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To work as a waiter, besides all the rewarding experiences, might be draining and challenging at times. Dealing with difficult customers, carrying heavy trays of food and drinks, standing for long periods of time, small tips, etc. Those are just a few disadvantages that come with the job, not to mention all the little quirks every restaurant or diner faces from time to time. And this Instagram account “server_life” covers it all. Together with Twitter “@TipOrGoHome”, the page shares all the funny (or not so funny) incidents at an eating or drinking place that servers have to deal with.
"You work in the industry and feel as if nobody understands you? Well, we do,” write the moderators of “Server_Life”. Scroll down for some tearfully funny backstage moments of a waiter's life. Do any of the memes or posts feel painfully relatable to you? Let us know in the comments! For more similar content, check out our article covering servers talking and venting about their work here!
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I read the Satanic Bible out of curiosity, and in the foreword LaVey talks about how in his youth he played the piano for his local church and became fascinated by how the congregation would show up, pray and sing and make big show of piety in general, only to go straight back to doing all the bad things they always did the moment they left the premises.
Tinkerbest 2 years ago
Satanic bible followers are definitely more humane
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Jodie daubenmire 2 years ago
All Karen's it seems wear their Live, laugh Love, whatever gear. As they are verbally taking a 16 year old apart because she wanted crushed ice, not cubed.
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Mark Melton 2 years ago
Not all Christians are a******s, some actual try to live as Jesus wants us to. Politics has been the death of Christianity.
WhydoIneedaname 2 years ago
It really worries me how quickly anti-hate people hate on religion. There are a lot of religious a******s, AND there are a lot of religious people who are good humans as well. My grandmother is a minister who is accepting of everyone, loving, and has devoted her entire life to making sure people have a community where they feel loved. My Christian roommate was the one who helped me get into therapy when I was in a rough place. I myself am Jewish. It's not the f*****g religion that makes people monsters.
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Tinkerbest 2 years ago
Very true. Was a server 20 years ago and this was true. Sad it is still the same
Fluffy mommy panda 2 years ago
Sadly this true. Some of worst and rudest people come out on Sundays.......
Scout Finch 2 years ago
This. Worked many years in the restaurant industry. Did ya'll forget where you've been for the past few hours? Oh, a bench warmer. I get it.
MygrandsonscallmeNia 2 years ago
At least, here's someone that didn't blame being this way on those who go to church. Lots of people go out to eat at that time on Sunday. I used to be a waitress, and Sunday was usually family outing day.
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#2
Rod 2 years ago
If you don't understand it's normal (unless you speak French).
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Alecto76 2 years ago
My friend finally quit her toxic job. I took her out to dinner to celebrate. While making the reservation, I was asked about the occasion. I said " my friend finally quit her s****y job." So at dinner she got a slice of cake, a card and the waitress congratulating her on "quitting her s****y job " it was great. The waitress told us there was a fight for the table to be able to deliver the message.
#3
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Hey, it's Babish! I've been watching Bingeing With Babish for years. :D
Alicia M 2 years ago
I had so many people leave their phone numbers in a note. I'm just here to work. Not a hook up. I cannot express strongly enough how often this happened to me. It absolutely ruined most jobs I had. I would dread going in every day. It's a job. Not a meat market. Please don't do this, no matter how much you like your server.
"Server_Life" entered the vast waters of Twitter in 2013 and has 661k followers with its Instagram account combined. Since then, the page has grown to the point where it now has its own The Server Life Podcast on Spotify, talking about stereotypes about servers, celebrities at restaurants, kitchen horror stories, and more! It is truly worth checking out!
#4
Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
The scene in my mind is like Sesame Street's Grover coming back after the turn as Super Grover.
Brandon Parisien 2 years ago
I had a customer get mad my manager wouldn't let him into the store (we were closing), turn to me and ask to speak to the manager. "Ya, you just did."
Persephone 2 years ago
O M G... I literally did this to an anti mask person who would not leave my restaurant or mask up during the mandate; this guy turned red and tried to spit in my face. I guess myself being the only woman threw him off! 🤷♀️ but I Def said "let me grab the manager" and did the foot spin after walking away, then turned and asked "how can I help you, I'm the manager"?
#5
Rizzo 2 years ago
Could be me. My wife prefers to go 'shopping' (which is imo more endless looking rather than real shopping) with some girlfriend(s) but with me (how come?) and I often meet her afterwards in a Café. When I arrive at her table I sometimes say: "Excuse me, but you caught my eye the moment I walked in here." which causes a sudden silence and lots of turning heads. ;)
#6
Bonesko 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah. I really want to try that salad now! 🤤
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JackOfSpades 2 years ago
Even if I wasn't hungry, I'd still go into eat. Clever humor. Gets me every time.
Pandroid Rebellion 2 years ago
I will have the terrible salad, please. Awful dressing on the side. Ta.
Servers are considered to be the face of a restaurant, being the first ones to greet a customer and making sure they have a pleasant experience. They’re also the connecting link between the kitchen and clients, taking orders and relating them to the cooks while ensuring that food and drinks reach every table in an adequate time. It's a challenging and demanding job that requires not only patience and concentration but also interpersonal savvy. Especially when it comes to dealing with difficult customers and challenging situations that can arise due to a broken coffee machine, for example.
Having a place to vent and read about similar experiences might be a good way to let all the steam out. That’s the goal of “Server Life”, a place where all the servers can get all the consolation they rightfully deserve!
#7
LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 2 years ago
So we can save all our anger. And…pshaw..restraint
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Alethia Nyx 2 years ago
I've always said I think there should be an idiot/ashole quota, once you've reached your daily/weekly/monthly quota you don't have to deal with any more for the rest of the period.
Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
Like taking your five, fifteen or your lunch breaks, employees in phone CS should get one screaming break… I like it.
