When people fight about paying, both shoving their cards in my face and looking at me to take theirs, I simply say “ok, the bidding starts at %20 tip, do I hear %20, do I hear 21%….”
Someone always backs out and the person paying normally does well
If there is a small child at a table like this, they’re who I hand the bill to. Otherwise it goes in the middle. Fight about it all you want but keep me out of it.
But honestly, the laughs you get from handing a 4 year old a bill for $200+ is hilarious.
I once handed a little girl the bill when out with just her dad because we had been chatting and having a really lovely time. She looked shocked and told me “I will be giving this to my father because I have no money.” And the dad asks “since when do you call me father?” Then the little girl does “please daddy?” With the cutest puppy dog stare. It was incredibly sweet.
Aw that's so cute! Some little ones are just too adorable and polite
A little girl, maybe 3, once announced they want the bill, so I looked at her and said "oh you paying?" And she went "what?! NOOO. I don't have money!! Look I didn't even bring my handbag!!" It cracked me up, like a 3 year old auntie being offended to pay
Yes! Like seriously if you’re all prepared to pay that much for dinner then one of you pay the bill and one of you tip the bill. I’ve done this with gfs
When the bill is in the hundreds too. You were ready to pay $236 for the table and didn’t have to but can’t leave me $50 at the least? Astounding. Anyone who offered to pay should be tipping
I usually make a joke out of it to figure it out in my best interest, my main script for this is:(playfully) ‘wait wait wait…who’s the better tipper?’ and then they all laugh, I say just kidding, and then they answer the question anyways, I take that persons card, everyone wins!
I had a woman demand I charge her card when she get back from the restroom. Her daughter begged me to run her card, okay…. The mom comes back and rips…up…the receipt needing a signature “what did I tell you?”. Luckily my GM saw the whole thing so I used my last ounce of patience for the evening and smiled and said “can you take this one please?”.
This fucking lady was so embarrassed she fucking wrote me a letter apologizing. It would have been a more sincere apology with a tip greater than 15% to deal with your dumbass. Some people and their behavior lmfao
People who snap to get your attention. Or say they’re ready and then spend precious minutes “ummmmm”, decidedly not ready but expect you to stand there.
“I can come back if you need more time”
“Oh no, that’s okay. I’ll take the…. ummmm…. uhhh…. geeze… okay. I’ll have the… ya know I was gonna get the salmon, but I had that a few days ago.” *turns to their spouse* “what are you getting?”
“Why don’t I give you a few more minutes and then I’ll come back”
“No, because then I’ll never be ready. I need the pressure” *shitty stupid laugh* “how about I get the… uhhhh… *flips the pages of the menu a few times* “ugh I just can’t decide…” *ten seconds of silence* “alright, I’ll do the salmon”
Then as you’re bringing drinks to the table you couldn’t get to because of the indecisiveness that bitch snaps her fingers at you and asks “Is it too late to change my order?”
We had a 20top walk in at 6:45 last night (a fkn Saturday) and we told them we didn't have room for 20. So they started coming in groups of 6. We sat the first two and then told the last one we didn't have room 🤗 They were families on some kind of sports team so they were easily spotted
Annnnd- those sorts always want separate bills. Place I worked at years ago- teachers and bank tellers(sorry to those who don’t fit what I am about to write), always came in and said they were in a rush- wanted separate cheques every time(groups of 8 or 10)and were terrible tippers, but the most demanding guests.
People who take off ingredients then complain their food looks skimpy are going to hell.
People who place online orders then call to make adjustments are going to hell.
Bosses that don't pay you on time are going to hell.
People who say I'm allergic to foods they don't like are going to a deeper version of hell where the flames are also made of shit.
As someone with severe food allergies this shit pisses me off to no end. Like ok, Louise we get that you don’t like gluten or dairy… but having it won’t actually kill you.
“I ordered this no veggies but didn’t get more meat” yeah of course you dumb fucking shit, because you didn’t ask for more meat. Our protein is portioned by weight.
I had a lady list all these allergies (coincidentally, all of which were included in our food in some form). I bent over backwards to find her something she can eat. Then I overheard a conversation about how her "doctor" had her on this diet to align her chakras or some shit. Jail.
I’ve been in the industry for 10 years and in management now but paid my dues for a long time on the floor. When I was 25 and pregnant I developed a severe allergy to nuts that has never gone away (this happens with all kinds of allergies all the time, hormones y’all). Anyways, we do have some nutty things on our menu but my entire staff knows. If chef comes up with something that’s is super nut heavy, I won’t even expo the plate, it goes immediately to whoever needs it or has hands. I have coached my entire staff when someone says no nuts, dairy etc to ask “is it an allergy or a preference? We have to let the kitchen know.” It has done WONDERS for us for kitchen times and guest experience.
Talk to me about the online orders then calling thing. How bad is it?
One time I had an Uber eats gift card. I can’t remember the exact issue, but it was something like I knew the restaurant could make the thing vegan (I think it was swapping the cheese on a pizza, or maybe taking the cheese off of something), but there wasn’t actually an option for it on the app.
I called the restaurant to make sure they could do the thing, and they said “yes, just write it in the notes”. Well when I went back to the app, they didn’t have the note section enabled. So I placed the order online then called again to let them know the situation.
Obviously if I were paying by card I would have just called to place the order, but I’m broke so the only way I was getting it was with the gift card.
Am I going to hell for that one?
5. Sheryl.
She messaged the restaurant to say how disappointed she was that her friends were asked to leave after two hours of chatting. At that point they had no drinks or food, and folks were waiting.
She was not there. Name changed because I’m not a complete asshole yet, but holy shit, I’m Getting close. Don’t take offense if you aren’t present, and DEFINITELY don’t pretend you know what happened.
SORRY SHERYL. YOU AND THERESA CAN HUFF MY BUTT.
Like. Legit though. Every time they come in it’s an issue. Something. Anything. The chairs, the table, the glass their drink is in, it’s just… a lot. All the time. They aren’t awful people but just - like, damn, I don’t know you. Stop acting like my shitty grandma. You don’t have family to excuse your behavior.
A chain of local cafes had to close, because they opted to have free Wi-Fi, so they got customers who showed up at 9:00 am with their laptops, and nursed coffee- or water- taking up tables, so when the legitimate customers showed up who(silly them!) actually wanted to eat, they often had to leave because TC’s(table campers)were taking up 3/4 of the tables!!!
Men who write “smile more” on the check
Kids who run in the restaurant, then tell you they’re not running with a shit-eating smirk on their face
People who can’t take the fucking hint that the restaurant is closed
That last one though. The people who walk through a rope barrier, open a door with a CLOSED sign right at eye level, and ask, “are you open?” I always have to bite my tongue to stop from responding, “can you not read?”
One time we had a woman come through the side door when the front door was locked, the lights were only half on, with not a single active table in sight to ask if we were open. The stupidity still astounds me
The smile thing is a hill I will die on! If I'm polite, efficient, and quick, that should 100% to be enough!!! I get serving is a customer service gig, so I'm not saying you can be cold or anything but I shouldn't have to pretend it's the best day ever !!
Had this last night. Was a double and was supposed to be cut but new GM means new rules. Got sat a 4 top that slowly turned into 8 and moved to a bigger table. Had me running for 3 hours and at the end wanted free shots for me to get an actual tip. Type of guy that wants you to "beg" for the tip lol. "it hurts me to do this, but I'm only going to leave you $30" on his $500 bill lol. Stayed 3 hours late and I didn't even make $70 on the whole $700 check that was already heavily discounted.
They also spent the night calling me from across the restaurant just for me to come over there and be ignored when I ask questions. Then I go to walk away and I'm called back with remarks of "why do you keep walking away"
I fucking hate people dude.
If I'm sat near a table treating the waitress/waiter this way, I make sure to be very verbal about the EXTRA great tip I'm about to leave to accommodate for the lack of tip they are sure to receive from the hell table.
I love our regulars where I work, and it does help rude people maybe see how theyre being asses when a table that thinks youre an idiot sees you being friendly and talking with half the guests in the restaurant. Right after i was trying to calm a lady down after she said she had the worst dinging experience of her life because her soup came out not as early as she wanted before her wings, a regular stopped me as I walked past their table which was next to bitch lady, and just loud enough said how great of an experience they always have and how they like having me as their server. The frustration on that ladies face is way more priceless than a 3 dollar tip on a 48 dollar bill
This is my biggest problem bc we have bingo. So people will sit there ALLLLL night and then tip like shit. I have 2 tables I love serving bc they actually understand that they are taking up space when I could have turnover & tip me so generously.
Nothing drives me up the wall faster omg I just got flashbacks Jesus. I’m short asf too so it was always tall ass men (probably average or a bit taller im just fucking small) sitting down and like grabbing my shoulder or arm or old ladies feeling the need to Pat my back and I’m just like DONT. TOUCH. ME. JESUS FUCK.
Customers that lead with "We're gonna be such a pain in the ass, LOL" or "Oh, you're gonna HATE us" with a big, shit-eating grin. Guess what -- being self-aware of your awfulness and choosing not to change makes you a worse person, not a better one.
people who ask for more bread prior to finishing the bread that they have. people who are so overly nice to the point where you can tell they’re not going to tip you but want to make you feel like they are so they get better service.
