It was referenced in other places, that it was a clergywoman. Here are the two involved:
This is Alois Bell, someone who characterizes herself as a Pastor. If she is, she isn't a very good one. She may have had a "bad day", but her actions reflect poorly on clergy, and give ammunition to those who want to discredit Christianity.
This is Chelsea Welch, someone who characterizes herself as waitstaff. If she is, she isn't a very good one. She may have had a "bad day", but her actions reflect poorly on waitstaff, and give ammunition to those who want to discredit those who serve for a living.
I maintain that it is this turkey of a waitress who committed the key error. She was in her professional setting when it happened, it wasn't even her customer, but she still felt compelled to make hay out of it by posting stupid crap on the Internet.
As I opined to another poster, it is the one in the professional setting who has to adhere to employer's guidelines. If the positions had been reversed, say the "Pastor" had been performing church services and was rude to the waitress above in her role as a parishioner, the shoe would most definitely have been on the other foot, and I would have supported any efforts she made to have the "Pastor" disciplined or dealt with in some fashion. But that wasn't the way it went down.
As I opined to another poster, it is the one in the professional setting who has to adhere to employer's guidelines. If the positions had been reversed, say the "Pastor" had been performing church services and was rude to the waitress above in her role as a parishioner, the shoe would most definitely have been on the other foot, and I would have supported any efforts she made to have the "Pastor" disciplined or dealt with in some fashion. You know I could really care less about the waitress. Whether or not she should have been fired is between her and Applebees. Your comments regarding professionalism are dead on, but why this made FreeRepublic is beyond me.
Where we disagree is on the actions of the Pastor. When you are a leader in a church you are the face of God. It is not a job that you show up for on Sunday. Her witness is TERRIBLE and likely to add fuel to those who believe Christians are a bunch of hypocrites.
So my point is this: on one hand we have a kid (young adult) who acts like a dope and gets fired (real shocker).
On the other hand we have someone who is supposed to be a leader in the church who makes an absolute fool of herself over an Applebee policy, and in doing so gives a very poor witness to the world. It is my opinion that this woman has earned all the embarrassment and scorn coming her way.
As for the people trying to make this some kind of liberal waitress thing, you have got to be kidding me.