Lieke van Henten 2 years ago
A colleague and I want to set up the national day of the customer service employee. On that day you can say anything to a customer with impunity, for example “yes that was indeed a stupid question” or “no you are not allowed to ask anything” and especially “last week we also closed at 4pm so please go away now “
#8
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
I never cried in the freezer. But then again I had nearly 10 years of experience in customer service at a grocery store before becoming a server so I had already experienced the worst o think. I have stormed out the backdoor threatening to quit though because people are awful. Man I'm so glad I have a desk job with no phone now.
Micah Wright 2 years ago
They will need to build another freezer because I'm going to be in one every five minutes.
#9
TheDag 2 years ago (edited)
Oh man this reads like an "and then everyone else in the restaurant stood up and began to clap" sorta story
RajunCajun 2 years ago
I tried the whats new pussy cat song on the jukebox thing. On the third time playing someone just unplugged it.
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Francine Govan 2 years ago
It would be funny if it was real. But it's obviously fake, making it pathetic and cringy.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Every table is still occupied - now some by a single. You still have nowhere to sit.
Memes are a common type of internet comedy that frequently depict relatable or exaggerated scenarios. Given that so many people have either worked in or eaten at restaurants, waiters and the restaurant industry often appear in these humorous images, videos, or pieces of text widely shared and replicated online.
To learn more about memes in digital culture, we reached out to Bradley E. Wiggins, Ph.D., an Associate Professor and Department Head of Media Communications at Webster Vienna Private University who has published a book, The Discursive Power of Memes in Digital Culture. Scroll down to read the whole interview!
#10
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Had one manager actually attempt to cuss me out in front of a whiny customer once. So I left. Just want that bìtchy customer to know that by day 3 after my walk off that manager was calling me non stop, leaving messages along the lines of, "Please, don't do this to me! You can even have a raise. Please, just come back!" I already had another job. She was later fired by the company for gross incompetence. I still had friends who worked in the store. 😂
The Doom Song 2 years ago
And after we make fun of you to each other we then go home and tell all our partners...
Libstak 2 years ago
Maybe, but customer service in general and servers could also be the real losers if the complaint is justified. There is a customer who may never return and tell alot of people to never go there in this story too, that's missing tips and profit. Of course if the customer is a cumquat forget all that and good for you☺😁.
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
Chances are that the people they tell probably wouldn't be wanted in the store anyway 🤷 so not much loss
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Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Again...facts on facts on facts. And if other employees aren't there that day, best believe they'll know about said customer when they come in next!
Satya Bain 2 years ago
Yes. I've worked in telephone support for over 30 years. If you are a jerk to me, my supervisor and I will talk trash about you. The worse jerk you are, the deeper the trash.
#11
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
the heartbreak is real. just think you will never have the pleasure of serving Karen her frufrulatte again. oh no.
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
Ah yes, the classic "I'm never eating/shopping here again". Dollars to donuts they came back the next day too.
Bernd Herbert 2 years ago
Still, after all these years of BP stories, I can't get over the fact that these people actually exist!
Ginger Ghost 2 years ago
I prefer the cup to go, if u don't have it ur stuck at your table or have to leave a half finished cup
patricia patricia 2 years ago
If the coffee was tasty, what's the problem? Different cup, same contents. You don't eat the cup, don't you?
#12
Denise LeFrancois 2 years ago
I had Covid and pneumonia and my boss said “can you come in, so and so didn’t come in”….actually no…I can’t come in and btw, I quit!
Alicia M 2 years ago
This needs to end. Workers should not be responsible for finding a replacement when they have to call out sick, or for other reasons. You aren't getting paid a manager's salary, don't do the manager's work. If staffing is so short that one person being out screws up everything, that is a management problem.
Memes have become an essential component of online culture. They often go viral and spread quickly across social media platforms. But what makes them so impactful and shareable? According to Bradley E. Wiggins, memes are often bite-sized content, simple to distribute and their inclusion of humor typically guarantees some degree of resonance with the topic presented in the meme. “Now, when memes use a critical topic, such as something about politics, for example, humor may still be present, but one can also begin to see aspects of an ideology at work. Memes that reflect or reject certain ideological aspects become part of the larger online experience and can serve to reinforce one’s preconceived notions about a particular issue.”
#13
CJ the Ghost 2 years ago
The dad shouldn't pressure his daughter into drinking either way though...
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
I was expecting her to say, “ONE of us has to drive your drunk a$$ home!” But 🤰🏼😳
Pheonixvatoreii 2 years ago
I dont get why people make fun of people for not drinking. Stop it! Its a personal choice.
FlatEarf 2 years ago
It's very possible that the dad was just teasing too
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago
When I realized that yes, she was 21, I decided that is kind of a hilarious way to drop the news on the parents.
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nbfresh 2 years ago
Years ago, we once had a food runner who had been serving caesar dressing instead of the chilled potato leek soup.... apparently this went on for an exorbitant amount of tables before someone finally said something about it. i often wonder about all of the people who ate the dressing and if they thought, "hey, this is the best potato leek soup i've EVER had!" because none of them complained!!! oh, and the food runner was called caesar for the duration of his tenure and even when his baby was born a couple of years ago, we called it "baby caesar"
Bryn 2 years ago
People mistaking salad dressing for potato soup seems incredibly fake. Especially many people.
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Terra Raizor 2 years ago
Never had a spinach dip thin enough to mistake for soup.. I'm accounting for thick soups everywhere.
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kfox 2 years ago
I once had a customer ask me to make her vodka martini "with less alcohol"... 😳 I literally just filled the glass halfway. People who don't know they're stupid are soooo STUPID.
Jrog 2 years ago
Martini cocktail comes in different styles, "Churchill" martini being the strongest. You can actually make a vodka martini with less alcohol by just increasing slightly the dry martini content and reducing the vodka, or add a crushed ice cube in the mixing glass or shaker instead of just chilling the glass. That's a very common, simple and legit request.
Load More Replies... Alethia Nyx 2 years ago
I hate making martini's, because people who don't know about martini's love to order "just a martini", and there are so many variables!!