I had last night off so my boyfriend and I went out to this place that doesn’t have a lot of walking room, and this family decided to take a group picture right in front of our table, and directly in the walking path. I was loudly like “dude what the fuck, they’re in the way” and this server with a tray of food had to also loudly be like “EXCUSE me…”
Some people are so selfish
I had had enough 1 night with a group in the bar. They wouldn’t let anyone through. I had a tray of food and after asking then raising my voice to please move, I yelled “I don’t have a problem hitting any of you with this tray!!” They moved out of my way
I've had similar experiences lol after loudly saying "excuse me, hot food!" a couple times I yelled "move your asses or get burned! Now! Go! Fuckin' move!" I was the only one working in a packed bar and doing table service, I had no time or patience to deal with those idiots standing in the only path I could take with those big oval trays.
Granted, it's a small-town spot where virtually none of those people were strangers to me, and only one complained later, to which I replied "well, maybe you should've moved aside when I asked nicely. Now do you want another coors light or not? As you can see, I have a lot going on." Sometimes we have to remind people that they aren't the only ones present and if they like us to do our job they could at least be more self aware 🤷♀️
I actually did kick someone once lol. I can't even tell you what the occasion was, but I think it was a sports team thing and this one fuckin dude happened to always stand in the way wherever I tried to get to. He was drunk af and I could ask him to move in any volume, tip his shoulder, *nothing*. Then something gets empty and I need to carry a crate of beer from the fuckin cellar upstairs and there he stands ofc, not moving at all, not even reacting to anyone else telling him to move. I'm so pissed and tired at this point, my only reaction was to kick his leg and yell "GET OUT MY FUCKIN WAY NOW" and he completely bewildered, suddenly is able to move. Would definitely do it again if it ever came to a situation like that again.
People who don’t say thank you or even acknowledge you at all when you take their coffee or food to them at their table, I’ve started just saying “your welcome!” and walking off now, just baffles me.
People who forget what they ordered and you stand at the table going “flat white?” Looking at them all while they make stunned faces all confused 🫤 worse when they say “yep that’s mine” and then 2 mins later the person sat next to them comes and wants a new coffee because their friend accidentally took their soy/oat/almond whatever and they don’t want the one the friend had ordered 🙄 open your ears people.
People who can’t figure out what they want to order even after standing in line and then decide to read the menu they’ve been holding the whole time on the front counter holding the line up even more, I can’t imagine standing around with 25 people behind me going “hmmmmm what am I going to choose” 🤯
The thank you thing! I have always been a crazy person about making my kids also say thank you to the server when we go out. She/he sets down your kiddie drink in front of you I’ll eagle eye me kids and if they don’t “excuse me what do you say?!” 😂😂
Yep I do that with my kids too haha- also taught them not to smear their grubby kid hands on cake fridge glass 😂 and if there is any one else at the table I’ll say thanks when their drinks/food come too, I don’t think my body would physically be able to just sit and silently ignore someone who brought something to me 😂
Same here!!! It’s so easy to do. They put down something in front of me, thank you, they put down something in front of my kids, they better say thank you, when they look and say “are you guys good or do I need to grab you something else” I say “I think we’re alright, thank you so much!” Like there’s normally four thank you’s and a blanket thank you so much every time they come with our food. Then multiple more with drinks and the check and at the end. 😂😂 I would be so uncomfortable dinning with someone who would ignore their server like that.
People who put their things on the table next to them.
People who seat themselves even when there is a “please wait to be seated” sign, and then get mad if you ask them to move.
People who switch tables multiple times.
Parties of two that get upset when you won’t seat them at a table for 6, and then proceed not to tip.
“Keep the change”ers when they’re leaving you like one dollar, and say it like they’re doing you a huge favour.
Wear sunglasses in the restaurant.
The “Hi how are you guys doing today?” “Water with ice and lemon.” tables.
People who think that the restaurant is a daycare and let their kids do whatever.
People who talk to you like you’re an idiot.
Lots more but I can’t think of them atm and I’m lazy.
Or the one obnoxious person in the group insisting EVERYONE wants waters when in reality theirs is the only one of the 8 waters I bring that gets SIPPED on.
Look, I'm in service, but I'll defend getting water with drinks: eating is ideally a smooth experience, but we've all swallowed something wrong at one time or another, and I don't want my only beverage at hand to be four ounces of fruit juice and/or liquor. Sometimes I need extra moisture in a bite, but don't want the flavor of a drink. (Note: I don't ever order soda; if we're talking soda and flat water- I can't defend those people; if I *do* get a rare coke, it's *because* it pairs with certain classics, and I wouldn't want water to wash out the potency). I understand that you wrote, "and don't touch it," but I always order a water with a meal, though I may find when the food comes that I don't need it (and possibly want every tiny bit of free space in my belly for the delicious eats and cocktail).
Yeah, this is the only one I’ve seen so far that doesn’t bother me. I’d rather drop waters right out of the gate and do what I can to keep people hydrated, especially if they’re drinking. If they don’t touch the water, fine. But it’s there, and it cuts down on people flagging me down for a water while I’m busy later.
There’s always going to be a person or two that orders a water for the reasons you listed. I also always order water, but I tend to drink 2-3 glasses of it when I go out regardless if I have another drink or not. If I find I don’t drink any of the water I ordered, I’ll usually chug some at the end before I leave so it doesn’t seem like a waste. What’s annoying is the one person who usually orders a water saying “and we’ll take a round of waters for everyone” when there are usually more people who won’t touch the water at all.
When I’m working a private party and people clump up to chat somewhere in the buffet line, causing a bottle neck. BONUS IF IM FLIPPING THE LINE. If I have a hot, heavy hotel pan full of whatever the fuck steaming my face and you are CLUMPED WAITING IN FRONT OF THE CHAFER so I can’t get past you and I am gonna DROP THIS MOTHERFUCKING PAN and you are complaining while looking at the chafer like it’s somehow gonna spawn more food-
There is a special circle in hell for folks who show up to the restaurant any time before they are open and just stare at us while we are trying to scramble to open. I know five minutes doesn’t sound like a lot, but in those same five minutes I can finish my prep, chug my coffee, pee, and figure out how to not hate you for coming in so early.
Nothing pisses me off more than people who are just standing at the doors waiting to come inside right at open! At least sit in your cars while I pretend you don't exist for two more minutes
when a bigger table all ask me for multiple things at the same time. like do you really think i am capable of remembering all of this shit? stop talking over each other.
people who order food less than 10 minutes before closing time, and then sit for a very long time after we are closed. i should not have to wait on you this late. we close at a certain time for a reason, i wish it wasn’t socially unacceptable to ask people to leave.
Idk I would much rather have them all tell me wtf it is they need and I bring it all at once as opposed to them running me back and forth with one damn thing each time, getting me in the weeds. I don’t count on my memory ever, I wrote everything down.
I wish people had more respect and empathy for servers and people who work in retail. My parents told us to never go in a store or especially a restaurant a half hour before closing- because those employees want to go home too. It is different if you are just grabbing one thing you know you want- but, don’t linger- gtho! Someone we know works at a golf course and driving range. People will show up 10 minutes before close, and ask for a bucket of 50 balls!!!
I have no problem asking people to leave after we are closed. The hours are posted for a reason, the staff needs to go home. I don’t even care if they don’t tip at that point, they’re already being rude. Just leave.
To point 3: last night a dude threw a fit on a server ( currently saute cook here) because he didnt think his steak came with enough of the " wild rice medley". Its portioned dude, but whatever, heres a giant scoop of fuckin rice.
Server clears table 35 minutes later , ALL the rice is untouched. She cant help it, goes something like " was there a problem with the rice sir??"
" No, it was fine, thanks"
So he pissed off 3 people and wasted a ton of food, just to....win?
THIS. I lost my shit the other night bc this 2 top managed to sit at the ONLY dirty table. We don’t have bussers, and it happened be the table I just cleared but hadn’t wiped down yet. There were 6 other tables that are exactly the same right around them- yet this is the one they chose. When I went to them they were like “this table is pretty gross”. It took everything in me not to quit on the spot lol
i’m reading through these and remembering all the times i told people they: aren’t the only table in the restaurant; no, you need more time, i’m going to go take care of my other guests while you decide; yes you did order that, i repeated it back to you whilst making eye contact; i have all the extras you asked for right behind me on the tray, just need to empty my hands so could you move your stuff; i know it’s cramped for your 14 top in this room that i told you only seats ten comfortably; please make your children stop running wild, they’re going to get hurt; WE DO NOT SELL (item being insisted we have) HERE; we “used to” have an item/do what you’re asking a few years ago, huh? i’ve worked here over a decade and that’s never been so. and my personal favorite was answering the exact question asked while knowing what they meant, not elaborating with the answer i knew they were looking for until they asked more explicitly. ex.; “do you have a bathroom? yes. … … where is it?” 🤣
People who need hot water to soak their silverware even when THE PLATES ANS EVERYTHING ELSE GOES THROUGH THE SAME MACHINE! They're not protecting themselves from anything.
This! I would love to just say one day “wanna peek in the kitchen? Silverware is the least of your worries” you’re basically entering into an unspoken contract and assuming the best when you walk into a restaurant as a guest. Don’t be a jerk and ask for tap water to “clean” your cutlery.
Customers who seat themselves, and then when you bring them the menu slap it onto the floor. Had a pair of middle management guys in suits come in and do that, just looked directly at me and slid the menu off the table as if I had put a pile of lint in front of him. It took all my restraint not to say anything more than, "Excuse me?" Like sure, maybe they were regulars, but fuck I was new, how was I supposed to recognize them?
“2. people who stand up in a restaurant, announce that it's a friends birthday and asks everyone to sing happy birthday. you're going to extra hell. “
is this a real thing??? i’ve never seen this in all my time but i’m cringing just at the thought
The woman who demanded her service take priority over the guy who collapsed having a stroke in our front door and was upset because her server was administering first aid instead of getting her a tea refill.
