Many people don’t feel like asking for some more breadsticks or extra sauce no matter how much they’d love that when dining out because for some reason, that doesn’t feel nice.
But others, however, do not just expect to be served extra things like kings and queens of the restaurant empire, but think they can get away without spending a dime.
Welcome to Choosing Beggars: the restaurant edition where customers are so entitled you can see the fumes going through the roof. Where free meals, one-star reviews, and requests to speak to the manager happen daily.
Below we wrapped up the most blood-boiling cases of customers thinking it’s them who should get paid for eating there.
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Local BBQ Place With Free Beer Calls Out Specific Yelper For Being A CB. Love The Food And The Attitude At This Place
CB Yelper Is Mad Because Restaurant Didn't Give Them Free Meal In Exchange For Potential IG Exposure
Choosing Beggar Angry About Being Kicked Out Of Cafe With Free WiFi For Bringing In Food From A Different Restaurant
In recent years, an increasing number of customers have been behaving in a way that restaurant staff are calling “entitled.” These customers may demand special treatment, expect free food, or even become aggressive when their requests are not met. This is a growing problem that is leaving many restaurant owners and workers feeling frustrated and discouraged.
One of the main complaints is that entitled customers are expecting more than what is offered by the restaurant. They may demand more food than what is on the menu, or ask to have certain items prepared differently than specified on the menu. This can be especially difficult for smaller restaurants who may not be able to accommodate these requests.
A Restaurant Review I Stumbled On. The Customer Is So Many Kinds Of Wrong
In matter of taste! Like in fashion! Stop being so entitled you trash buckets! 🤣🤌
Cb Leaves One Star Review After Getting Free Replacement Pizza But No Salad
This Japanese Restaurant Will Never Forgive CB’s
In some cases, customers may also become verbally abusive or aggressive when their requests are not met. Restaurant staff are often left feeling powerless and frustrated when dealing with these customers, who may not consider the impact of their actions on the business or the employees.
One way restaurants are dealing with the problem is by introducing policies to ensure customer satisfaction. Many restaurants now have strict policies for customer service and expectations for their staff, such as addressing customer complaints in a timely manner and providing a pleasant dining experience.
Some restaurants have also implemented technology solutions to help manage customer expectations. These include automated ordering systems and customer feedback surveys.
Local Restaurant Stays Open Late To Serve Great Food To Customer After Hours, Has Audacity To Be Out Of Fries, Receives One-Star Review
The audacity of them to be out of fries after closure time! 😤 just say, we are closed, here are a complementary ketchup pack... the, costumer always right need to stop!
Life Of A Food Delivery Drivery. "Can You Hurry" 5 Minutes After Initial Text
Thai Place Doesn't Tolerate Your Poor Decisions
But experts say that the issue of entitlement is not something to be solved by businesses, but it comes down to a bigger issue– the popular adage "The customer is always right," which is the quintessential point in American hospitality.
According to Lauren Friel, the owner of Rebel Rebel in Somerville, MA, "It was definitely something that was hammered into me when I first started in this industry." She was told “that not only is the customer always right, but we want to awe and delight them. The idea is that we will bend over backwards for the guest."
63 Sandwiches In 1 1/2 Hours!?! How Dare They!
I'd like to see the reviewer try to make a sandwich in under a minute, then do it 62 more times
Schools Closed For 2 Weeks, Local Pizza Shop Offers Free Food For Kids
Good catch, BP censors. Upvote for not getting cencored, Undercover
Load More Replies...In a situation like this, what's needed is more people helping out, not berating those are already being generous.
I saw this sort of thing a few times when the pandemic hit. People getting irate because a business was not trying to feed everyone under the sun for free.its insanity. Take the kindness.
It's a salad from a pizza joint/Italian restaurant... There is almost no chance that option is vegan. It will have about six halves of hardboiled egg on it, ham cubes, and chunks of feta sprinkled everywhere.
Load More Replies...Ah yes, when doing something charitable, don't forget that you have to help every single person. Running an animal rescue? You'd better save every single homeless animal or what's the point? 🙄
This business owner is not responsible for the world. He is more than allowed to help where he can. As usual, a whiner that wants to bring someone down who’s trying to do a good thing.
What about volunteering to make all those free pizzas in their kitchen in exchange for a slice?
What a dork. If this is in America (of course it is), Medicare supplements have been running food programs for seniors for some time.
It's bad when there is a competition for free food. And the response to help is angry - there must be very hungry people who don't know who they can turn to.
