A server has gone viral after finding something unexpected in her tip. In the clip, which has amassed 1.4 million views, TikTok user Kass (@kass.tingspells) shared footage of a table she recently served.
The footage showed that this tip was placed inside a booklet reading ‘Meet My Friend.’
On-screen text read: “When someone religous leaves me a tip wrapped in Biblical scripture.” She shows herself throwing the pamphlet in the trash.
In the video description, she added, “Like I appreciate it but it always makes me feel so bad to throw them away.”
Kass didn’t immediately respond to The Mary Sue’s request for comment via TikTok comment and Instagram direct message.
Comments were mixed
Many commenters were unimpressed by the tipper’s actions.
“Why do they think this is ok?” one asked. “They tryna recruit you into a cult,” another added. While a third quipped, “Shocked they actually put cash in it.”
Echoing these sentiments, a fourth opined, “Sundays are the WORST if you’re near a church. Church people do not tip. Especially the staff, most ungrateful hypocrites.”
@kass.tingspells Like I appreciate it but it always makes me feel so bad to throw them away ? #waitressproblems #serverlife #serverproblems #server #fyp ♬ Hi – temoc #2
Elsewhere, commenters were defending the patron.
“Comments are so sad and full of hate, and somehow whoever left this is weird…” a fifth wrote. “Baffling.”
“Looks like they left a decent tip and attempted to share the word,” a sixth said. “Nothing wrong to take it or leave it. They did their part, period.”
It’s not a new problem
As it turns out, this tipping style is a pretty common problem. Over on the r/Christians subreddit, one Christian and server urged people to not substitute a tip with a religous book.
“I’m a server and a Christian and one of my coworkers didn’t get a tip and got a booklet instead,” they wrote. “Don’t do that, it makes all Christian’s look bad and it doesn’t showcase any form of generosity, it just shows that you were cheap.”
“I hate to be forceful, but I am telling us all to not do this ever. I hate getting flack at work because somebody else did something like this.”
In respose, one commenter wrote, “The best ‘advertisement’ for Christianity is living a good life and being liked. Don’t hide that you’re a Christian but don’t be pushy about it and just live a good life and people might be like ‘Heh, X seems happy and peaceful and is a good person. Maybe there’s something to this whole Christianity thing.'”
Another added, “Getting people to associate a religion with annoyance is a way to kill said religion. If you only hear the word Jesus in the context of someone harassing you, how likely are you to start following him?”
A third Redditor concurred and said, “Those tracts have done FAR, FAR more to lead people away from faith than to gather people to faith.”
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