by Laura Ornella Karma is how you treat service workers. Tricking them into thinking they got a big tip when you didn’t really tip them at all is pretty cruel. Read how one Redditor gets stiffed by a pastor but finds their karmic return during a Sunday service. See the story below to find out more. A couple years ago, a job with housing fell through, so I was stuck in a strange town and state with no money or home. I got a job waitressing and a side gig at night cleaning and did all the hours I could. I was tired, dirty and hungry for three months until I found a person that needed a roommate. But as time passed, the situation softened. Things got better, and I even got a little cat that kept me company. Luckily, the town was near a tourist area, and enough folks got lost on the way to tourist places that the diner I worked at was busy. Locals didn’t feel the need to support their local businesses as tourists did. But Sundays were the worst. The locals on Sunday didn’t tip, and without tips, I went hungry. But then, there’s a Sunday when everything changed… One Sunday, a local family left a hundred-dollar tip. But the tip turned out to be fake, with a sermon on the back, and it was stamped with a local church name and address. I was salty. And that wasn’t the last time this family bypassed tipping. For over a year that same family came in. I very gently tried to tell the man how disappointed I was when it wasn’t a tip, but he said riches in God were better. He didn’t ever tip at all for the whole time I was there. Then in September, a hurricane came through. The diner was flooded [and] closed. Since I didn’t have a job anymore, I could go to church on Sunday, if I wanted. This waiter decided to go to a particular church. I bought a lottery ticket and went to that church with the 100-dollar sermon. The guy was there and turns out he was the pastor. There was only about 30 people in the church, and it had lost part of the roof in the storm. The people seemed nice, and I knew them mostly from the diner though I didn’t know their names. I never went to church much since I was a little kid, so it was different. And when it came time for offerings, this server had something special in mind. They took an offering, and I put in my 2-dollar lottery ticket. The next week, I went again with a lottery ticket. The 100-dollar pastor teased me that he had never gotten a lottery ticket in the basket before, and I told him he was getting another one. Maybe God would make him lucky. He thought it was funny. But not for very long. Then, the next week, I took a fake lottery ticket in. My brother had given it to me and told me it was fake because he didn’t want to hurt my feelings. I had held onto it because it was from him. I put that in the basket. The fourth week was the last week I was there. I got a job in Cincinnati and was going to drive up there that day. Folks at church knew because I had told them the week before, and they were saying goodbye. But this is when things got awkward… The 100-dollar pastor came up to me and really quietly scolded me before I left, though. He told me it had been real hurtful to think he had won a lottery enough to fix the roof, and then it turned out to be a joke. He told me I should think about it as I drive to my new job. However, the waiter had something to say in return. I told him that now he knew how I felt when he gave me that fake $100 when I was sleeping in my car and hungry. I left and was happy about it the whole drive North. It’s the best thing I ever did. This server seems to have no regrets. What does Reddit think? Let’s read the comments below to find out. Firstly, Redditors relished in the revenge this waiter pulled off. Others noted this was a lesson that needed to be learned. Some suggested what else they could have put in the offering basket. One reader mentioned that the congregation technically paid for those dinners. This pastor deserved hurt feelings. His behavior was atrocious and indeed not Godly. If you liked that story, check out this post about an oblivious CEO who tells a web developer to “act his wage”… and it results in 30% of the workforce being laid off. Add TwistedSifter to your Google News: Categories: STORIES Tags: · bad church, bad meal, bad pastor, bad tip, petty revenge, picture, reddit, service workers, top, waiter stories Sign up to get our BEST stories of the week straight to your inbox. Sign up to get our BEST stories of the week straight to your inbox.
“The Forget Me Knots,” an Alzheimer’s disease support group, held a bingo fundraiser Sunday afternoon at the Mahoning Valley Ambulance building to help raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association. “All funds raised go to the Alzheimer’s Association, to help in research and treatments,” explained Grace Kern, a member of the Forget Me Knots. “This is our fifth year with the bingo fundraiser, and we have about 10 people on the team that help with this and other fundraisers.” Most of the team members have family members that have or had Alzheimer’s. “My mom and my mother-in-law passed away from it,” Kern said. “I have a relative who is currently living with it, so it is difficult,” added team member Kathy Goff. In addition to bingo, there was a 50/50 drawing, door prizes, special raffle drawings and a basket auction. “We have 90 baskets in the auction,” Kern said. The team started in 2016 with the Alzheimer’s Walk. Last year, there was no walk at least in Carbon County, so they became part of the Longest Day campaign. Now, the Longest Day has changed to “Do What You Love to End Alzheimer’s.” Katie Kearney, a program manager with the Alzheimer’s Association, made a surprise visit to the bingo. “I work in education,” Kearney said of her work. “We teach people the importance of taking care of their brains right from early age to the end, and offer support. We help those living with the disease and their caregivers.” One of the most recent studies for the Alzheimer’s Association was the U.S. Pointer Study, which was released this past summer. “That was a study that showed there are things one can do to slow down mild cognitive decline,” Kearney said. “They include lifestyle changes, including exercise and movement, like yoga, and dietary changes. Also taking care of one’s cardiovascular system, such as high blood pressure.” There are also infusion treatments for those in the early stages of the disease. “People also should be aware of our 24-hour toll-free hotline,” Kearney said. “1-800-272-3900. We are there to answer any questions anyone may have about Alzheimer’s.”
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