Demosthenes 2 years ago
Ice is not a liquid and the only other ingredient in a martini should be gin.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I bartended while in college at a lounge where the youngest customer was 55, so it was easy - highballs and beer - even I could do that. The problems cropped up when younger people occasionally stopped in and ordered complicated cocktails. I'd ask what's in it, and if they didn't know, they got a beer.
Memes have become a ubiquitous part of online culture, and they are constantly evolving in response to trends and current events. Memes have also become more widely used as a form of communication as a result of the popularity of social media platforms. Bradley E. Wiggins shared that memes are a genre of communication. That means that “the types of communication made possible by memes is limited only by its own form and modality. In other words, as certain meme-like content becomes more dynamic, such as content on TikTok, the user experience is inundated with additional information, the meta-data often accompanying a given post. Another point is that memes truncate, or shorten, complex perspectives into easily consumable chunks of information. This is quite similar to the journalistic practice of using a ‘soundbite’ to capture the essence of a sophisticated or otherwise abstract amount of information, such as policy announcements or new legislation.”
#16
Do_You_Think_I_Give_A_Tortilla 2 years ago
i feel bad for the girl because that must be very uncomfortable for her
Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
Boy, the sad part here is that you can feel like you're a winner while your gf must work under such conditions.
Ronstantin 2 years ago
It's not said how she actually feels. Maybe she can handle it very well and is above it.
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Scott 2 years ago
I once worked at an IHOP as a cook where my girlfriend at the time was a waitress. She had a regular who kept calling her sweety and honey and referring to her as his girlfriend. I would have been upset if she'd flirted back or whatever, but I definitely appreciated his $100 tips on $20 cheques.
lordsyphil 2 years ago
I'm a cook in an open kitchen environment, my gf is a server. I think the same thing every time I see guys hit on her!
lordsyphil 2 years ago
Let me add that she is ok with it too, she knows the flirty ones tip better.
Load More Replies... RajunCajun 2 years ago
before moving out of state my drinking buddy was a hot girl that dated other girls. Anytime someone she did not know got her a drink she would just slide it over to me. And to anyone that does not know, a woman is the best wingman at the bar, she can point out every girl checking you out.
#17
Chris Hooley 2 years ago
Nah, if you're a real quokka, you're bogan, not "ghetto."😁
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
I once took a work call while I was in the car with 2 friends. After I hung up they were both staring at me. They asked "how do you do that adult voice thing so well?". LOL!
devotedtodreams 2 years ago
Everyone can always tell when I switch to my job voice, i.e. if some random person asks for directions or something. My mother even said I should tone it down a bit.
MJ95B 2 years ago
When I was stationed in Germany we had US soldiers from all over Germany come as augmentee guards. I was one of the few females in my Company and it became a game for us on shift for me to start a commo check with a very sexy voice and then time how quickly the guys came to the desk to see the female. What can I say - we often worked 12 hour shifts and had to stay awake somehow!
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
I have developed mine quite nicely between customer service in a grocery store about 10 years and then waitress/ bartender for about 3 years. In my previous position in my office I occasionally had to talk on the phone and my cube neighbors would laugh after I hung up and tell me I should become an actress 😂 my new position doesn't have a phone near me so it's heaven
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I’ve been in customer service for longer than I care to admit and I never developed a customer service voice
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
I also worked call center so i know how to strike the right balance of polite and don't mess with me i know what i am talking about
#18
Tams21 2 years ago
Maybe the restaurant should pay a decent wage instead of making witty signs.
Bryan Kyle 2 years ago
They already have to. The onle reason they don't have to is becsuse people tip. If people stopped tipping, the restaurants would be required to make up the wages. It's already the law.
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Rebelliousslug 2 years ago (edited)
I’m so tired of seeing “the restaurant should just pay a living wage so they don’t need tips” comments. Yes, we get, that’s what should happen. But it has not happened yet and they still rely on tips and writing that in the comment section of some online article isn’t going to change anything!
PandaPops 2 years ago
GoFundMe pages now have a Tip button!!! A bloody tip button!! On a donation?!
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Or how about we start voting for liveable wages and do away with tipping entirely. Just visit Japan sometime. Socialized medical care, no tipping, good times.
Mariko Fujita 2 years ago (edited)
If you've got time from work for fun signs, you've got money to pay your staff. Also guess what? EVERYONE IN ANY BUSINESS DEALING WITH OTHER HUMANS IS JUST BEING POLITE! ... FOR FREE! :/ Pay a proper wage so people can stop feeling like a $12 okay burger plus tax needs another 15-20% slapped on it for delivery and a smile.
Jordan Croff 2 years ago
I like how "employers should pay decent wages" is taken as "don't tip underpaid servers" when nobody said that.
GoGoPDX 2 years ago
I love when people say this, because they obviously dont understand how hard this would actually be. First, You are required to pay an 8% tax on all your sales. This is a federal law. So, even you were being paid tag he legal wage everyone else, you will still get taxed for your sales and lose a lit of money. It is also state law how much they pay servers. So, stop tipping all you want to try to "make" the employer pay decent wages, but it won't change a thing. You would have to work very hard for years campaigning for change on a local, state, and federal level.
Tinkerbest 2 years ago
C**p YES. I'm an introvert that is vegetarian and didn't drink yet when I was a server in Canada I was every tables best friend that could dramatically describe the texture and taste of our tartar or blue rare steak (house speciality) and the perfect wine pairing. I never lied! Always based on information. I wanted my $200 tip per shift
Some people argue that memes are trivial and frequently spread false information that can be harmful. Bradley E. Wiggins claims that memes are both trivial and sublime, silly and profound. “As to the perpetuation of negative stereotypes, the form a meme takes is going to impose limits on what can be included in the message alongside some reasonable expectation for a laugh. It may be better to view this criticism as positioned about the topic and not the form; the topic can change, the form of the memes can also change, but is largely limited to image, video and GIFs.”
#19
Michael Largey 2 years ago
They stay rich by owning establishments that don't pay a living wage not by how much they tip.