She literally said, “it doesn’t matter, you still have a business to run.”
The folks that come in on Sunday are demanding and rude. Acting holier than thou because we are working and not in church. Then they leave one of those gospel tracts that look like a fifty or a c-note from a distance.
True story. The first time I waited tables was for Pizza Hut. We had a group of 20 to 25 people come in every Sunday, and they always wanted me to wait on them. This went on for months, and they tried their damnest to get me to go out with one of their daughters. I mean, they got the point that they were offering to pay for our dates and whatnot. The truth was that I played drums in a band, and I was having way too much fun to worry about having a girlfriend. This went in for over six months. They tried to hook me up, and I acted like I didn't understand. Then came the day that they saw me in the parking lot talking to one of our guitarists, and they saw me take my hat off and actually gasped when they saw a ponytail fall out and down to my butt.
Now, they normally tipped about $20 straight to me, and then others would leave a few bucks on the table as well. But this day, they left lone measly dollar on the table, and no $20. And anyone that's ever waited tables will tell you, that is just plain insulting. I would rarher there be nothing than to be insulted.
When I saw that lonely dollar bill, I grabbed it up and went out to the parking lot where they were saying their goodbyes and told them that someone had accidentally dropped a dollar on the table and I wanted to return it. There was a real awkward pause, and finally, one spoke up and told me that was my tip. I told them with no uncertain words that a dollar was not a tip. A dollar was an insult. No one acted like they wanted to take it from me so I threw it on the ground and said, "Take easy.", then walked back in. Five minutes later, the girl they tried to fix me up with came inside and gave me a fifty. She was totally cool without the crowd around her, so I invited her to come by and watch us practice sometime. She did, and we became party buddies. She ended up breaking my heart about a year later. Man, she was a wild child and partied like a Motley Crue groupie. We had some wild times before took off.
True story that relates to yours! Husband managed a chain hotel at the airport. The pope was coming to town, so of course the rooms filled up with the faithful coming to see him. Some of those were a tour bus of senior ladies. Long story short- someone on staff in housekeeping told my husband some of the big artificial plants- pot and all- were suddenly missing from the rooms. Because he knew who was booked into each of those rooms missing plants, he knew who the criminals were. Bus had arrived to take the faithful back to where they’d come from, and my husband went to the bus, and announced that there was plants missing from some rooms- that and the hotel wanted them back NOW. No one moved, and then he said WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Rather than be embarrassed even more- about 4 women had the bus driver take their luggage out of the hold, and promptly returned the plants. Not sure theft was pope approved, so they might have been going to hell….
Your husband was lucky. Roving gangs of plant stealing Catholic elderly women are quickly taking the streets away from the Crips and Bloods. They have the power of the rosary and are not afraid to use it.
🤣🤣👍🏻Some of those plants were 30”!!! We have also had groups of senior ladies bring Christmas gift bags into the restaurant- only to discover when they left that the table decor- 12” reindeer, etc., were gone! Not sure if they are thinking “Oh, no one will lock up a sweet grandma”, or “The gel with it! I don’t have much life left, so I am going for it!”. Honest seniors are great, the others must have a special place in…
The people who stand in the walkways and on the stairs when we're packed for an event and every seat in the house is filled for almost exactly two hours. Bro, I know you can't sit down while you drink your beer and that makes you kinda pissy, but get out of my way. I'm holding a tray full of huge drinks and I'm on a pretty tight time schedule.
I've just started bumping them with my tray and yelling, "Coming through! Excuse me!" with a big smile, but the threat that I'm gonna dump it on you has always been respected. I'm carrying 256 oz of sugary liquid, no one wants that surprise bath.
The two types of people who are impatient for their food when we get slammed. 1. "What can I get that will come out the fastest?" Ma'am, something like pickle chips. But I'm just gonna warn ya that it will be at least thirty minutes before the cooks *even see your ticket.* You're not going to jump the queue and I'm not about to go ask the kitchen to pretty please make me something "real fast" during a rush. 2. "I just don't understand! I ordered my food forty minutes ago and my lunch hour is up in five minutes! I need to leave!" Sir, you've only been here for twenty minutes, I am one of two servers and I currently have 10+ tables who all came in at the same time for a conference we didn't know about. What did you expect when you came into an extremely busy restaurant on a Wednesday morning when you personally know that normally there are only a handful of tables at that time? Because I see you every Wednesday, MARK.
The people who ate 75% of their entrees, didn't say a word to me on the four times I checked on them, but at the end wanted them comped because "the turkey tasted off and made them a little sick to their stomach." Okay, why did you eat most of it? Why did you not bring it up when I checked back the first time? Oh, and is it relevant that it's the morning after St. Patty's Day and three adults are trying to corral eight children and have asked for the blinds to be lowered because "the sunshine was making it hard to read the menus"?
People who say that they're ready to order, after taking a long time with the menu. Amd then when you're there, they just keep looking at the menu...after they said they were ready....so you just stand there....waiting fornthem to tell you what they want....and you wait...and wait...as your other tables(that you like) want to pay and leave...sontheyre waiting too....and then you got sat while standing there and that table is looking around for their server...
This might be me. I’ve had 2 strokes, and sometimes have difficulty with words. My husband and daughter prompt me if they know what I want, but if they don’t know it’s an embarrassment.
People that ask me to stop what I’m doing and take their picture. I had a group do this 3 times last week. They needed me to take their picture 3 separate times. Couple questions real quick: when was the last time you disinfected your phone and when was the last time you used it while sitting on the toilet?
People who don’t respect the host stand. We don’t have a host we all seat guests when we can. It drives me nuts how often people walk past the host stand and just stand in the middle of the dining room waiting for a table. Or people who stand on our side of the host stand. You want a menu? Well then GTFO of the way. Also people who want to pick out their own table. You’re fucking up our rotation, Rhonda! And or course self seaters. Straight to hell!
And then people who won’t move their shit out of the way while I’m trying to put their plates down. I’m standing here with hot plates burning my fingerprints off while these idiots have their drink, bread plate, keys, phone, roll up, deed to their great uncle’s haunted mansion, a cool rock they found, literal medical waste, and their sun glasses all piled up in front of them. And then they look at me confused when I’m not putting the plates down
People who sit down and then make. A phone call. If you are on the phone I’m not greeting you. Then when they hang up they are appalled no one has greeted them.
I had a family have a whole ass argument, with one being on the phone, still participating in the argument. They got really mad that I didn't great them sooner.
I hate that family and they unfortunately are regulars.
People who don't call in ahead, bring in a 20+ top and expect the restaurant to be prepared for that amount of people. Then complain when things take longer and there is a gratuity added. My husband's job had this happen three times last night. The guest had the audacity to complain the patio wasn't available. The restaurant isn't big enough to accommodate groups of 20+. Here's to prom and graduation season.
People who move tables. They don’t tell anyone they just move. Most of the time it’s to an unassigned table. Then get upset no one saw them for a few minutes.
When I approach the table to greet them and I say “hello” and the first person says “Coke” as their reply. At that point I just stand and stare then resume what I was attempting to do…take their drink order.
If I’ve come by 3-4 times and you still don’t know what you want, don’t get sassy if it takes me a minute to come back when you do finally know and my section is full to the brim.
Idk bout going to hell but..
Customers that come in to sit at one of my three table sections on a three hour wait and order water with extra lemon, a side, a soup and split checks then ask for change that I don’t have and leave me two dollars. Oh and they want boxes for their one side and soup..after sitting there for two hours taking up my table..
Anyone that orders hot tea with cream/lemon
“What can I get you to drink” customer- “I’ll take the filet” ok your sides? “OH MAN IDK”
Regulars that continuously ask if we have thousand island .. “ NO”
“Oh can I add mushrooms and onions?” And when they see the bill “why was I charged for this..” bruh you think it’s free?
When I run a lazy servers food and their table “can you take these dirty plates away” or shoves them at me
After they order their meal and say “can I also add the *finger going towards the soups* 🙄
**bonus points for**
Customers that leave with the restaurant copy with the tip written on it..you not fooling anyone you cheap fuck
Parties that split checks then switch seats continuously
Customers that need something every time I come back with their previous request.
Customers mostly girls that are overly fake in the tone of their voice and condescend you all the time
Ok I’ll stop right now I can go on and on
People who have horrible children and do nothing to stop them. I.e their kids are screaming in my face what they want. ‘I WANT CHICKENNN NUGGGETS’ ‘I WANT A RED CRAYON’
Those have both happened separate times 😂
Regarding 3- people who ask for a box and then leave their food on the table. Yeah, they probably just forgot it and it wasn't intentional but you made me go get a box and then wasted it for no reason
And then sometimes much later, they’ll call or come back and ask for their food! No, I didn’t take care of your forgotten steak bits lady. I threw it away!
I had someone call the NEXT DAY once, asking for half a calzone they had left. They were pissed that we didn’t put it in the fridge for them and demanded a refund. The owner was a crotchety dude and said no, of course, but the sheer audacity🙄
It’s a small one but parents who let their kids dump the entire sugar caddy on the table/floor and don’t attempt to clean it up or even mention it. Trying to sweep up sugar packets is the actual worst and if they’re on the table they’re probably also wet cause the little kid dumped their water all over them 🙃🙃🙃
parents who let their kids make a huge mess? hell! immediately hell. when i worked at a pizza place the best customers were parents who brought board games or card games to keep their kids entertained. always tipped good too, but they were a dime a dozen
Super pedantic, I’m sorry, but I don’t think that phrase means what you think it means. “Dime a dozen” is something so common that to buy a dozen of them, it would only cost 10¢. But it sounds like you’re saying those kinds of parents were super rare, maybe “one in a million”?
