>the only thing that reflects poorly on Applebee's here is that they fired her.

To the crowds of internet avengers that probably don't go to or frequent Applebees anyway it might reflect poorly... but anything remotely bad a religious person does is fodder for them to circlejerk over. They see this as "She did nothing wrong, and the religious person got her fired". Not "she posted a reciept online and mocked a customer which was unprofessional" which reflects poorly on the business.

>If they called out the pastor instead this could have been great PR for them.

Calling out a pastor publicly? Great PR? Sorry, but the media and religious groups would have a field-day with Applebees if that had happened. They avoided that by canning the employee.

Again, not saying it's right or that I agree with it either, I just see as what Applebees did as "logical". Why stand up for an employee who acted unprofessionally, and attack a customer, even if the customer was a douche, the employee screwed up too the moment they posted that reciept and started this whole mess. If she never would have posted that reciept and just shrugged off this asshole customer, she'd still have her job. Plus, like she said recently that wasn't even her table so she wasn't even the one that got stiffed!

I just find it real hard to see her as the victim in all of this when she instigated this whole issue that blew up.