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Reminds me of the Scrooge McDuck comic where Scrooge is getting a checkup at the free clinic and the doctor says "if you're the richest duck in the world why do you come to the free clinic?" Scrooge answers "So I can STAY the richest duck in the world!"
Alicia M 2 years ago
This is true across the board. My friend sometimes delivers for Doordash, and he says the trailer parks and economy apartments tip the best. The rich people in mansions are cheapskates.
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
I only ever had ONE exception to this rule. I was delivering an entire box of tennis balls to this mansion across town. I pull up and I shìt you not, he had at least 20 border collies in the yard. So, naturally I'm petting these good bois because, obviously (after setting the box at the door with the maid) and the owner came out and handed me a $100 bill. I was shocked. Guess he liked that his dogs liked me. 😂
Load More Replies... Demosthenes 2 years ago
I once waited on the owner of an NBA basketball team and his wife. They complained about everything, the wife asked for a children’s coloring book and proceeded to complete the coloring and corrected some spelling on the pages. $.68 tip on $60 food. I don’t know if they got or stayed rich from tipping practices, but being an AH is definitely in the equation.
Doug the Special one 2 years ago
As a Brit who has been to america a whole twice I still don't understand the whole tipping thing. Just pay the workers properly.
A Bobcat From Philly 2 years ago (edited)
This just happened to one of our girls. Party of 8, orders like $800 US in food (steaks and lobster tails etc.) and tons of drinks on one of those black cards (corporate, BTW) and leaves a $10 tip. Yet someone who comes in and has a chicken parm and spends $40 to $50 winds up leaving a $15 to $29 tip. Go figure.
Jessica J. 2 years ago
Because the one's who actually work know how hard it is, and appreciate other people who actually work.
Allan Hart 2 years ago
Wish I had a platinum black card. If I ever do please be aware it probably isnt mine 😉
#20
Deborah B 2 years ago
Can we please come up with an alternative that doesn't kill turtles, fall apart in my drink, or feel like it's going to break teeth? It's not that I hate turtles, I just hate paper straws as well.
Marcellus II 2 years ago
Nothing to do with turtles. They die from eating transparent bags mistaken for their favorite food (jellyfish). Largest amount of waste in the sea is fishing gear (long thin unbreakable wires, hooks, entangling ropes and nets); not straws. Straws is a distraction; it's a waste but a really irrelevantly tiny waste you make. Collect a month's rubbish at home and measure what fraction of it is straws: Less than 0.001%. Think about it.
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Moosy Girl 2 years ago
I solemnly vow to not go strangle a turtle with my straw after I finish this drink. :p
CORGI QUEEN 2 years ago
LMAO I actually laughed out loud for that joke. I have depression and don't laugh that often THANK YOU SOO MUCH I WILL SEND A PUPPER TO YOUR FOREVER AID. *mutters underbreath* maybe jimmy, he will complement the chaotic energy, then they'll be chaotic together
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Nathan Temple 2 years ago
There's a documentary on Netflix that explains that if no more straws, plastic bags, or plastic bottles ever made their way into the ocean again, the Pacific garbage patch would grow at the exact same rate, because what is actually killing the turtles, and causing most of that garbage is waste from commercial fishing, not some straws.
indiecognition 2 years ago
OR spill radioactive ooze into the environment so the turtles can save themselves
Id row 2 years ago
I don't need that type of bullsh*t when I go out. My one straw is not destroying the planet. Maybe look to giant corporations and companies who do nothing but waste resources and throw a ton of plastic away every day. Stop putting the blame for the state on the planet on someone using a damned straw. It's ridiculous. Also, I got a McFlurry the other day and it came with a big plastic spoon, enough for about 25 straws. If you're going to do battle, do battle where the offense is and leave my straw the hell alone. I don't go out to eat to get guilt tripped.
Mike Beck 2 years ago
You gonna guilt me? Extra straws, please! Mind your own business? I never use them.
FlatEarf 2 years ago
Also I want 10 extra straws per refill and glass, I want plastic plates, and plastic silverware
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago
This notion that you can save the turtles by forgoing straws is one of the strangest mass delusions ever. Back off the decision fatigue, use your damned plastic straws, and try not buying a new television every two years.
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Mental Liberals 2 years ago
why? Because they have a job? Or can't afford a trip? Or???
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Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Don't worry, the other person is miserable too, they're just pretending harder is all.
Lastly, we asked Bradley E. Wiggins if he has noticed any trends in the types of memes that are most popular or widely shared on social media platforms. He shared that spy balloons (because of recent reports about them), for example, attracted meme versions of the alleged surveillance balloons across social media. “One reason for this is producing this kind of repetitive content gives a sense of control over the topic to online users who are not getting what they may perceive to be the full story, all the details, etc. about the balloons. It may also lead to conspiracy theorizing too, which also lends itself well to the meme format.”
#22
Chris Hooley 2 years ago
😂 In Aus, the drinking age is the same as the driving age (18.) Once had bar security watch me drive up and park, then card me when I wanted a drink.🤦♂️
Libstak 2 years ago
Underage peeps do drive unlicensed on the roads all over the world, even in Australia. Also, if you drove there your license would be on you so....
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Jared Robinson 2 years ago
I I.D. everybody. I have seen people that look old wrinkles sunken eyes looked forty years old, dude was 17. I.D. everybody, because if you make a mistake and serve just one time on accident to someone under 21 YOU can go to prison for a long time. Is it really worth your freedom to not take the ten seconds to I.D. someone.
LibrarianJanet 2 years ago
Hah. I went out with my mother for my 21st (yes, I was a friendless dork). Waitress didn't card me. I was crushed. Mom went to the restroom and within five minutes the server, the hostess, and the manager all came by to check my ID. lol
MygrandsonscallmeNia 2 years ago
I'm 58, and expect Not to get carded. Once in a while, I get carded at a convenience store. Some older people get Mad, when getting carded. I feel like teen when I do! It makes my day!