If this had been phrased politely and sent privately, the restaurant making the offer might have given the suggestion some serious thought.
Complaining About Free Food Provided In A Homeless Shelter
Meanwhile, Khushbu Shah, the Restaurant Editor at Food & Wine, argues that “the precise origin of the phrase ‘The customer is always right’ is not known, but its popularization is most commonly attributed to three men: Harry Gordon Selfridge, John Wanamaker, and Marshall Field, all of whom founded popular department stores around the turn of the 20th century.”
Woman Enters A Draw For Free Food, Gives A Sob Story, Doesn't Win The Draw And Then Writes A Fake Review To Damage The Reputation Of The Restaurant
Haute Couture Fashion Designer Wants To Skip The Line At A Restaurant
I Offered This Lady A Free Tray Over One Year Ago. She Declined At The Time Saying That It Wasn’t Enough Food To Be Worth Her Time. Guess Who Is Back Demanding?
The restaurant editor explains: “At the time, ‘caveat emptor,’ which translates to ‘buyer beware,’ was the more common attitude. It placed the onus on the customer to make sure everything was correct—and placed zero responsibility on the company to do right by the customer. The gradual rise of the phrase ‘the customer is always right,’ however, shifted the power balance away from the company and toward the customer.”
According to Shah, this “notion was solidified in the American restaurant space in the mid-1990s, in part due to the release of restaurateur Danny Meyer's industry-shifting book, Setting the Table. Meyer advocates for building a culture of ‘yes’ in the book which quickly spread throughout the industry.”
Review Shared By Restaurant Owner In Our Local Group
I’m a regular customer at my local supermarket too and have spent thousands! Can you imagine being charged for theft when taking a free cake that I thought I deserved? No. It doesn’t work like that. Or demanding a free power day from your provider? Please……
OP Goes To Fine Dining Restaurant, Eats The Food And Then Refuses To Pay
Korean Restaurant Near Me Has Had Its Fair Share Of Choosing Beggars
Struggling Restaurants Should Give Out Free Things As A Reward For People Who Order Food
New research: PhDs rate their knowledge of their subject a 2 out of 10, "just scratching the surface". Dunning-Krugers rate their knowledge of that subject 200 out of 10.
Military Spouse Demanding To Have Her Next Meal For Free
"We serve our asses off way more than anyone", she says, the wife of a soldier, going out for $12 chardonnays on a Thursday night, January second. Yeah, sure sounds like she has a lot on her plate. Her, not the waiter who was working on their feet presumably that whole evening to serve her.
Man Wants To Ban Vegan Options In Restaurants Until Vegan Restaurants Cater To Him
I'm Nice Enough To Not Ask For Your Money. Just Give Me Free Food And Drinks For Two
Local Burger Restaurant Offers Free Meals This Weekend... But There’s Always One
Give Me Free Food And Money For Some Exposure
Honestly, there should be an especially loathsome level in Hell for bloggers, influencers, TikTok’ers and instagrammers who pull this entitled c**p! 😖
How Dare This Privately Owned Local Restaurant Force This Man To Pay For His Entire Birthday Meal.. In Full! They Probably Didn't Sing To Him Either! Unacceptable
Restaurants Have Been Forced Closed In The Tri-State Area And This Cb Wants Them To Lose More Money By Giving A Discount
CB Goes To Restaurant Expecting Free Food, Shocked When He’s Charged
Someone Ordered And Paid For A Medium Pizza At Our Work And Asked Us To Make It A Large In The Notes
Local Restaurant Offers 50% Discount To Coast Guard Who Are Going Without Pay. Not Good Enough For One Lady
Nurse Is Upset She Can't Get A Discount On Her Yummy Comfort Food From Small Restaurant
Choosing Beggars Don't Understand How Restaurants Work
How Dare You Not Give Me A Complimentary Lava Cake!
Cb Left An Unfavorable Review At A Local Steakhouse Because They Did Not Get Something For Free…
We got engaged at a car dealership and they didn't even give us a free car!
This Lady Leaving Reviews Based On Whether Or Not The Restaurant Let Her Store Her Breast Milk In Their Fridges
In most US states that is a health violation. Ice to top off your cooler, yeah.
I Don't Recommend This Restaurant Because They Gave Me A Drink I Ordered!
So she ordered a new drink without reading the ingredients on the menu?
