This makes up for everything.Rest easy, Jesus-followers everywhere. We can now move on from our gay-hating, cheap-skating reputation.
It’s once again safe for you to eat in restaurants.
@TipsForJesus is a modern-day Robin Hood, repairing the damage done to your spiritual-social collateral by dropping massive gratuities to flabbergasted servers around the United States.
(And lest you think he’s just showboating, he signs off with the mantra, “Fight On!”)
The campaign seems to have officially begun in September 2013. That’s when the first Instagram appeared: a repro of that ubiquitous cartoon Jesus statue giving a wink and a thumbs-up, with a caption reading, “Here we go.”
That same day, Ben at Bar Louie in Ann Arbor, MI made a $3,000 gratuity on an $87 bill. And about 20 more photos have followed since then, showing grinning servers, thumbs-upping golf caddies, and receipts with a gradually increasing tip-to-bill ratio.
I’m not going to lie. Keeping up with the Internets is exhausting. By the time this post goes up, we’ll probably all be rolling our eyes at the truth that has come out behind @TipsForJesus. At this particular moment, though, speculations include the following:
- @TipsForJesus is former PayPal VP Jack Selby. He has a lot of money.
- @TipsForJesus is a collective of individuals, rather than one maverick believer with a ridiculous amount of discretionary income.
- @TipsForJesus is a response to @TipsForAtheists (for which I could find no actual Instagram or Twitter account), which documented the hilarious quips that certain non-Jesus-followers left in lieu of a gratuity.
- @TipsForJesus isn’t a Jesus-follower because one of those receipts is for a bar tab.
But whatever or whoever @TipsForJesus is, I’m digging it. Fight on.