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Any bartender or waitress who IDs me has immediately raised their tip. (Probably their intention.)
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John Anderson 2 years ago (edited)
Years ago, my girlfriend (30) and I (26) are at a restaurant. She orders wine, I order a beer, waiter cards me but not her and she loses her shįt, big time. Who do I look like, his fecking mother??? I almost climbed under the table.
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
Who is egotistical enough to ask why they didn't get carded if they are over 30?
Moosy Girl 2 years ago
I got ID’d while taking my parents (both in their 70’s) out for dinner, I was *over 40* at the time… legal drinking age here is *16*. >.<
Kate Jones 2 years ago
For me it was always the customer who was clearly over 21 but the policy is to card everyone, and she likes to tell you how she always gets carded because she looks so much younger than she is. Or how happy she is you carded her as if you actually thought she was under 21. It's like...no I'm just required to.
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Devin Singh 2 years ago (edited)
Had a friend who used to work as a waiter in college. He explained that it's always better because then the server can under-report the tip and just keep the change, so they don't have to deal with tip-share b******t. Ever since then, I try to tip cash as much as possible.
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Terri Martin 2 years ago
This is why all those entitled door dashers bragging on TikTok about how they steal customers food or refuse orders, lose out. I usually tip cash. And even if I don't tip cash, I'm not filling in tip section until you've delivered my order and I've checked the bag. When I go in to a restaurant and sit down to eat, am I supposed to tip before the food even comes?😒
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦 🇬🇧 2 years ago
Same, but I started putting "bring food, get cash" in the driver instructions, so they know it's a cash tip for their service, and not think that I'm going to stiff them. Seems to work so far.
Load More Replies... Panaeolus Dream 2 years ago
I put my tip in the person's hand. I watch a bus boy grab a tip and pocket it. Then turn around and lie to the waitress' face. My grandfather walked over and tipped her even though she wasn't waiting on our table.
MygrandsonscallmeNia 2 years ago
I Never put the tip on the credit card. I want to make sure my server gets their tip! I was a server, at a well known bar in Denver CO. Servers, had to put all of the tips together, and split them up at the end of the shift. Even the manager got 5%! So, often, I give the tip directly to the server. This was back in 1983, I don't think it's still done this way. I just want to make sure
A Bobcat From Philly 2 years ago
I usually always try to tip in cash but I hand it directly to the server or bartender. Even if I pay by card.
CanadianaKa 2 years ago
I used to do this - pre-pandemic - with Instacart drivers. Insta used to take people's hourly out of their tips, so I would officially tip $0 and unofficially hand 'em a $10 or $20, depending on the size of the order.
Kelly Winger 2 years ago
My dad loves to tip this way and then tell the server “I tipped in cash to keep the government out of our business.”
Stannous Flouride 2 years ago
You should always put $1 on the tip line. Otherwise, especially in chain restaurants, the IRS assumes they were tipped 10-15% and taxes them at that amount.
GlitterQueen541 2 years ago
A lot of places don't require you to claim your cash tips, only the ones on a card that are trackable.
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Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Cool sign, but....the majority of the general public DO NOT READ SIGNS! It doesn't matter how many, how big, or how flashy. It could be right in their face and they'll still miss. them. So infuriating. Like "yo, Roscoe, the sign 2ft in front of you says..."
Gmaddles 2 years ago
I'll explain it this way: The classic and celebrated line "Wu-Tang clan ain't nothin' to f**k with" will certainly use to word f**k and not an irritating, censoring beeeeeeeep for uptight parents who believe bad language causes autism and sex makes you a criminal, laden with STDs
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Jeremy James 2 years ago
One time, we were in the weeds and this customer was complaining that her chicken was taking "foreveeeer!" Then, after it was served, she complained that it was undercooked. Well, do you want it "right now!" or do you want it cooked, Becky?
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Alicia M 2 years ago
I used to avoid going in the kitchen as much as possible because of the sexual harassment I would receive from the cooks. They act like they've never seen a woman before.
RagDollLali 2 years ago
In any kitchen I've ever run I used to shut that s**t down immediately if I saw it. The female wait staff is not there for anyone's entertainment, they work hard enough and have to deal with enough s**t from customers to not have to also deal with it from co-workers.
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Terry Tobias 2 years ago
In all of the restaurants that I've worked in, the sexual harassment always seemed to come from the customers. I never had a problem with the chefs or cooks. In fact, if you're friendly, and nice and polite to them they can't do enough for you.
Andrewsarchus42 2 years ago (edited)
Edit: Nevermind, I misread your comment. Have a nice day!
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Mat Hall 2 years ago
For the most part jobs do work like that (or should do), at least in parts of the world with decent labour laws; in the UK, while employers can refuse to grant leave requests they have to have good reason for doing so, although what constitutes a good reason can vary: if you're a tax accountant and want to have a week off at the end of the tax year, if you work on a farm and want to take time off during harvest, if you're one of three employees in a small business and someone else has already booked leave for that period, that sort of thing is fair grounds for refusal, but outside of that as long as you give reasonable notice it's a case of "I am letting you know I am taking leave" rather than "please can I take leave". Also if they grant leave they *cannot* then change their mind unless you consent, and if cancelling or altering your plans costs you money the employer is liable to pay you compensation...
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Mariko Fujita 2 years ago
If it's for a sick day, agreed. One time I was sick and my boss when I lived in North America said "what is it? Your stomach? Left or right side? Just all of it? Hmmm, doesn't sound serious, you should probably just come in." Thanks Mr.WebMD :/
Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
Well, maybe your boss was a stomatologist and wanted you to come for a visit...
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lordsyphil 2 years ago
Same. It's not an option for them. I'm taking the time, I'm being professional and giving you advance warning.
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
Jobs typically have no problem giving you the days off you ask for but sometimes there are valid reasons to not give an employee time off. People need to quit being so dang entitled and quit crying about stuff like this and learn what being a working adult actually entails
Karri Berkowitz 2 years ago
Oh buddy this is getting printed and put in the lunchroom at my job.
