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Having worked previously in the restaurant, customer service, and retail industries, I know as well as you do that there is nothing worse than a Sunday.I was a waitress through college. I worked hard to get on the Sunday morning shift because it was the best for tips and we got some very nice people just coming from Churchā¦ but alas, one week they needed me to work the swing shiftā¦ Sunday night at Dennyās! At about 9:30 in the evening we were suddenly full of people from a Bible Churchā¦ I think the whole congregation came in. Every single table filled!!! I was thrilled that I would be making some moneyā¦ and then I went to each table to take their ordersā¦ I kid you notā¦ every tableā¦ āChild, have you been saved???ā And none of them would let me go do my job until I either said yes or they saved me. At the end of my counter was a man that was a regular in the placeā¦ he pulled out a piece of paper and started writingā¦ then he hands it to me with the instructionsā¦ see which of these works. I looked on the paper and there was a list of responses to the question āHave you been saved?ā I laughed so hard!!! In the end, none of his suggestions worked. If I said yes, they wanted to hear about it (testimony) and if I said no, they gave me theirsā¦ if I said, yes twice and neither time took (one of his suggestions)ā¦ they doubled their efforts. Still I tried to just think about the tipsā¦ yeah about those tipsā¦ a bunch of Chick tracks and a dime or quarter here or thereā¦ that sure helped pay the rent!
edit: did I mention that that was the day I got so frustrated I walked to the cigarette machine and I bought a pack and walked to the back room and lit a cigarette with tears streaming down my faceā¦ there went 5 yrs of no smoking down the drain!!!
I did once hear an evangelical pastor say that heād love to smack anyone who ever left a prayer card or a tract in place of a tip at a restaurant. As far as I can tell, this wasnāt dry humor eitherā¦the guy was seriously livid. Basically it came down to āYou deprive someone of a way to make ends meet and provide their family, and the only way that they can identify the people that do so is by the church that they go to. Thatās a great way to get others to praise and worship God!ā
(the last sentence was biting sarcasm for those who couldnāt interpret it as such)
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I would never āevangelizeā this way. Itās very dehumanizing. I guess it feels good to do it all dressed up in suday ābestā while feeling oh so good about yourself for showing the world you just went to chuch, so you ought to be better thanā¦
They must have missed a few bible passages to live their faith this way, and to think they will be the spark for the Holy Spirit to aid conversion. I hope that they will see the Holy Family in each person serving them at a table the next time they go out for a brunch. Maybe they need to serve a brunch to the poor, without anyone noticing. I doubt they would think it proper to continue to use Jesus as a get out of responsibility card.
They must have missed a few bible passages to live their faith this way, and to think they will be the spark for the Holy Spirit to aid conversion. I hope that they will see the Holy Family in each person serving them at a table the next time they go out for a brunch. Maybe they need to serve a brunch to the poor, without anyone noticing. I doubt they would think it proper to continue to use Jesus as a get out of responsibility card.
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