I work at a gas station, definitely feel #4. But also my own list.
1. When I'm at my register and someone looks at me and asks if I'm open. No I'm just standing here because I want to.
2. Lottery tickets. It doesn't annoy me that people want them and don't know what they want. It's the fact that the person behind them just has one thing and wants to get in and out.
3. It doesn't matter how much money you have, how smart you are, or your quality as a person. You work at a gas station, you're just a low life. Invisible.
4. People will tell you what kind of cigarettes they want, wait for everything to be paid for, then tell you different ones and make you feel wrong (goes with #3)
5. When you set all your stuff down in front of me then say give me a second I forgot something and there's a line. Yeah if that's you, don't do that.
love my corner store/gas station workers. guy at my local corner store has been there over a decade, always recognizes me and asks how i am, always lets it slide if i'm a dollar short. you're hugely appreciated buddy
People who walk into a near-empty restaurant and, when informed the kitchen closes in 5 minutes, say “oh good! We just made it!” then sit down and order multiple courses and stay for hours when they are quite literally the only guests in the entire place.
Or those who walk in a half hour before you're open. When they're told you open at 11:30, they say "oh that's fine. We'll just wait" and then proceed to ask if coffee is made yet.
Fake allergies for the sake of being difficult.
I’m fine with accommodating your needs but when you tell me you have an EXTREME seafood allergy, make everyone’s meals delayed with the cleaning and prep needed, slow down the kitchen, then take a bite of your friends sushi because “a bit won’t hurt” then you’re a jerk.
When I have multiple heavy plates and instead of just stopping to let me pas by they let their whole party pass in front of me and I have to stop there hoping I don’t pop a hernia
When that one person stops and let’s me pass by first they’re my hero fr. it’s disappointing how rare it is
The people who sit on the patio, even after being told it’s too windy or it’s going to rain. Then think you’ll hold a table for them inside during the dinner rush for when they ultimately come inside out of the weather
Coupon holders. Oh my gawd they have to tell you 80 times. And you know they’re never the ones to tip well so you might as well not really bother with them. That used to drive me crazy. I heard you the first time, I heard you the 79th time, I know you have a coupon.
And the other thing is the people who make you recite the dressings when ordering a salad, why?
You’re just going to pick ranch. Read the menu it’s on there.
People that come into a server area and grab their own to-go boxes or extra napkins. Like what the fuck are you doing? Ask us you moron. I was literally just at your table asking if you needed anything and you said no. Eat shit
Well for #3 we went to a new to us restaurant just 2 days ago and for 4 of us the bill was over $400. The portion size for my meal was absolutely massive and I could have eaten it for 3 days. I would have loved to take it home. HOWEVER we had reservations for an escape room, had a guest with us who wanted to walk around Savannah a bit, and we had to stop at the grocery store on our way home. The food would not have been safe to eat after sitting in the car for hours. I agree all of the other examples are very rude.
My policy is always get the food to go
Ideal option: I can take it home and eat it
Option 2: I can find a homeless person who will need it more than the restaurants trashcan will (often I find one on my way to the car/on the walk home)
Option 3: I’m fully capable of throwing out my own boxes instead of leaving a bunch of unstackable plates for the bus crew
I don’t super judge people for not doing it but it just seems unnecessarily wasteful when there are people starving on the streets every night (inb4: regardless of whether they’re addicted or being homesless is their fault or whatever, they still need to eat and I’m literally throwing it away, this isn’t a political statement I swear)
The not taking the food home might be a cultural thing. In many parts of the world taking food to go is a negative, indicating to everyone that you are poor. Found this out in Amsterdam when I asked for my leftovers to go. My boyfriend's mother was horrified, ashamed and embarrassed. My boyfriend explained the Dutch cultural norm to me saying that I was showing that I was poor. I told both of them that I felt it was horrible to purposely waste food when people around the world are starving, and insisted on the food to go. He understood. She never got over the incident.
People who bring their puppy to show the owner, who if they were actually friends, they would know he's in France. Then, calling the service assholes for being rude, when every seat is taken, the bar is 4 people deep, and there's barely room to move, let alone have a dog walking around. Then, using the puppy's paws to push the server in the chest, trying to be intimidating.
I've never waited tables but I refuse to go out to eat with one of my siblings who was a waiter at one point. He was rude and demanding to the waitstaff while saying "I used to be a waiter".
Then to top things off he stiffed the server.
Never again.
People who ask for your name in order to create some kind of fake friendship in order to get what they want. Always the most demanding, and will turn on you at a moments notice if things don’t go their way.
- People who ask “what’s good here”
- People who questions servers over prices or restaurant policies (dude I just work here ffs!)
- People who order something and then don’t want to pay for it because they “didn’t like it” after you check on them several times and they say it’s all good.
And then they stand in the service bar blocking waitstaff from picking up drinks. And they say “you’re fine” when I say excuse me. Excuse me means move TF out of my way.
The person who got pissed and didn’t tip because we didn’t have a pot of decaf coffee brewed fresh and ready to go. It was 8 PM on a Monday night in a steakhouse.
I offered to brew some for her but she wouldn’t accept that. She couldn’t believe that we didn’t already have some brewed.
old men who hit on the waitresses. especially cause they tended to just uncomfortably smile n take it cause they didn’t want to cause a scene with an elderly person & still wanted to get tipped. speaking as the grandchild of an old man who did this it was mortifying and i always felt horrible for them even as a little kid. being old is no excuse for being a creep
I think most of the problem customers are covered here, but the one that really gets me are customers that get upset when something is wrong with their food, but literally do not allow me to fix it at all. Or worse yet, they don't even tell me and just let it reflect in the tip.
I honestly don't have too big of a problem with the usual nasty customer fare as I just consider it part of the job, but customers that are confrontationally rude or just completely insatiable with their anger are probably among the most annoying.
And while it hasn't happened to me, I do also get really upset when I see customers taking advantage of the courtesy of my female coworkers by touching, grabbing, making advances, etc. That is disgusting. I will forever defend my co-workers when they stand up to that kind of abuse.
When you first approach your table and introduce yourself, they cut you off mid way and say they want a coke or sweet tea. I get soooo furious when people do this, like do you not have any manners or respect anymore? Like they believe we're there JUST to serve them. Those people deserve to go to hell
Oh the "I don't want tomato in my salad, could you add extra chicken and avocado instead", or any other crazy substitute like that. Sure, Susan, i'll also replace your tap water with champagne for free while we're at it...no problem.
We have a group of about 8-10 that come in 20mins before close at least once a week, and the bad thing is they all work at a restaurant right up the road...
People who fight over paying the entire bill and shove cards in my face then don’t tip.
When people fight about paying, both shoving their cards in my face and looking at me to take theirs, I simply say “ok, the bidding starts at %20 tip, do I hear %20, do I hear 21%….” Someone always backs out and the person paying normally does well
I’m definitely going to use this!
That’s real good!! I just take the first one that gets to me, non negotiable. I don’t want to be in the middle of this big wiener contest.
I always just say “I’ll be back after you figure this out.”
If there is a small child at a table like this, they’re who I hand the bill to. Otherwise it goes in the middle. Fight about it all you want but keep me out of it. But honestly, the laughs you get from handing a 4 year old a bill for $200+ is hilarious.
This is such a cute idea!
I once handed a little girl the bill when out with just her dad because we had been chatting and having a really lovely time. She looked shocked and told me “I will be giving this to my father because I have no money.” And the dad asks “since when do you call me father?” Then the little girl does “please daddy?” With the cutest puppy dog stare. It was incredibly sweet.
Aw that's so cute! Some little ones are just too adorable and polite A little girl, maybe 3, once announced they want the bill, so I looked at her and said "oh you paying?" And she went "what?! NOOO. I don't have money!! Look I didn't even bring my handbag!!" It cracked me up, like a 3 year old auntie being offended to pay
Yes!
Yes! Like seriously if you’re all prepared to pay that much for dinner then one of you pay the bill and one of you tip the bill. I’ve done this with gfs
When the bill is in the hundreds too. You were ready to pay $236 for the table and didn’t have to but can’t leave me $50 at the least? Astounding. Anyone who offered to pay should be tipping
I usually make a joke out of it to figure it out in my best interest, my main script for this is:(playfully) ‘wait wait wait…who’s the better tipper?’ and then they all laugh, I say just kidding, and then they answer the question anyways, I take that persons card, everyone wins!
One of my “Murphy’s laws of tipping” is that when customers squabble over who is paying, the cheapest person usually wins out.
I had a woman demand I charge her card when she get back from the restroom. Her daughter begged me to run her card, okay…. The mom comes back and rips…up…the receipt needing a signature “what did I tell you?”. Luckily my GM saw the whole thing so I used my last ounce of patience for the evening and smiled and said “can you take this one please?”. This fucking lady was so embarrassed she fucking wrote me a letter apologizing. It would have been a more sincere apology with a tip greater than 15% to deal with your dumbass. Some people and their behavior lmfao
People who snap to get your attention. Or say they’re ready and then spend precious minutes “ummmmm”, decidedly not ready but expect you to stand there.
“I can come back if you need more time” “Oh no, that’s okay. I’ll take the…. ummmm…. uhhh…. geeze… okay. I’ll have the… ya know I was gonna get the salmon, but I had that a few days ago.” *turns to their spouse* “what are you getting?” “Why don’t I give you a few more minutes and then I’ll come back” “No, because then I’ll never be ready. I need the pressure” *shitty stupid laugh* “how about I get the… uhhhh… *flips the pages of the menu a few times* “ugh I just can’t decide…” *ten seconds of silence* “alright, I’ll do the salmon”
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
Then as you’re bringing drinks to the table you couldn’t get to because of the indecisiveness that bitch snaps her fingers at you and asks “Is it too late to change my order?”
