I Hate Sundays
I don’t think they have a particular problem with the day itself. They just hate working on Sundays. The “after-church” crowds are rude and don’t tip well at all. You would think they would at least be nice and courteous to the wait staff being they just came out of church, but that’s simply not the case. Sure, they have a good time 
around the table with their own people, or as they pass by another crew of their liking, they’re just rude to those trying to serve them.
Next time you go out to a restaurant, ask your server which day he or she hates working the most. I would almost guarantee that Sunday would be the response you get 100% of the time. I ask all the time and that’s pretty much the feedback I recieve.
I totally get it. I’ve been to restaurants with pastors, leaders, and regular church folk (my own people included) and there are times I wish that I could just crawl under the table. They’re mad (and sometimes cause a scene) because we waited too long to be seated and visibly they saw 4 or 5 empty tables, the salad or refill didn’t come out within 2 minutes of taking the order (it probably came 3 minutes), or their order wasn’t exactly right. Look, I am all about proper hiring and training of a great wait staff, but let’s face it; it’s not a priority for most restaurants. However, with that being said, it doesn’t give us a license to be rude. Yes, there are times when you need to point out that something is wrong, but your approach to the matter makes big difference in how you represent yourself and God.
Just a thought!
June 24th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Eric – I totally agree. I’m glad someone from the church is addressing this. When I used to work at Applebee’s, everyone tried to switch with someone or just simply HATED working Sundays. I hated the church crowd myself. Just FYI, the most popular comment would be: “I apologize for giving such a small tip, but we had to tithe to the church today.”
The servers’ where I worked would say, if that is what being a Christian and going to church is about, we don’t want to be apart of it.
How about Christians step up and be especially Christ-like on Sundays at the restaurants everybody goes to?? Maybe we can change the opinion of the Sunday crowd. What a witness that would be!
June 24th, 2009 at 11:20 am
While I was reading this article I remembered that when I was younger, my parents, along with many other members of my home church, refused to eat out on Sunday all together. Blue laws were still in affect for most of my hometown and church folks considered aiding the problem if they ate out on Sunday. While I am guilty of eating out on the occasional Sunday, we are trying to stop the habit. Whatever happened to the “Holy day of rest”?
June 24th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Someone once told me that eating out after church on Sunday was a part of their restful routine as they didn’t have to cook that day.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Echoing what Melissa said, I think it really compounds the problem. We expect others to miss Sunday AM church so that we’ll have clean tables and hot food, then we act rude and tip poorly when everyone knows we just came from church. It just doesn’t add up.
BTW, Crock Pots and microwave ovens go a long way to contribute to a “restful routine” if a person is really trying to avoid Sunday cooking for spiritual reasons. If we are Biblically discouraged from cooking on Sundays, why do we think it’s OK for others to not only do lots of cooking but skip church to do it? Just some food for thought…
June 25th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Great thoughts Marcus! Thanks!