doubt he went to each of his tables before serving them and announced his sexuality >:( Some people just can’t mind their own frippin business !!
David G. Abler
…at least they weren’t cheap aâ??â??holes
Steve Russell
You have to believe in heaven and hell if you’re going there. I believe in leprechauns and rainbows.
Stache99
@Brian JC Kneeland: That’s why I love the bible. God hates everyone I do too. Makes me feel better about my life too.
Reniel N' Michael
I would have politely told them to keep their money, perhaps they could buy themselves a clue with it.
Trenton Gregg
i feel like the way they did this is about the least offensive way to do this. i would hate if this happened to me, but if they still tipped him well, they must not think he is a terrible person, they just have that silly christian notion that they have to save people from themselves
Charles Schultz
Everyone knows it’s expensive to cross the river Styx!
bluecheck
For those of you too young to know, check out the history of Boise (just search The Boys of Boise). 2) I’d send the tip to an LGBT group that fights for rights in Idaho. 3)Smile and every time they walk in, provide the same quality service you did the first time, it will piss the hell out of them. 😉
Jane Freeman
I hate people like this-they need to stew in their own hateful filth and leave others alone!
Auxifur White Wolf Wolfgram
You know, these types of people are always welcome. They get first class torture among anyone else in hell. But on a serious note, these types of people might want to repent of their hateful ways, because i don’t see them getting in paradise. What’s bad, is God does not tolerate this type of behavior and is disappointed at each of them that use religion in his name to spread hatred.
sportyguy1983
Obviously he wasn’t too offended because the article doesn’t say he declined the tip. I wonder how flamboyant he is that they assumed he was gay or did he say he was gay?
Patrick Healey
Well at least they weren’t cheap!
Patrick Healey
Hey can always donate their tip money to a Gay cause!
Sweetie Pie
I would have said to the couple….”Prove it !”
Jay Jay Jay
Is he single?
Candii Caramelle
Now see I’m neither Christian nor atheist and I also have nothing I repeat nothing against gay people or any people (unless they just evil) so can someone please explain to me without getting offended because I’m ignorant and trying to understand….how is telling someone that what they believe hateful? (example) If u grow up reading the bible and it states that u go to hell for murder then u grow up saying this nobody says that ur hate filled but the bible says the same thing for gay behavior and suddenly everyone is filled with hate I think people just state wat they believe to be true now in my opinion and it’s just that an opinion hate towards gays or being hateful would be to pick on them or punish them urself because u feel that that’s wat they deserve I believe that God loves and judges all and no one has the rite to judge but I do believe that everyone has the rite to state their belief without fear of ridicule
Janice Lloyd
Juddge ye not
Sam Oropeza
Who cares as long as they tip.
Luis H. Lopez
Christian couple can sniff this ! Bigoted stupid lunatics !
Emery Biggar
They should have tipped more so he could afford therapy to become straight. Silly Christian beliefs!
Bruce Maynard-Holly
Just cause their a Christian does not mean their not going to go to hell.
Chris Etter
Perversion is still a better way of life than a religious one. Stop judging people, Christians!
Major D. Easthagen III
OMG – two more people that had their brains stolen
Dan Garcia
The most surprising part of this story is that these Christians tipped more than 10%
Bret Berry
I wondered how long this would take to hit facebook! I live in Boise…but now, I’m almost ashamed to admit that fact! Britton is a well-spoken, intelligent and polite man, from what I saw on our local news. And NOBODY should have to put up with that stuff, even if they tipped twice the price of their meal!
Alex Paris
That’s nice of them.
GayEGO
Little do these two straights realize that what they call hell is for them, not for us. We have a golden kingdom of heaven waiting for us because we are loving and inclusive.
Keith Lessner
I went to Catholic school and I seem to remember “tho shall not judge” being the one that got pushed down my throat. When did “tho shall not be gay” become the door opener to hell?
Daniela Strobl
I bet 50 â?¬ that this couple watched “Audacity” by Ray Comfort. Aaaaah, no. I bet 100 â?¬! xD
Marcia L Kupka
How did they “know” he was gay? Did he tell them? Did they assume he was from his manerisms? Sounds to me like they should be staying home where they can’t be offended.
GG
Wow. That couple is lucky it wasn’t Kim Davis serving them – who would have had to have refused taking their order and serving them food because, after all, they are sinners.
TampaBayTed
Hell is a very touristy spot in the Cayman Islands. I’ve been there and back and it’s an okay place. I find it interesting that rabid Xtians can exercise their first amendment rights all over the place to vilify people, but if we call them on their shit, we’re persecuting them.
Joseph Puleo
And its the Christians who are persecuted? Hey followers of Jehovah you need a better meme
Phranc Azzhee
just for being rude to a fellow human being i’m sure diablo is gonna roast those jesus loving idiots. If diablo even exist! they’re using thier imaginary friends to hurt people again.