Angie Falzarano 2 years ago
TSA had us request our time off in Dec for the whole year coming up. How the h#ll am I suppose to know my dad is going to be sick in August and will need 2 weeks off. Or I have to have surgery in April. 3 mons I understand but a year? Never could understand it.
Id row 2 years ago
This type of mentality got me fired one time. I was a bartender and after my shift, I had another job to go to. One of the waitresses didn't show up and they expected me to stay and do her shift after my own. Told them I had to go to my other job. They said you're staying or you're fired. I threw my keys at them (I opened the place during the day). So yeah, your cocky entitlement at not showing up doesn't just screw your boss, it screws your co-workers to. Don't be a d*ck. Find your own coverage if you're going to flake out on a shift.
Terri Martin 2 years ago
Hmmm ....perfect example of employees demanding respect without wanting to return it.
BoredMe 2 years ago
The rich aren't going to invite you to their orgies for defending them online.
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LibrarianJanet 2 years ago
I actually witnessed something similar at our local McDonald's. Place was slammed and there was a newbie on the only working register. Customer ahead of me was patiently (but loudly) telling the cashier how things worked. Manager snaps "Fine, stand on this side of the counter and say that!" Turns out the customer worked at the McD's in a nearby town. LoL
Jessica J. 2 years ago (edited)
Used to have a coworker that would pull out an application form (back when they weren't online) and tell them if they think they can do better, apply for a job.
RagDollLali 2 years ago
That's how you're able to differentiate between people who have worked in customer service and people who haven't
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Crystal Spencer 2 years ago
I fear for their future employment options with their spokesperson having such terrible spelling and grammar.
Elspeth Marple 2 years ago
When your that angry, grammar is the last thing your thinking about. Lol
Load More Replies... Francine Govan 2 years ago
right? I don't want to be the kind of person that rolls my eyes at this kind of sloppiness, but I am, damnit.
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Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Wow…and that was Sonic even ! Damn, now where am I gonna get my chili cheese tots and my Sonic Butterfinger Blast ?! Lol
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Cuppa tea? 2 years ago
Ot my previous place we had managers who genuinely wanted to help during the maddest rush, but they were just in a way, so we politely told them to eff off. They took it great, still helped with basic stuff they couldn't screw up.
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
One thing I always appreciated was that our GM worked his àss off and never let us sink. All the other managers and shift leads though, they would pour lighter fluid and flick a match
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
edit the dates on the photos. Step 1. Take your computer offline. Step 2. Set the date to a year later (ie this year, but +1 day). Step 3. Open an image editor eg. GIMP. Step 4. Open offending image. Step 5. Select all, copy. Step 6. Back to GIMP. Step 7. New file. Step 8. Paste. Repeat with all his images from tinder. Step 9. Go back online and let your computer reset its clock. Step 10. Send to owner of restaurant with modifcation and creation date of files circled. Result: owner of restaurant sees new manager harassing staff one day after being hired.
Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
Ducks? She's talking about a deck he should be proud about.
Load More Replies... Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I had a coworker show me a TikTok one of my managers made that said “you pee in the toilet, I pee in my wife. We are not the same” that was not an image I ever wanted in my head. So glad he transferred shortly after that
Jestinna Welch 2 years ago
Why get him fired? It would be so much more fun to just go around showing y'all's coworkers and talk about how little he is. Then everytime he comes around everyone just start giggling and laughing but never telling him why...
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Fat Harry 2 years ago
I mean, she's right... there are 7 million... and then another 6.993 billion!
Load More Replies... HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
No, the freezer is 1 person allowed at a time. Wait till I finish
Shannon Hawks 2 years ago
only one person crying in the freezer at a time. please move to the end of the line.
Jestinna Welch 2 years ago
I think it's closer to like 4 billion people in the world, and if out of those 4 billion people one person chooses to try to ruin my day, it would cuz I'd be like, why did I have to get the 1 as****e out of the rest of the 3,999,999,999. It like winning the lottery but the opposite 😂😂
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Dorthe Schou-Nielsen 2 years ago
Kitchen closes at 9:30, restaurant closes at 10:00. Problem solved
Kate Jones 2 years ago
Restaurants should be, like, 'open to 11pm. All items made to go after 10pm. Only items that can be made by closing time will be available after 10:30.' This way, someone walking in at 10:55 can only order something that can be made in 5 minutes. So enjoy your cup of soup or premade salad to go.
Katya Davidson 2 years ago
Places do similar things where I'm from, to go only in the last half hour, limited menu of fast items / things that don't come off the station that takes the longest to break down, etc. It is really useful. Just depends on whether places respect their employees
Load More Replies... Jared Robinson 2 years ago
People have no idea the amount of ire being aimed at them when they walk in right before close.
A Bobcat From Philly 2 years ago
ALL THE DAMNED TIME!!! Then ya gotta destroy a cleaned kitchen for two orders of chix bites and fries and, and, and... Oh, and in our case it's 10:59 PM.
Derrick Rivera 2 years ago
At every place I managed or owned I installed a "take-out only" policy for the last half hour of business. Wasn't perfect but it stopped a few cooks from going postal!
Su Smith 2 years ago
My husband, MIL and his aunt and I rocked up at a pub/restaurant just as the kitchen was getting ready to close. We asked if there was anything we could have to eat that would be easy and quick. They said yes and we had a fantastic meal. We tipped the entire staff with about 60% in total and tidied the plates etc. As we left we thanked them and apologised for putting them out. The head waitress said 'pinch me, are they real?' 🤣🤣
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Nah. I've never worked in a place that would honor these clowns. If we happened to have something prepared for take-out, fine, but otherwise, the kitchen was closed.
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Darth Kittius 2 years ago
I work customer service at a call center, I get this one from customers all the time. It's so hard to laugh after hearing the same joke so many times
Sonja 2 years ago
I once had a bad day and said a unicorn would be nice, maybe it would cheer me up and the barkeep made me an origami bunny and said he didn't know how to make a unicorn but bunnies made people happy too and it worked. It made me very happy. Still have it. Gave them a nice tip too.