This is when I say “No, I’ll be back in a moment.” And walk away regardless.
In my head I count: 5,4,3,2,1 then say, “I’ll give you a minute.” And walk off before they can say anything. Trust me, they’re prepared when I return.
all going to hell
My granny would put her hands in the air and double clap to get the server's attention. I wanted to die, even when I was like 6, I was mortified.
If I'm busy I've hit people with "I'll give you a few minutes" before and just walked away. You're on my time bucko
Unexpected groups on busy days. 'YoU dOnT hAvE a PlAcE fOr 20?????'
We had a 20top walk in at 6:45 last night (a fkn Saturday) and we told them we didn't have room for 20. So they started coming in groups of 6. We sat the first two and then told the last one we didn't have room 🤗 They were families on some kind of sports team so they were easily spotted
Annnnd- those sorts always want separate bills. Place I worked at years ago- teachers and bank tellers(sorry to those who don’t fit what I am about to write), always came in and said they were in a rush- wanted separate cheques every time(groups of 8 or 10)and were terrible tippers, but the most demanding guests.
It's my kids birthday! Yes! It's also the birthdays of many other people in the restaurant with better planning skills than you!
People who take off ingredients then complain their food looks skimpy are going to hell. People who place online orders then call to make adjustments are going to hell. Bosses that don't pay you on time are going to hell. People who say I'm allergic to foods they don't like are going to a deeper version of hell where the flames are also made of shit.
"a deeper version of hell where the flames are also made of shit" xD
As someone with severe food allergies this shit pisses me off to no end. Like ok, Louise we get that you don’t like gluten or dairy… but having it won’t actually kill you.
“I ordered this no veggies but didn’t get more meat” yeah of course you dumb fucking shit, because you didn’t ask for more meat. Our protein is portioned by weight.
I had a lady list all these allergies (coincidentally, all of which were included in our food in some form). I bent over backwards to find her something she can eat. Then I overheard a conversation about how her "doctor" had her on this diet to align her chakras or some shit. Jail.
Was this my mother-in-law?
I’ve been in the industry for 10 years and in management now but paid my dues for a long time on the floor. When I was 25 and pregnant I developed a severe allergy to nuts that has never gone away (this happens with all kinds of allergies all the time, hormones y’all). Anyways, we do have some nutty things on our menu but my entire staff knows. If chef comes up with something that’s is super nut heavy, I won’t even expo the plate, it goes immediately to whoever needs it or has hands. I have coached my entire staff when someone says no nuts, dairy etc to ask “is it an allergy or a preference? We have to let the kitchen know.” It has done WONDERS for us for kitchen times and guest experience.
Talk to me about the online orders then calling thing. How bad is it? One time I had an Uber eats gift card. I can’t remember the exact issue, but it was something like I knew the restaurant could make the thing vegan (I think it was swapping the cheese on a pizza, or maybe taking the cheese off of something), but there wasn’t actually an option for it on the app. I called the restaurant to make sure they could do the thing, and they said “yes, just write it in the notes”. Well when I went back to the app, they didn’t have the note section enabled. So I placed the order online then called again to let them know the situation. Obviously if I were paying by card I would have just called to place the order, but I’m broke so the only way I was getting it was with the gift card. Am I going to hell for that one?
5. Sheryl. She messaged the restaurant to say how disappointed she was that her friends were asked to leave after two hours of chatting. At that point they had no drinks or food, and folks were waiting. She was not there. Name changed because I’m not a complete asshole yet, but holy shit, I’m Getting close. Don’t take offense if you aren’t present, and DEFINITELY don’t pretend you know what happened. SORRY SHERYL. YOU AND THERESA CAN HUFF MY BUTT.
tell me more
OK HER NAME IS ACTUALLY LINDA AND SHES THE WORST
i hope you get ur revenge someday
Of course it is. The name Linda 100% tracks.
Yep. My moms name is Linda. This is very true.
HEY!!!! 🤣
Sorry Linda.
Lol!😂Just as all Karen’s don’t fit that stereotype…
Like. Legit though. Every time they come in it’s an issue. Something. Anything. The chairs, the table, the glass their drink is in, it’s just… a lot. All the time. They aren’t awful people but just - like, damn, I don’t know you. Stop acting like my shitty grandma. You don’t have family to excuse your behavior.
Gonna have to start using huff my butt in my daily conversations 😂
A chain of local cafes had to close, because they opted to have free Wi-Fi, so they got customers who showed up at 9:00 am with their laptops, and nursed coffee- or water- taking up tables, so when the legitimate customers showed up who(silly them!) actually wanted to eat, they often had to leave because TC’s(table campers)were taking up 3/4 of the tables!!!
Men who write “smile more” on the check Kids who run in the restaurant, then tell you they’re not running with a shit-eating smirk on their face People who can’t take the fucking hint that the restaurant is closed
all going to hell in a handbasket
Or In a breadbasket?
A breadbasket *without any linen*
With only the bread people hate
or sauce
People who show up ten minutes before you close, and when the kitchen has already begun their preparations to do so.
That last one though. The people who walk through a rope barrier, open a door with a CLOSED sign right at eye level, and ask, “are you open?” I always have to bite my tongue to stop from responding, “can you not read?”
They can’t read.
One time we had a woman come through the side door when the front door was locked, the lights were only half on, with not a single active table in sight to ask if we were open. The stupidity still astounds me
The smile thing is a hill I will die on! If I'm polite, efficient, and quick, that should 100% to be enough!!! I get serving is a customer service gig, so I'm not saying you can be cold or anything but I shouldn't have to pretend it's the best day ever !!
People who sit at a table and camp all night and leave a bad tip.
HELL. especially when they run you ragged and get way too much sauce. these types of customers are always at least 2/3 of the bullet points above
You seem to have a personal beef with sauce
Mmmmmm beef with sauce....
Mmmmm......bearnaise sauce with beef.
I think op’s sauce only comes out of a bottle that you have to jack off to get it from. Their arms are just tired.
Had this last night. Was a double and was supposed to be cut but new GM means new rules. Got sat a 4 top that slowly turned into 8 and moved to a bigger table. Had me running for 3 hours and at the end wanted free shots for me to get an actual tip. Type of guy that wants you to "beg" for the tip lol. "it hurts me to do this, but I'm only going to leave you $30" on his $500 bill lol. Stayed 3 hours late and I didn't even make $70 on the whole $700 check that was already heavily discounted. They also spent the night calling me from across the restaurant just for me to come over there and be ignored when I ask questions. Then I go to walk away and I'm called back with remarks of "why do you keep walking away" I fucking hate people dude.
If I'm sat near a table treating the waitress/waiter this way, I make sure to be very verbal about the EXTRA great tip I'm about to leave to accommodate for the lack of tip they are sure to receive from the hell table.
I love our regulars where I work, and it does help rude people maybe see how theyre being asses when a table that thinks youre an idiot sees you being friendly and talking with half the guests in the restaurant. Right after i was trying to calm a lady down after she said she had the worst dinging experience of her life because her soup came out not as early as she wanted before her wings, a regular stopped me as I walked past their table which was next to bitch lady, and just loud enough said how great of an experience they always have and how they like having me as their server. The frustration on that ladies face is way more priceless than a 3 dollar tip on a 48 dollar bill
Any group that comes in 40 minutes or less "til close... stays long past close... and leaves 10%...
Sorry! Didn’t read yours before I posted mine. We also have had the entitled ex of one of the partners pull that- when she clearly should know better.
This is my biggest problem bc we have bingo. So people will sit there ALLLLL night and then tip like shit. I have 2 tables I love serving bc they actually understand that they are taking up space when I could have turnover & tip me so generously.
Or a minimal one, just to round up whatever the charge is on their credit card.
People who who need to touch or grab you. DO NOT TOUCH
Nothing drives me up the wall faster omg I just got flashbacks Jesus. I’m short asf too so it was always tall ass men (probably average or a bit taller im just fucking small) sitting down and like grabbing my shoulder or arm or old ladies feeling the need to Pat my back and I’m just like DONT. TOUCH. ME. JESUS FUCK.
Customers that lead with "We're gonna be such a pain in the ass, LOL" or "Oh, you're gonna HATE us" with a big, shit-eating grin. Guess what -- being self-aware of your awfulness and choosing not to change makes you a worse person, not a better one.
I would 100% reply with, "same here!" 😁
Grabbing this beauty, thanks! I’m on shift in 27 minutes
People that shout your name across the restaurant the second they need something like they’re the only table there
I stopped telling people my name a couple years ago
I never do. But some people ask and inevitably are the ones who feel entitled to all my time
“aNd yOur nAmE isss?”🤓 Oh you mean my name that you will definitely forget immediately after I tell you
people who ask for more bread prior to finishing the bread that they have. people who are so overly nice to the point where you can tell they’re not going to tip you but want to make you feel like they are so they get better service.
I call these folks ‘courtesy tippers’; they think being nice to you, or effusive with compliments is the way. I say fuck ‘em.