Hometown Is Nothing But Cbs
Local (high end) restaurant owner rented a defunct roadside ice cream stand to sell $5 burgers and sandwiches during the pandemic. People are mad that the $5 burger is smaller than the $18 burger the high end restaurant sells.
Because the details are at the end I assumed they were complaining about a restaurant, not an outdoor food stand. Of course he’s only going to work the busier hours, not until 10pm just to get a couple more orders. And by 8.05pm he’ll have turned the fryers off and started cleaning up.
This Guy Wanted A Free Meal Because His Brother Has A Cold
When People Do Things Like This
Wrap Up My Leftovers And My Shopping
She Didn't Call In Advance To Check Uncommon Allergy Could Be Catered For And Then Refused To Pay For Drinks (It's A Bar/Restaurant).. Which They Finished... With A 50% Discount
A Favorite Restaurant Of Mine Had This Lady On Their Reviews Page, Most Other Review Are High Four And Five Stars
Oh, they were “just coming from church”. Suddenly it all makes sense.
Maybe the meth and cocaine in the sewer mixes and wanders back into the drinning water. Else i couldn't explain these people.
Load More Replies...I have seen people on social media convincing their "followers" to write bad reviews for businesses they haven't even been to, just because they (the "influencers") had or thought they had, a bad experience. And people rush to cancel businesses without any knowledge of the circumstances or the truth for that matter. This is why I don't trust online reviews.
That and sometimes a locale just has a problem with a restaurant, for no reason. A few years ago, I moved to a new area, and tried a restaurant. Didn't look it up. The food and service were **amazing**! I went online to rave, and the reviews were around 3. Wtf? I read them and most of them were just nonsense. Personal preferences for less spicy, different beans, wanting larger portions, "inauthentic,' and some with just a rating, no review. Absolutely no idea what happened for so many people to be so sour.
Load More Replies...As a service industry worker, I can't finish this article. Urge to kill...rising!
Since this issue was vaguely mentioned on one of the posts: Having been both vegan, vegetarian, and a meat eater at one point or another and knowing all three types, I must say that whatever eating-lifestyle you practice is your own business. As a result, if you practice one you should not force your ideals on another, including demanding you must be accommodated for your lifestyle. I intend this for everyone because the relationship between these three personal lifestyle choices is just so negative these days.
I wonder how many (if any at all) of these people look back with a sense of shame now about their over-inflated egos and sense of entitlement now that they're jokes on the internet. It'd be nice if it gave at least some of them a bit of a shake back into reality.
There's a lot of BWE - Big Wimpy Energy - here. You know, the "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" character from Popeye? Mocked mercilessly for this in the cartoon, right on down to his NAME? It's gotten so bad, though, that nowadays he'd have to say, "I will gladly Yelp you positively for a hamburger today."
Maybe the meth and cocaine in the sewer mixes and wanders back into the drinning water. Else i couldn't explain these people.
Load More Replies...I have seen people on social media convincing their "followers" to write bad reviews for businesses they haven't even been to, just because they (the "influencers") had or thought they had, a bad experience. And people rush to cancel businesses without any knowledge of the circumstances or the truth for that matter. This is why I don't trust online reviews.
That and sometimes a locale just has a problem with a restaurant, for no reason. A few years ago, I moved to a new area, and tried a restaurant. Didn't look it up. The food and service were **amazing**! I went online to rave, and the reviews were around 3. Wtf? I read them and most of them were just nonsense. Personal preferences for less spicy, different beans, wanting larger portions, "inauthentic,' and some with just a rating, no review. Absolutely no idea what happened for so many people to be so sour.
Load More Replies...As a service industry worker, I can't finish this article. Urge to kill...rising!
Since this issue was vaguely mentioned on one of the posts: Having been both vegan, vegetarian, and a meat eater at one point or another and knowing all three types, I must say that whatever eating-lifestyle you practice is your own business. As a result, if you practice one you should not force your ideals on another, including demanding you must be accommodated for your lifestyle. I intend this for everyone because the relationship between these three personal lifestyle choices is just so negative these days.
I wonder how many (if any at all) of these people look back with a sense of shame now about their over-inflated egos and sense of entitlement now that they're jokes on the internet. It'd be nice if it gave at least some of them a bit of a shake back into reality.
There's a lot of BWE - Big Wimpy Energy - here. You know, the "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" character from Popeye? Mocked mercilessly for this in the cartoon, right on down to his NAME? It's gotten so bad, though, that nowadays he'd have to say, "I will gladly Yelp you positively for a hamburger today."