Stats Suck Sunday – In A Rant
Living where we live most people go to church. It’s a “Christian” area where school teachers are Christian, doctors are Christian, and most of the people at eating establishments on Sunday afternoon are Christians that have just left church.
Today we decided to try out a new place bypassing our normal drive-thru McDonald’s for the kids after church lunch. Now, because we decided to bypass our normal drive-thru option that meant that we needed to be prepared to walk into a crowded place with three boys and a bunch of hungry post-church people. That’s exactly when I like to watch people.
I like to see the urgency in getting one’s food. I like to see the “serve me” mentality, and the attitudes that come with being in a busy place. Now, I’m not saying that everyone in the building just came from church. Maybe they dressed up to look like they went to church and were talking about some other “message”, but some of the rudest people were at lunch today.
There was one girl standing behind me in line waiting to order food. Because it was one of those burrito places where you walk down the line and watch them make your food, I was able to share the entire food making experience with her and the guy that she was with.
“What kind of place is this”, in a typical high school snob voice. ”Maybe if they weren’t so busy the could focus on customer service!.” ”Why did we even come here?” ”I am not impressed.” ”I can’t believe they are out of ice. Isn’t someone going to fix that?”
On and on she went about how terrible the service was, how unimpressive the food looked, how slow the employees were. I felt like turning to her and asking what the message at church was about but I figured that would be in bad taste.
Anyone else notice how Sunday afternoons are the worst time to go out to eat because of the crowd that’s out there?
Just ask my wife, she hates working on sundays, it’s the worst day of the week for tips, and one of the busiest.
yeah, that’s the worst.
more importantly, what’s up with the lady’s hair in that picture?
I was at a shoe store and overheard a man yelling at his daughter that he was ONLY going to buy her church shoes.
I avoid places post church on Sundays like the plague. I don’t know how people can take it.
I can only take so much of negative people like that…
We have our share of those types of people on Sundays around here too. That’s why if I am going to go out for lunch on Sunday, I usually wait ’til all the lunch crowd has pretty much filtered in to places, which is usually about 1:15 or so. I don’t mind waiting.
I won’t hate too much on those annoying impatient “me, me, me” people. Patience is harder for some than for others. But it would be nice if on Sunday, and after church of all times, folks would show that they actually learned something at church, instead of acting like they were just there to warm a pew.
I was a waitress for 3 years and the schedule rotation that everyone did “Rock, Paper, Scissors” to not have to work were Sundays.
The people that would come in from church were some of the rudest and least generous people. There were a couple times where we weren’t tipped for $60 lunch, but instead got a card that said Jesus Loves You. I’m not making that up! I am now so hypersensitive about tipping servers now!
Church people should get a clue that nationwide they are known as rude, serve me kinds of people rather than being generous, kind, joy, peacefulness, self-controlled individuals. The proof is in the pudding people!
wow what a broad generalization. People are people, church does not make people cheap or rude. I’m glad you all are using the term church people and not Christians.
the funny thing is that many of those people are that way inside the church building. somewhere along the line in a specific generation or maybe a socio-economic group that me,me,me was/is taught. so when they are at a restaurant its me, me, me. when they are at church its me, me, me. wherever they are its about them. it honestly makes me sick. there was a time a couple years ago i was out with some friends and this lady wearing a bad christian marketing t-shirt (thats how me knew she was a christian b/c who else would wear those shirts) was a jerk to this girl waitress. she was also our waitress too so we apologized on behalf of christians everywhere.
i felt so embarrassed.
Yeah, that totally drives me nuts. I cannot stand when people do that especially when it’s obvious you’ve probably come from church.
I think the next time I overhear someone like that, I just might say something along the lines of, ” you church people and your talk of love and mercy is so pathetic and hypocritical.”
That might not be a good idea, so I’m still thinking about it but I can feel the blood rising though.
Mostly I notice how many Nashville and Franklin area Christians are trying to look like they are in a band, whether they really are or not.
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