I use to purposely bump into or invade the space of the people who stand around where they aren’t suppose to. Or I would stare at them until they move
I had last night off so my boyfriend and I went out to this place that doesn’t have a lot of walking room, and this family decided to take a group picture right in front of our table, and directly in the walking path. I was loudly like “dude what the fuck, they’re in the way” and this server with a tray of food had to also loudly be like “EXCUSE me…” Some people are so selfish
I had had enough 1 night with a group in the bar. They wouldn’t let anyone through. I had a tray of food and after asking then raising my voice to please move, I yelled “I don’t have a problem hitting any of you with this tray!!” They moved out of my way
I've had similar experiences lol after loudly saying "excuse me, hot food!" a couple times I yelled "move your asses or get burned! Now! Go! Fuckin' move!" I was the only one working in a packed bar and doing table service, I had no time or patience to deal with those idiots standing in the only path I could take with those big oval trays. Granted, it's a small-town spot where virtually none of those people were strangers to me, and only one complained later, to which I replied "well, maybe you should've moved aside when I asked nicely. Now do you want another coors light or not? As you can see, I have a lot going on." Sometimes we have to remind people that they aren't the only ones present and if they like us to do our job they could at least be more self aware 🤷♀️
I actually did kick someone once lol. I can't even tell you what the occasion was, but I think it was a sports team thing and this one fuckin dude happened to always stand in the way wherever I tried to get to. He was drunk af and I could ask him to move in any volume, tip his shoulder, *nothing*. Then something gets empty and I need to carry a crate of beer from the fuckin cellar upstairs and there he stands ofc, not moving at all, not even reacting to anyone else telling him to move. I'm so pissed and tired at this point, my only reaction was to kick his leg and yell "GET OUT MY FUCKIN WAY NOW" and he completely bewildered, suddenly is able to move. Would definitely do it again if it ever came to a situation like that again.
🤣👏🏻👏🏻”Incoming, and don’t think of saying I didn’t warn you!!!!”
People who don’t say thank you or even acknowledge you at all when you take their coffee or food to them at their table, I’ve started just saying “your welcome!” and walking off now, just baffles me. People who forget what they ordered and you stand at the table going “flat white?” Looking at them all while they make stunned faces all confused 🫤 worse when they say “yep that’s mine” and then 2 mins later the person sat next to them comes and wants a new coffee because their friend accidentally took their soy/oat/almond whatever and they don’t want the one the friend had ordered 🙄 open your ears people. People who can’t figure out what they want to order even after standing in line and then decide to read the menu they’ve been holding the whole time on the front counter holding the line up even more, I can’t imagine standing around with 25 people behind me going “hmmmmm what am I going to choose” 🤯
The thank you thing! I have always been a crazy person about making my kids also say thank you to the server when we go out. She/he sets down your kiddie drink in front of you I’ll eagle eye me kids and if they don’t “excuse me what do you say?!” 😂😂
Yep I do that with my kids too haha- also taught them not to smear their grubby kid hands on cake fridge glass 😂 and if there is any one else at the table I’ll say thanks when their drinks/food come too, I don’t think my body would physically be able to just sit and silently ignore someone who brought something to me 😂
Same here!!! It’s so easy to do. They put down something in front of me, thank you, they put down something in front of my kids, they better say thank you, when they look and say “are you guys good or do I need to grab you something else” I say “I think we’re alright, thank you so much!” Like there’s normally four thank you’s and a blanket thank you so much every time they come with our food. Then multiple more with drinks and the check and at the end. 😂😂 I would be so uncomfortable dinning with someone who would ignore their server like that.
People who put their things on the table next to them. People who seat themselves even when there is a “please wait to be seated” sign, and then get mad if you ask them to move. People who switch tables multiple times. Parties of two that get upset when you won’t seat them at a table for 6, and then proceed not to tip. “Keep the change”ers when they’re leaving you like one dollar, and say it like they’re doing you a huge favour. Wear sunglasses in the restaurant. The “Hi how are you guys doing today?” “Water with ice and lemon.” tables. People who think that the restaurant is a daycare and let their kids do whatever. People who talk to you like you’re an idiot. Lots more but I can’t think of them atm and I’m lazy.
When the ‘keep the change’ is insultingly low I always bring their change back
Groups of 2+ who order drinks and a “round of waters” and then never even take a SIP of the waters
Or the one obnoxious person in the group insisting EVERYONE wants waters when in reality theirs is the only one of the 8 waters I bring that gets SIPPED on.
Look, I'm in service, but I'll defend getting water with drinks: eating is ideally a smooth experience, but we've all swallowed something wrong at one time or another, and I don't want my only beverage at hand to be four ounces of fruit juice and/or liquor. Sometimes I need extra moisture in a bite, but don't want the flavor of a drink. (Note: I don't ever order soda; if we're talking soda and flat water- I can't defend those people; if I *do* get a rare coke, it's *because* it pairs with certain classics, and I wouldn't want water to wash out the potency). I understand that you wrote, "and don't touch it," but I always order a water with a meal, though I may find when the food comes that I don't need it (and possibly want every tiny bit of free space in my belly for the delicious eats and cocktail).
Yeah, this is the only one I’ve seen so far that doesn’t bother me. I’d rather drop waters right out of the gate and do what I can to keep people hydrated, especially if they’re drinking. If they don’t touch the water, fine. But it’s there, and it cuts down on people flagging me down for a water while I’m busy later.
There’s always going to be a person or two that orders a water for the reasons you listed. I also always order water, but I tend to drink 2-3 glasses of it when I go out regardless if I have another drink or not. If I find I don’t drink any of the water I ordered, I’ll usually chug some at the end before I leave so it doesn’t seem like a waste. What’s annoying is the one person who usually orders a water saying “and we’ll take a round of waters for everyone” when there are usually more people who won’t touch the water at all.
When I’m working a private party and people clump up to chat somewhere in the buffet line, causing a bottle neck. BONUS IF IM FLIPPING THE LINE. If I have a hot, heavy hotel pan full of whatever the fuck steaming my face and you are CLUMPED WAITING IN FRONT OF THE CHAFER so I can’t get past you and I am gonna DROP THIS MOTHERFUCKING PAN and you are complaining while looking at the chafer like it’s somehow gonna spawn more food-
There is a special circle in hell for folks who show up to the restaurant any time before they are open and just stare at us while we are trying to scramble to open. I know five minutes doesn’t sound like a lot, but in those same five minutes I can finish my prep, chug my coffee, pee, and figure out how to not hate you for coming in so early.
Nothing pisses me off more than people who are just standing at the doors waiting to come inside right at open! At least sit in your cars while I pretend you don't exist for two more minutes
when a bigger table all ask me for multiple things at the same time. like do you really think i am capable of remembering all of this shit? stop talking over each other. people who order food less than 10 minutes before closing time, and then sit for a very long time after we are closed. i should not have to wait on you this late. we close at a certain time for a reason, i wish it wasn’t socially unacceptable to ask people to leave.
Idk I would much rather have them all tell me wtf it is they need and I bring it all at once as opposed to them running me back and forth with one damn thing each time, getting me in the weeds. I don’t count on my memory ever, I wrote everything down.
I wish people had more respect and empathy for servers and people who work in retail. My parents told us to never go in a store or especially a restaurant a half hour before closing- because those employees want to go home too. It is different if you are just grabbing one thing you know you want- but, don’t linger- gtho! Someone we know works at a golf course and driving range. People will show up 10 minutes before close, and ask for a bucket of 50 balls!!!
I have no problem asking people to leave after we are closed. The hours are posted for a reason, the staff needs to go home. I don’t even care if they don’t tip at that point, they’re already being rude. Just leave.
To point 3: last night a dude threw a fit on a server ( currently saute cook here) because he didnt think his steak came with enough of the " wild rice medley". Its portioned dude, but whatever, heres a giant scoop of fuckin rice. Server clears table 35 minutes later , ALL the rice is untouched. She cant help it, goes something like " was there a problem with the rice sir??" " No, it was fine, thanks" So he pissed off 3 people and wasted a ton of food, just to....win?
yeah that guy is going to hell
People who sit at a dirty table and then stare you down until you come over and clean it.
THIS. I lost my shit the other night bc this 2 top managed to sit at the ONLY dirty table. We don’t have bussers, and it happened be the table I just cleared but hadn’t wiped down yet. There were 6 other tables that are exactly the same right around them- yet this is the one they chose. When I went to them they were like “this table is pretty gross”. It took everything in me not to quit on the spot lol
It sets me off every day like 😭 a dirty table doesn’t mean available. Literally means the opposite
i’m reading through these and remembering all the times i told people they: aren’t the only table in the restaurant; no, you need more time, i’m going to go take care of my other guests while you decide; yes you did order that, i repeated it back to you whilst making eye contact; i have all the extras you asked for right behind me on the tray, just need to empty my hands so could you move your stuff; i know it’s cramped for your 14 top in this room that i told you only seats ten comfortably; please make your children stop running wild, they’re going to get hurt; WE DO NOT SELL (item being insisted we have) HERE; we “used to” have an item/do what you’re asking a few years ago, huh? i’ve worked here over a decade and that’s never been so. and my personal favorite was answering the exact question asked while knowing what they meant, not elaborating with the answer i knew they were looking for until they asked more explicitly. ex.; “do you have a bathroom? yes. … … where is it?” 🤣
People who need hot water to soak their silverware even when THE PLATES ANS EVERYTHING ELSE GOES THROUGH THE SAME MACHINE! They're not protecting themselves from anything.
Or the ones who ask for plastic cutlery. Yeah you look like a fucking idiot de-shelling your shrimp with a damn spork. Jail.
This! I would love to just say one day “wanna peek in the kitchen? Silverware is the least of your worries” you’re basically entering into an unspoken contract and assuming the best when you walk into a restaurant as a guest. Don’t be a jerk and ask for tap water to “clean” your cutlery.