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Katya Davidson 2 years ago
In addition to being at work, you also have to emotionally validate all your customers or they will instantly focus their entite being on making their lousy personalities your problem
Stannous Flouride 2 years ago
At least they're not selling their bodies because that would be somehow worse? /s
Timbob 2 years ago
Not true ! I just want you to act reasonably friendly, take my order, and serve it in a timely manner, while it’s still hot/ cold!
karen snyder 2 years ago
Exactly, Timbob..."reasonably friendly" is exactly what the soul sucking, %10 tipping, head case, boomer Johns ALL say. How bout you realize we are talking about you, jackass
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BoredMe 2 years ago
We can't all come on the Internet from a trailer park and lie about how much money we make like you almost certainly do.
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Bonesko 2 years ago
Sometimes it's a solid half hour for me. Just sitting in my car fantasing that I have the ability to teleport because I've been running around for the last 10 hours and I'm so sore 😭
Load More Replies... Shark Lady 2 years ago
One of my restaurant jobs was a 1.5 mile walk from my house, after a Saturday night shift it felt like 10 miles especially knowing that I'd be doing the walk again in less than 10 hours time for the Sunday lunch shift.
Kate Jones 2 years ago
...And wonder the whole walk in the house how you managed to make it all day because now you're doing that weird 'cowboy walk' because your legs and feet hurt so bad and your body feels like it's broken. As soon as I stopped and got in my car, it was like a cue for my body to go ahead and fall apart.
The Queen Of Upper Butt Crack 2 years ago
I can remember my feet being so sore after a day at cash when the manager wasn't looking I would stand on top my shoes to give a little extra padding.
Kody Barboza 2 years ago
I've worked in a restaurant for over 6 years average about 18,000 steps and I get my a*s up sit down on my couch and have a drink not that hard
Kathleen Eddy 2 years ago
Been there done that, done that been there. You know your feet/back are sore, but it's all that money/tips in your apron pockets weighing you down
Jessica J. 2 years ago
I don't make it to my car...just sit in the breakroom for a few minutes.
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
In all honesty, it's a little insensitive to be like, "I'm getting tired of looking at her sorry a*s" once you know her a*s is taking anti-depressants for being so sorry all the time.
Crude Tuna 2 years ago
A guy I was seeing once put an Adderall in me bum. Not sure how long it takes for them to dissolve/absorb but it was still there in the morning and ended up scratching his pen1s.
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Michael Olsen 2 years ago
Worst beer, when in USA I always order Heineken not because its good but its a safe choice.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Wow! Heineken is a bit raw and unappealing - define safe, please. Safe as in "not Bud Light"? Then I agree...
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Sucks when someone is possibly looking for one specific beer they maybe had in the past, hoping it's still on the list and potentially unsure of the exact name - best to just make fun of them on the net and maybe put up a TiPoRgOhOmE! hashtag somewhere :)
A Bobcat From Philly 2 years ago
What are the specials? What are the soups? What kind of sauces to you have for your wings and chix bites? So you name 50 different items and thy order a caesar salad and a coke. SOBs
Jordan Croff 2 years ago
To be fair, whenever you ask a server if they have something they start naming off a whole list of $hit like damn all I wanted to know was if you had honey mustard.
Crude Tuna 2 years ago
Tell me about all the delicious beers you have. Then bring me the worst one you've got.
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PunnyPanda 2 years ago
They've revamped as Tom's Starlight Lounge now... Have to go see if that's still on the menu, lol. Our local service industry FB group is named after this infamous menu item!
rodger coghlan 2 years ago
That's the most downloaded song in history by Suzanne Vega - check it out
Steven 2 years ago
I call BS. "Luka" hit #3 in the US while "Tom's Diner" didn't even chart. On YouTube, "Luka" has 61 million views while "Tom's Diner" has less than 8 million.
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Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
I was always worried about my daughter/nieces/nephews working in restaurants because I KNOW what goes on after work and drinking might be the most innocent part
RagDollLali 2 years ago
I hate to say it but that's 100% accurate. I would say about 75% of the line cooks I ever had to work with were coked up or jacked up on something a lot stronger than alcohol. Hell, at one place I used to catch customers doing lines of coke off the top of the toilet tank when I'd have to run to the ladies room. Thankfully I never got into any of that, I always figured the kitchen is a dangerous enough place without adding anything else into the mix.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
"Back in my day," most people who worked in a restaurant were under 21, except the host and the cooks. There's a reason we were called "busboys" and not "busmen." The waitresses were more like 17, 18, 19, 20... At 18, they couldn't legally drink, but they could legally handle "light" alcohol (beer, wine, coolers, etc.) At fancier restaurants or places that served harder alcohol, you'd be more likely to find "older" women (22, 23, 24). And yes, I hate myself for referring to 22-year-olds as "older."
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
The restaurant had to adjust policy because of us 🙈 but then they changed it back when they realized how much they lost.
MygrandsonscallmeNia 2 years ago
I didn't drink serving in restaurants, but definitely, when bartending, or serving drinks in a bar. I don't know about anyone else, but, I had to be buzzed to deal with the drunk's.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I've never seen it done. Not saying it's a prerequisite, but it sure 'n hell helps.
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Jeremy James 2 years ago
As a server, I sincerely LOVE when large parties ask for separate checks. It's not a hassle at all, because I'm awesome and I keep track of everything and everyone. Most importantly, it means that I don't have to "roll the dice" on whether the one person picking up the check also knows how to tip.
Nykky 2 years ago
Do you appreciate when they mention it before ordering, or does it really not matter?
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Drummer_grl 2 years ago
I once went with a group of 15-20 friends, all of which are high schoolers, and we had a check for like $200 at ihop and gave the server a 50% tip cause she was so good and cause it was such a big party
Jessica J. 2 years ago
Yup...my parents raised me right. Always tipped well, when I was younger.