Jayson A Messner
mmmmmmmmm … so will they for judging other people’s sins.
Xzamilio
I am an atheist… the only thing I see there is a tip and a good fire-starting pamphlet.
Octavio Roca
Isn’t hate speech illegal?
Kevin J Desmond
It’s a case of fraud … they signed the bill the wrong name on it.
Donald L Rager
Very fucked up
Grreg Morse
That’s still a bad tip for a $32 meal. You should leave at least a $10 for that amount.
Paul Smyth
Sad and very shallow to have to worry about other people’s lives – they should try getting a life of their own xx
Gus Anderson
How did they know their waiter was even gay? Did he offer to suck their dicks?
Giancarlo85
@Candii Caramelle: Your argument is stupid. First off, the bible isn’t the basis for laws and comparing homosexuality to murder is even more stupid. The bible says slavery is fine and eating shellfish is a sin.
Stache99
@Candii Caramelle: Except they need to be ridiculed. You don’t get to cherry pick through Bible based on what’s convenient to you. If you believe adulterers and cursing kids should be put to death at least your consistent.
Rafeal Luna
Words don’t mean crap when you deal in customer service. You can spend a tip though.
Tom Mchenry
Haters gonna hate..and man they have MASSIVE egos don’t they? At least they tipped. This waiter deserved better than what he got ( not the tip. It was okay) but why do THEY think they get to call the bloody shots on what is right and what is wrong? The SCOTUS decision controversy has yet to peak, so be strong folks. These people are pissed..and they can’t stand what has happened. Advice to them: GET TF over it and move on!..Why can’t you find some other cause more attuned to your “deeply held beliefs”?..(God I am sick of that phrase! Find a new one already!)
paul dorian lord fredine
i’m thinking as hubby handed him the credit card he did it with a wink and a subtle ‘call me’.
stanhope
@Candii Caramelle: The simple answer is that it was none of their business. It is offensive to inflict your point of view on someone else who is just doing their job and didn’t ask. Even a moron could see that. If that’s offensive to you, I am just stating my belief based on the facts in evidence.
Ron Zyko
Giancarlo85
@sportyguy1983: So how do you “decline a tip?” I’m pretty sure that isn’t up to him to decide. They wrote it down on the receipt. What is he supposed to do? Decline the receipt? Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb!
Mariano Castaneda
What is wrong with people, and their Word Vomit….
jwtraveler
@Xzamilio: And with that I like you a little more. I’m with you. I’d prefer that the Christian bigots keep their prejudices to themselves, but as long as they tip, they can believe whatever nonsense they want.
jwtraveler
@Grreg Morse: You’re very generous, but I’ve never been anyplace where 31% is the standard tip. Even in the snootiest restaurants in NYC, I don’t think the servers expect more than 20%.
John McCready
I hope the waiter asked “How?”, and then donates his tip to whatever LGBTQRSUVWXYZ organization that militarizes people against BIGOTED CHRISTIANS!
Jerry Green
Hummm, I wonder if they realized they could burn in hell for “Judge not lest ye be judged.”?
David Noah Parker
I’d spend every one of their dollars at a gay bar LOL or donate it to a good gay cause.
Avery Alvarez
As others have mentioned, this passive aggressiveness on the part of the Christian customers is truly a symptom of uncontrolled ego and narcissism.
But as others have mentioned, that’s a pretty nice tip, and if you don’t really believe in that stuff, just move on and don’t let it bring you down.
Giancarlo85
These christian fas*c*sts wanted him to lose his temper and lose his job. I realized they are just doing this to get a reaction. They want the worse for him. The tip wasn’t that good for the size of the order.
Dennis Robert Galleher Jr
Some people are just that ignorant… at least the tip was good…
SeeingAll
I’d believe this whole story about as much as I believed the Dayna Morales waitress homophobia-hoax story.
Dan Gazzana
they got alot of nerve unless he came to there table and said , ” hi Im your gay waiter Bob ” and agian though I appreacate there concern of my inpending infero I got this I dont need any warnings Its all between God amd me , Im not cocerend at all with anyone eles afterlife or where they will spend it so stop worrying about mine .
Gary Harryman
Homophobia is a sickness – a mental illness. Such people are perverse in their hatred of normal human sexuality.
JessPH
“Better in hell than in heaven with you!” …that’s what i always tell delusione cretins when they condemn me to hell.
Curty
There is a lot of people thinking they are going to heaven who are sadly mistaken lol.
Louis
If there was a God Im sure he’d be embarrassed by these people.
GayEGO
Well, we can lead this couple to a door that has a sign on it with the words Heaven on it covering the word burnt into the wood that says Hell. That way they can keep spewing forth their hateful evilness into the fire! :>)