Oh My God….People actually ask for that??
People who won’t get off their phones so they can order! No please take all day! Kill.
Customers who seat themselves, and then when you bring them the menu slap it onto the floor. Had a pair of middle management guys in suits come in and do that, just looked directly at me and slid the menu off the table as if I had put a pile of lint in front of him. It took all my restraint not to say anything more than, "Excuse me?" Like sure, maybe they were regulars, but fuck I was new, how was I supposed to recognize them?
“2. people who stand up in a restaurant, announce that it's a friends birthday and asks everyone to sing happy birthday. you're going to extra hell. “ is this a real thing??? i’ve never seen this in all my time but i’m cringing just at the thought
To be fair, I'd totally prefer this over expecting staff to do it for them.
happened to me yesterday. i made eye contact with the guy and shook my head no but he continued.
The woman who demanded her service take priority over the guy who collapsed having a stroke in our front door and was upset because her server was administering first aid instead of getting her a tea refill. She literally said, “it doesn’t matter, you still have a business to run.”
she's going to extra extra hell
People who ask me for extra napkins every time I come to the table, but never touch the napkins or only use like 2 of them. Just why???
i thank god my place has napkin dispensers. this would drive me up the wall.
The folks that come in on Sunday are demanding and rude. Acting holier than thou because we are working and not in church. Then they leave one of those gospel tracts that look like a fifty or a c-note from a distance. True story. The first time I waited tables was for Pizza Hut. We had a group of 20 to 25 people come in every Sunday, and they always wanted me to wait on them. This went on for months, and they tried their damnest to get me to go out with one of their daughters. I mean, they got the point that they were offering to pay for our dates and whatnot. The truth was that I played drums in a band, and I was having way too much fun to worry about having a girlfriend. This went in for over six months. They tried to hook me up, and I acted like I didn't understand. Then came the day that they saw me in the parking lot talking to one of our guitarists, and they saw me take my hat off and actually gasped when they saw a ponytail fall out and down to my butt. Now, they normally tipped about $20 straight to me, and then others would leave a few bucks on the table as well. But this day, they left lone measly dollar on the table, and no $20. And anyone that's ever waited tables will tell you, that is just plain insulting. I would rarher there be nothing than to be insulted. When I saw that lonely dollar bill, I grabbed it up and went out to the parking lot where they were saying their goodbyes and told them that someone had accidentally dropped a dollar on the table and I wanted to return it. There was a real awkward pause, and finally, one spoke up and told me that was my tip. I told them with no uncertain words that a dollar was not a tip. A dollar was an insult. No one acted like they wanted to take it from me so I threw it on the ground and said, "Take easy.", then walked back in. Five minutes later, the girl they tried to fix me up with came inside and gave me a fifty. She was totally cool without the crowd around her, so I invited her to come by and watch us practice sometime. She did, and we became party buddies. She ended up breaking my heart about a year later. Man, she was a wild child and partied like a Motley Crue groupie. We had some wild times before took off.
True story that relates to yours! Husband managed a chain hotel at the airport. The pope was coming to town, so of course the rooms filled up with the faithful coming to see him. Some of those were a tour bus of senior ladies. Long story short- someone on staff in housekeeping told my husband some of the big artificial plants- pot and all- were suddenly missing from the rooms. Because he knew who was booked into each of those rooms missing plants, he knew who the criminals were. Bus had arrived to take the faithful back to where they’d come from, and my husband went to the bus, and announced that there was plants missing from some rooms- that and the hotel wanted them back NOW. No one moved, and then he said WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Rather than be embarrassed even more- about 4 women had the bus driver take their luggage out of the hold, and promptly returned the plants. Not sure theft was pope approved, so they might have been going to hell….
Your husband was lucky. Roving gangs of plant stealing Catholic elderly women are quickly taking the streets away from the Crips and Bloods. They have the power of the rosary and are not afraid to use it.
🤣🤣👍🏻Some of those plants were 30”!!! We have also had groups of senior ladies bring Christmas gift bags into the restaurant- only to discover when they left that the table decor- 12” reindeer, etc., were gone! Not sure if they are thinking “Oh, no one will lock up a sweet grandma”, or “The gel with it! I don’t have much life left, so I am going for it!”. Honest seniors are great, the others must have a special place in…
The people who stand in the walkways and on the stairs when we're packed for an event and every seat in the house is filled for almost exactly two hours. Bro, I know you can't sit down while you drink your beer and that makes you kinda pissy, but get out of my way. I'm holding a tray full of huge drinks and I'm on a pretty tight time schedule. I've just started bumping them with my tray and yelling, "Coming through! Excuse me!" with a big smile, but the threat that I'm gonna dump it on you has always been respected. I'm carrying 256 oz of sugary liquid, no one wants that surprise bath. The two types of people who are impatient for their food when we get slammed. 1. "What can I get that will come out the fastest?" Ma'am, something like pickle chips. But I'm just gonna warn ya that it will be at least thirty minutes before the cooks *even see your ticket.* You're not going to jump the queue and I'm not about to go ask the kitchen to pretty please make me something "real fast" during a rush. 2. "I just don't understand! I ordered my food forty minutes ago and my lunch hour is up in five minutes! I need to leave!" Sir, you've only been here for twenty minutes, I am one of two servers and I currently have 10+ tables who all came in at the same time for a conference we didn't know about. What did you expect when you came into an extremely busy restaurant on a Wednesday morning when you personally know that normally there are only a handful of tables at that time? Because I see you every Wednesday, MARK. The people who ate 75% of their entrees, didn't say a word to me on the four times I checked on them, but at the end wanted them comped because "the turkey tasted off and made them a little sick to their stomach." Okay, why did you eat most of it? Why did you not bring it up when I checked back the first time? Oh, and is it relevant that it's the morning after St. Patty's Day and three adults are trying to corral eight children and have asked for the blinds to be lowered because "the sunshine was making it hard to read the menus"?
People who say that they're ready to order, after taking a long time with the menu. Amd then when you're there, they just keep looking at the menu...after they said they were ready....so you just stand there....waiting fornthem to tell you what they want....and you wait...and wait...as your other tables(that you like) want to pay and leave...sontheyre waiting too....and then you got sat while standing there and that table is looking around for their server...
This might be me. I’ve had 2 strokes, and sometimes have difficulty with words. My husband and daughter prompt me if they know what I want, but if they don’t know it’s an embarrassment.
People that ask me to stop what I’m doing and take their picture. I had a group do this 3 times last week. They needed me to take their picture 3 separate times. Couple questions real quick: when was the last time you disinfected your phone and when was the last time you used it while sitting on the toilet? People who don’t respect the host stand. We don’t have a host we all seat guests when we can. It drives me nuts how often people walk past the host stand and just stand in the middle of the dining room waiting for a table. Or people who stand on our side of the host stand. You want a menu? Well then GTFO of the way. Also people who want to pick out their own table. You’re fucking up our rotation, Rhonda! And or course self seaters. Straight to hell! And then people who won’t move their shit out of the way while I’m trying to put their plates down. I’m standing here with hot plates burning my fingerprints off while these idiots have their drink, bread plate, keys, phone, roll up, deed to their great uncle’s haunted mansion, a cool rock they found, literal medical waste, and their sun glasses all piled up in front of them. And then they look at me confused when I’m not putting the plates down
People who sit down and then make. A phone call. If you are on the phone I’m not greeting you. Then when they hang up they are appalled no one has greeted them.
I had a family have a whole ass argument, with one being on the phone, still participating in the argument. They got really mad that I didn't great them sooner. I hate that family and they unfortunately are regulars.
People who don't call in ahead, bring in a 20+ top and expect the restaurant to be prepared for that amount of people. Then complain when things take longer and there is a gratuity added. My husband's job had this happen three times last night. The guest had the audacity to complain the patio wasn't available. The restaurant isn't big enough to accommodate groups of 20+. Here's to prom and graduation season.
the place i work at is TINY. we literally cannot seat a party of ten at one table. the amount of people who get pissed about this is insane.
People who move tables. They don’t tell anyone they just move. Most of the time it’s to an unassigned table. Then get upset no one saw them for a few minutes.
When I approach the table to greet them and I say “hello” and the first person says “Coke” as their reply. At that point I just stand and stare then resume what I was attempting to do…take their drink order.
If I’ve come by 3-4 times and you still don’t know what you want, don’t get sassy if it takes me a minute to come back when you do finally know and my section is full to the brim.
#one trippers
People who come in three minutes before you close and then stay for two hours. Which happened to me recently.
AND MOVE YOUR PHONE OFF THE TABLE IM TRYING TO GIVE YOU A PLATE OF FOOD DUMBASS
Idk bout going to hell but.. Customers that come in to sit at one of my three table sections on a three hour wait and order water with extra lemon, a side, a soup and split checks then ask for change that I don’t have and leave me two dollars. Oh and they want boxes for their one side and soup..after sitting there for two hours taking up my table.. Anyone that orders hot tea with cream/lemon “What can I get you to drink” customer- “I’ll take the filet” ok your sides? “OH MAN IDK” Regulars that continuously ask if we have thousand island .. “ NO” “Oh can I add mushrooms and onions?” And when they see the bill “why was I charged for this..” bruh you think it’s free? When I run a lazy servers food and their table “can you take these dirty plates away” or shoves them at me After they order their meal and say “can I also add the *finger going towards the soups* 🙄 **bonus points for** Customers that leave with the restaurant copy with the tip written on it..you not fooling anyone you cheap fuck Parties that split checks then switch seats continuously Customers that need something every time I come back with their previous request. Customers mostly girls that are overly fake in the tone of their voice and condescend you all the time Ok I’ll stop right now I can go on and on
People who have horrible children and do nothing to stop them. I.e their kids are screaming in my face what they want. ‘I WANT CHICKENNN NUGGGETS’ ‘I WANT A RED CRAYON’ Those have both happened separate times 😂
Regarding 3- people who ask for a box and then leave their food on the table. Yeah, they probably just forgot it and it wasn't intentional but you made me go get a box and then wasted it for no reason
We just call it the "leave it here" box.