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Joann Hollis 2 years ago
It does, but it doesn't print out right, just a bunch of weird symbols. But you could totally do it if the cook knows the code.
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Reggie Putnam 2 years ago
Lol. Most are. But the POS here is Point of Sale
Load More Replies... Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
We used to write “blue” on the tickets of fussy, pain in the butt customers. The ones that have to critique everything and find faults every time ( and yet still keep coming back!)
Jeremy James 2 years ago
As a barista, our cashiers used to double-tap your cup on the counter when sending your order to the bar to signal when someone was being a jerk. Double-taps meant, "decaf this one."
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Speedway has a rating system with happy, middle, sad. Experience.
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Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 2 years ago
I was just gonna say, it usually takes me half the night to eat my meal
Load More Replies... Nathan Temple 2 years ago
Been cooking for 20 years, my most comfortable eating position is scarfing a sandwich in 6 bites while standing over a garbage can.
MygrandsonscallmeNia 2 years ago
When I was a correctional officer, lunch, or dinner breaks didn't exist. We were always to short on officers for someone to cover us. Carrying: granola bars, chips, etc .. in the pockets of my cargo pants (I love cargo pants!). Other officers, would always start grinning at me, when I would pull something to eat out if my pockets. Some, would even ask for one.
Angela Vezdos 2 years ago
This is a skill those working with children have as well - but I will take toddlers over adults any day.
RafCo (he/him/ele) 2 years ago (edited)
Bootcamp got me down to 5 minutes too. Then parenting shaved another 90 seconds off that.
Kate Jones 2 years ago (edited)
Every job I've had I get a 1/2 hour break and by the time I actually get to the cafeteria I have like 10 minutes. Less if I want to go to the bathroom. When someone outside of work sees me eating and they're like, 'You eat like your in prison.'
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Jeremy James 2 years ago (edited)
One time, while working at a cafe, I helped a boy break into his own car in the parking lot after he had locked himself out. The next day, he ran into the shop, threw something at me over the counter, and ran back out. It was a teddy bear. He had placed a cigarette in its paws and written his phone number on the side. We dated for several months. That was the ONLY TIME I ever enjoyed getting hit on at work.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
And now, 9 million men just unlearned the lesson that waitresses are being kind because it's their job, not because they want you to flirt with them.
Kim Kermes 2 years ago
This is a little different, there was no demand for "attention" during a meal in return for a tip, she was left in control of whether she contacted him.
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jmdirks 2 years ago
Ya. Once worked with a line cook that would leave crumbs and stuff on his line when he closed it and then accuse people of using his line and leaving it messy after he left. Manager took a picture of his line directly after he walked out the door and then showed it to him his next shift. He still denied leaving his line messy.
Kate Jones 2 years ago (edited)
While I agree, I was also a morning/day worker. Closers="the morning shift does nothing and expects us to do everything." Meanwhile, they made half the business we did, we stocked the store, did the orders, unloaded the trucks, prepped everything, had to deal with upper management doing surprise visits, inventory, audits, health inspections, had to deal with the same types of customers, and had to be there at 5am. Closers="I have 4 items on a checklist I have to clean every night and I wasn't able to spend a 1/2 hour on my phone- this is abusive!"
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Prevalent in many work scenarios, I wonder why the discrepancy in ethic?
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Usually after you ran out of half of everything you needed for dinner...
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Natalie H 2 years ago
For “campers” (tables that won’t leave), Get a small handful of salt and secretly sprinkle it on the floor around the table as you “check on them”. They usually leave in about 15-20 minutes. An older coworker once told me this, and by golly it worked every time!! Lol🤷🏻♀️
New Everywhere 2 years ago
Do you also quietly chant something? How does that work?
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Bob Bobbins 2 years ago
Is it bad that I know exactly what you're talking about?
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Giulio Verdekiwi 1 year ago
Me, just landed the plane, looking desperately for the only door with a light on inside, and been treated like that 🙄
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Sam Juan 2 years ago
You used to call him on the cell phone. Late night when you need his love.
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Alethia Nyx 2 years ago
I'm so confused by this. Is this a jibe at Drake because he doesn't tip, or his fans don't tip or something? Drake is not someone who ever comes to mind when thinking about hospitality and music.
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What_the_actual_sloth? 2 years ago
if I was this server I'd send two batches of marinara. Gotta keep the testy girl at bay
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Do-nut touch da donut 2 years ago
But wht if i just like water/ very dehydrated😕
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Charlie the Cat 2 years ago
But I don't have to tip. Servers in the UK get paid a living wage. Unlike the US where they are paid a pittance. I will tip if I get good service.
Pheonixvatoreii 2 years ago
Yeah tipping in the UK seems a lot rarer and very optional. Idk about this 20% mandatory tip stuff, is it very US based?
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Groaver Andout 2 years ago
I'll tip based on the quality of service. It isn't a devine right to receive a big tip.
Colin 2 years ago
My sister, who works as a chef, told me if you don't tip they think you're cheap but if you leave a penny they know they screwed up.
Rizzo 2 years ago (edited)
I would give 50. I always give at least 10% if the service wasn't terrible. Even here in Germany.
Trillian 2 years ago (edited)
Dito, but I balk at 20%. That is why I only ever get takeout in the US. I am not there to pay the wages. Dining out is already more expensive there and they shoo you out after the last bite.
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Melissa 2 years ago
I don't agree with this. I like being able to go out with my Mom once a month, but I can barely afford that. Yes, I work in the food industry. I dont expect people to tip. They should be allowed to enjoy themselves. If they don't tip because their greedy, that's one thing, but ppl with a low income should feel like they can pay for a nice meal sometimes.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
cute. My policy is 10% if they suck (that's our national average, because waiters actually DO get salaries). If however they are good, or the bill is LOW they get 20%.
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Alyssa Phillips 2 years ago
If my date doesn't tip, I do. And then there isn't a second date.
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