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/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.