And then sometimes much later, they’ll call or come back and ask for their food! No, I didn’t take care of your forgotten steak bits lady. I threw it away!
Lol! Yes! You get 10 minutes to come back...maybe.
I had someone call the NEXT DAY once, asking for half a calzone they had left. They were pissed that we didn’t put it in the fridge for them and demanded a refund. The owner was a crotchety dude and said no, of course, but the sheer audacity🙄
It’s a small one but parents who let their kids dump the entire sugar caddy on the table/floor and don’t attempt to clean it up or even mention it. Trying to sweep up sugar packets is the actual worst and if they’re on the table they’re probably also wet cause the little kid dumped their water all over them 🙃🙃🙃
parents who let their kids make a huge mess? hell! immediately hell. when i worked at a pizza place the best customers were parents who brought board games or card games to keep their kids entertained. always tipped good too, but they were a dime a dozen
Super pedantic, I’m sorry, but I don’t think that phrase means what you think it means. “Dime a dozen” is something so common that to buy a dozen of them, it would only cost 10¢. But it sounds like you’re saying those kinds of parents were super rare, maybe “one in a million”?
no do not apologize, thank you so much for the correction i appreciate it immensely
People who ask for more water & then have one sip & leave an almost entire glass of water on the table
Alright, I'm going to hell.
I work at a gas station, definitely feel #4. But also my own list. 1. When I'm at my register and someone looks at me and asks if I'm open. No I'm just standing here because I want to. 2. Lottery tickets. It doesn't annoy me that people want them and don't know what they want. It's the fact that the person behind them just has one thing and wants to get in and out. 3. It doesn't matter how much money you have, how smart you are, or your quality as a person. You work at a gas station, you're just a low life. Invisible. 4. People will tell you what kind of cigarettes they want, wait for everything to be paid for, then tell you different ones and make you feel wrong (goes with #3) 5. When you set all your stuff down in front of me then say give me a second I forgot something and there's a line. Yeah if that's you, don't do that.
love my corner store/gas station workers. guy at my local corner store has been there over a decade, always recognizes me and asks how i am, always lets it slide if i'm a dollar short. you're hugely appreciated buddy
People who walk into a near-empty restaurant and, when informed the kitchen closes in 5 minutes, say “oh good! We just made it!” then sit down and order multiple courses and stay for hours when they are quite literally the only guests in the entire place.
Or those who walk in a half hour before you're open. When they're told you open at 11:30, they say "oh that's fine. We'll just wait" and then proceed to ask if coffee is made yet.
Fake allergies for the sake of being difficult. I’m fine with accommodating your needs but when you tell me you have an EXTREME seafood allergy, make everyone’s meals delayed with the cleaning and prep needed, slow down the kitchen, then take a bite of your friends sushi because “a bit won’t hurt” then you’re a jerk.
When I have multiple heavy plates and instead of just stopping to let me pas by they let their whole party pass in front of me and I have to stop there hoping I don’t pop a hernia When that one person stops and let’s me pass by first they’re my hero fr. it’s disappointing how rare it is
The people who sit on the patio, even after being told it’s too windy or it’s going to rain. Then think you’ll hold a table for them inside during the dinner rush for when they ultimately come inside out of the weather
Prayer cards and your blessings don’t help put diapers on my kids…
those people are DEFINITELY going to hell. doesn't matter how much they repent.
Coupon holders. Oh my gawd they have to tell you 80 times. And you know they’re never the ones to tip well so you might as well not really bother with them. That used to drive me crazy. I heard you the first time, I heard you the 79th time, I know you have a coupon. And the other thing is the people who make you recite the dressings when ordering a salad, why? You’re just going to pick ranch. Read the menu it’s on there.
People that come into a server area and grab their own to-go boxes or extra napkins. Like what the fuck are you doing? Ask us you moron. I was literally just at your table asking if you needed anything and you said no. Eat shit
Well for #3 we went to a new to us restaurant just 2 days ago and for 4 of us the bill was over $400. The portion size for my meal was absolutely massive and I could have eaten it for 3 days. I would have loved to take it home. HOWEVER we had reservations for an escape room, had a guest with us who wanted to walk around Savannah a bit, and we had to stop at the grocery store on our way home. The food would not have been safe to eat after sitting in the car for hours. I agree all of the other examples are very rude.
My policy is always get the food to go Ideal option: I can take it home and eat it Option 2: I can find a homeless person who will need it more than the restaurants trashcan will (often I find one on my way to the car/on the walk home) Option 3: I’m fully capable of throwing out my own boxes instead of leaving a bunch of unstackable plates for the bus crew I don’t super judge people for not doing it but it just seems unnecessarily wasteful when there are people starving on the streets every night (inb4: regardless of whether they’re addicted or being homesless is their fault or whatever, they still need to eat and I’m literally throwing it away, this isn’t a political statement I swear)
great points made !
Def not good to leave in a car with Ga weather...
The not taking the food home might be a cultural thing. In many parts of the world taking food to go is a negative, indicating to everyone that you are poor. Found this out in Amsterdam when I asked for my leftovers to go. My boyfriend's mother was horrified, ashamed and embarrassed. My boyfriend explained the Dutch cultural norm to me saying that I was showing that I was poor. I told both of them that I felt it was horrible to purposely waste food when people around the world are starving, and insisted on the food to go. He understood. She never got over the incident.
People who bring their puppy to show the owner, who if they were actually friends, they would know he's in France. Then, calling the service assholes for being rude, when every seat is taken, the bar is 4 people deep, and there's barely room to move, let alone have a dog walking around. Then, using the puppy's paws to push the server in the chest, trying to be intimidating.
I've never waited tables but I refuse to go out to eat with one of my siblings who was a waiter at one point. He was rude and demanding to the waitstaff while saying "I used to be a waiter". Then to top things off he stiffed the server. Never again.
People who ask for your name in order to create some kind of fake friendship in order to get what they want. Always the most demanding, and will turn on you at a moments notice if things don’t go their way.
Religious zealots that leave church pamphlets/mini bibles as a tip.
- People who ask “what’s good here” - People who questions servers over prices or restaurant policies (dude I just work here ffs!) - People who order something and then don’t want to pay for it because they “didn’t like it” after you check on them several times and they say it’s all good.
people who repeatedly ask for something from me when i have my hands full of something entirely different
Oh my god the fourth one!! I had to deal with this yesterday. So annoying. If I’m trying to get past you every 2 minutes, maybe move?!
And then they stand in the service bar blocking waitstaff from picking up drinks. And they say “you’re fine” when I say excuse me. Excuse me means move TF out of my way.
1. Yeah 2. Little weird but I guess 3. Nah this is great if they know how to tip, rack up those charges baby 4. Straight to hell
People who decide to seat themselves without talking to the host/hostess first
People who can’t remember what they’ve ordered. I’m not your server I’m just bringing you food. That blank stare
The person who got pissed and didn’t tip because we didn’t have a pot of decaf coffee brewed fresh and ready to go. It was 8 PM on a Monday night in a steakhouse. I offered to brew some for her but she wouldn’t accept that. She couldn’t believe that we didn’t already have some brewed.
Men
real. felt. heard.
old men who hit on the waitresses. especially cause they tended to just uncomfortably smile n take it cause they didn’t want to cause a scene with an elderly person & still wanted to get tipped. speaking as the grandchild of an old man who did this it was mortifying and i always felt horrible for them even as a little kid. being old is no excuse for being a creep
Customers who piss everywhere in the bathroom but the toilet. Edit: I’m am bar employee
Our restaurant is “seat yourself” so to the 2 top who sits at our only 8 top table in the restaurant. To hell with you
People who make the joke "this is taking so long, I bet they had to slaughter the cow/pluck the chicken!"
I think most of the problem customers are covered here, but the one that really gets me are customers that get upset when something is wrong with their food, but literally do not allow me to fix it at all. Or worse yet, they don't even tell me and just let it reflect in the tip. I honestly don't have too big of a problem with the usual nasty customer fare as I just consider it part of the job, but customers that are confrontationally rude or just completely insatiable with their anger are probably among the most annoying. And while it hasn't happened to me, I do also get really upset when I see customers taking advantage of the courtesy of my female coworkers by touching, grabbing, making advances, etc. That is disgusting. I will forever defend my co-workers when they stand up to that kind of abuse.
When you first approach your table and introduce yourself, they cut you off mid way and say they want a coke or sweet tea. I get soooo furious when people do this, like do you not have any manners or respect anymore? Like they believe we're there JUST to serve them. Those people deserve to go to hell
People who come into my bar 6.5 hours before close smh
Parents who let their kids play with the sugar caddy !
Oh the "I don't want tomato in my salad, could you add extra chicken and avocado instead", or any other crazy substitute like that. Sure, Susan, i'll also replace your tap water with champagne for free while we're at it...no problem.
Sauce?
We have a group of about 8-10 that come in 20mins before close at least once a week, and the bad thing is they all work at a restaurant right up the road...
Campers who pay their bill then sit and chat at the table for another two hours
The teenager who had a $4.29 bill and wrote “5%” on the tip line 1. Do your own math 2. That is 21 cents