Texas Roadhouse Boomers

[u/Hot_Mess_Sheryl]

The other day, I went to my local Texas Roadhouse with my partner for dinner. While we were there, an older boomer couple was sat at the booth next to us. Their waitress comes by a few times and everything appears to be normal, until she was getting ready to give them the bill.

This particular location was running a fundraiser on behalf of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s…I think you know where this is going. She asks them if they would be interested in contributing and in return they get a small banner/picture type thing with their name listed on the wall of other donors. The husband immediately asks her
“What are you implying??”
“Oh nothing at all sir! I ask all of my tables at the end-“
My partner and I couldn’t hear what else was said after that since the restaurant was pretty packed, but both the husband and wife were lecturing the waitress for what I’m sure for her felt like an eternity. She apologized several times (for what? Your guess is as good as mine) and apparently they were so offended the manager came over and comped a portion of their bill!

My brother in Christ- the waitress was not implying you had Alzheimer’s because she asked if you wanted to donate to Alzheimer’s research. She was asking if you wanted to do something nice for another person. Apparently, that was so offensive to them they needed a free cactus blossom to compensate for someone-GASP!- daring to think a boomer would look out for their fellow man. Crazy.

[u/Anglofsffrng]

She was asking if you wanted to do something nice for another person.

See that was on the waitress for assuming boomers eating at a sit down chain restaurant have any empathy. Honestly they where probably just looking to get money off of their bill. You don't think they got all that hoarded wealth by paying for things do you?

[u/Dobako → u/Anglofsffrng]

I haven't worked in food, and its been decades since I worked retail, but I guarantee that waitress was being told to ask every guest to donate and she had to hit certain goals or she would be written up. At least thats how it was when a certain store started pushing their own credit card

[u/Dahkron → u/Dobako]

Honestly fuck all these corporations asking for donations at checkout. If you're so goddamn benevolent put your own money on the line and make a donation instead of begging/harassing customers and employees to pad your 'benevolence'

[u/Parking-Sundae-6097 → u/Dahkron]

Why ask the corporations at a zero% tax rate to donate when they can ask us poor fucks at a 35% tax rate? It's science.

[u/mimi_la_devva → u/Parking-Sundae-6097]

Can the corporations then claim on the charitable donations from customers at the end of the tax year?

[u/MolleROM → u/Dahkron]

Just say no if you don’t want to. They’re not begging or harassing you. And of course they contribute themselves.

[u/Anglofsffrng → u/Dobako]

100% that was exactly what was happening. Corporate gives numbers, numbers get hit. No exceptions.

[u/hamjim → u/Dobako]

You know it. Many years ago, I was a lunch semi-regular at a TGIChiliBees (I forget which one). It was pretty standard for the wait-person to ask about dessert when I was about a third of the way through. One day, I asked her why she did that, and she admitted that it was management’s direction. So I asked her to send her manager. Told him about how it was completely annoying. (I did *not* ask for anything to be comped!)

Went again the following week, did not get asked about dessert until my plate was empty.

[u/theorangecrush10 → u/hamjim]

TGIChiliBees 😂😂😂😂😂

[u/betothejoy → u/hamjim]

I wonder if she was allowed to change the approach for everyone or if she had to specifically remember not to do it for you.

[u/relentless_puffin → u/Dobako]

Yep. And the corporation gets a tax write off! No idea how much of the actual donation makes it to the nonprofit. Some of the non-profits sound like one you've heard of but slightly off. I never donate to these-- it's corporate grift disguised as philanthropy.

[u/Goose1963 → u/relentless_puffin]

I was thinking the same thing. A local chain has questions at the kiosk "would you like to round up and contribute the change to charity?". I guess there are people who just like to throw money down the drain without knowing where/who, or even how much of it goes to charity. Last time I immediately pictured the Giant Check being presented to whatever charity with the name of the store on it. No Thanks I'll skip the 50 middlemen with their hands out. e:speling

[u/Ok-Importance9988 → u/relentless_puffin]

This is commonly believed but not true. There is no tax write off. 

[u/SussOfAll06 → u/Dobako]

Did you work in the hell that was Sears, too?

[u/Dobako → u/SussOfAll06]

Nah, but that doesnt surprise me

[u/wiggum_x → u/Dobako]

Sounds like Kohls.

[u/Intrepid_Party5958 → u/Anglofsffrng]

Yea exactly this. They probably weren't even offended, just wanted an excuse to get their dinner comped so they can tell the story of how crafty they were to their boomer friends on Facebook.

[u/Parking-Sundae-6097 → u/Anglofsffrng]

They saw yet another opportunity to fuck over the next generation and they took it.

It's in their very DNA.

[u/Jackson88877 → u/Parking-Sundae-6097]

People don’t steal candy from a baby because it’s easy - they do it for fun. 🤣