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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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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Worked in convenience store across from a church. I totally agree... Church for an hour or two to justify being an a*****e for the rest of the week.

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"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!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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. ;)

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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. 

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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!

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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!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, you can complain nicely. Like, sometimes things do go wrong and the restaurant should fix. But just don't be a jerk about it.

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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.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The dad shouldn't pressure his daughter into drinking either way though...

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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.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe the restaurant should pay a decent wage instead of making witty signs.

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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.”

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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.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

😂 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.🤦‍♂️

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least they're not selling their bodies because that would be somehow worse? /s

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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Tipping culture sucks, if you people started bitching about employment laws instead of people not tipping, maybe s**t would improve, alas, americans go brrrrrr

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then get another job! All this complaining for a job they took!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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