Recently, a restaurant manager took to social media to open up about an extremely stressful situation she encountered at work, which involved a rather rowdy group of church goers.\n
In a viral TikTok clip, TikToker Kellie \u2013 who goes by the username @ambryrae \u2013 shared her harrowing experience with what she dubbed the \u201cChurch Crowd,\u201d shedding light on the challenges faced by restaurant staff when dealing with large, demanding groups.\n
The video describes her chaotic encounter with a group of 25 churchgoers on her busy Sunday shift.\n
Kellie shared that the Church Crowd arrived at the restaurant at 2 pm without a reservation, expecting immediate seating. Kellie informed them of a wait time of an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes, given that the restaurant was already rather crowded.\n
The group initially agreed to the wait, but one of them repeatedly asked when they would be seated, prompting Kellie to reiterate the original wait time. \u201cWe had a 25-top walk in with no reservation on a Sunday. They had no reservation, and I told them it\u2019s going to be a wait for about an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes because it\u2019s really busy,\u201d she said.\n
Once the large area for the group was prepared, a member of the Church Crowd seemed unimpressed that they weren\u2019t receiving a \u201cprivate room,\u201d with Kellie clarifying that the restaurant didn\u2019t have private rooms and that options were pretty limited for a party of 25.\n
\u201cBefore they even got their food, the lady goes, \u2018Well, how long is this going to take?\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018Ma\u2019am, your servers can\u2019t put your food in until you\u2019re seated,\u2019\u201d Kellie recounted.\n
\u201cWhen we brought out the salads and the bread, they\u2019re switching seats. We have a 25-top, and they\u2019re switching seats like it\u2019s musical chairs,\u201d she said. \u201cThe guy already wanted collard greens. We don\u2019t serve collard greens at this restaurant, and we\u2019re an Italian restaurant.\u201d\n
Kellie took a short break away from the Church Crowd, then she heard a ruckus coming from their table, and went over to discover them banging tambourines and various other musical instruments. At the same time, there was another table being rather loud, and so the Church Crown asked Kellie if she could tell them to keep it down as they were currently engaged in a \u201cworship session.\u201d\n
The tipping point occurred when a young member of the group was unable to cover his bill (which had to be split 25 ways). The Church Crowd leader suddenly transformed into what Kellie described as \u201csweet as pie\u201d, asking Kellie to \u201cbless\u201d the young man by comping his meal.\n
Kellie resisted, pointing out that the group, bringing 25 people to the establishment, could collectively contribute to cover the cost. Ultimately, the leader reluctantly covered the young man\u2019s bill, leaving a $50 tip on a $350 bill.\n
\u201cShe just kept looking at me, and she\u2019s like, \u2018Well, you could bless him.\u2019 \u2018Ma\u2019am, that\u2019s not how this works. That\u2019s not how any of this works.\u2019 She just had the audacity to say, \u2018Well, if you weren\u2019t charging us for his food, then I would\u2019ve tipped you more,\u2019\u201d Kellie explained.\n
Finishing off her video, Kellie reflected on the hypocrisy of the teachings of the church and the behavior exhibited in the restaurant. \u201cI just wanna know what y\u2019all be learning in church because once y\u2019all leave that church and y\u2019all come to these restaurants, y\u2019all are some of the meanest\u2026 some of the most unkind people that we ever have to serve,\u201d she said.\n
Seeing the humor after the situation, Kellie suggested a solution might be to rat out people\u2019s pastors on their shocking behavior!\n
What do you think about this situation? Is the \u201cChurch Crowd\u201d really that bad? Let us know in the comments!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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