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30 People Who Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Eat In A Restaurant
Anyone who's ever worked in the food service industry is bound to have met one of these—an extremely rude customer who shouldn't be allowed back into the restaurant. Or to order food ever again! The sad part is, rude customers aren't even that rare.
They're pretty darn common and make the lives of waiters, restaurant employees, and baristas a waking nightmare. Bored Panda wanted to show you some of the things service industry personnel have been through with rude customers, so we collected some of the best posts by servers from all over the net. As you scroll down, upvote the posts that made you feel for these workers, and be sure to leave us a comment with your own experiences serving food in the comment section. Would you like fries with that?
Alexander Kjerulf, the founder and Chief Happiness Officer of ‘Woohoo inc.' told Bored Panda that if your workplace is causing you to forget that you're a human being who's worthy of care and humane treatment, you shouldn't work there anymore. "Quit, and find a better place to work, where they actually care about their staff," he told Bored Panda. "And quit sooner rather than later. The longer you stay, the more they will grind you down until you lose all the energy and optimism you need to move on and find a better job."
Alexander actually made an entire video about quitting a bad job. Meanwhile, you'll find the rest of the insights that he shared with us below. Anyone who's working in the service industry, whether you're a server, a cook, or a manager, should have a read.
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#1
Math Is Hard
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#2
I Can’t Believe People Can Be This Stupid
#3
Left On My Co-Workers Table
#4
Latina Waitress Received Racist Note Instead Of Tip
#5
This Was Posted In A Restaurant Group
#6
A Group Of Kids Filled It Up And The Parents Shouted At Customers Attempting To Complain
#7
Decades Of "The Customer Is Always Right" Has Created The Most Entitled Idiots In Human History
pusheen buttercup 5 years ago
We should get rid of that whole customer is always right attitude. It's not ok. It never was.
#8
A Feeble Attempt To Get Out Of Tipping
#9
My Cousin Just Posted This On Facebook. She Is A Waitress At Outback And This Was Left Behind
#10
My Aunt And Her Friend Took Me To Dinner. These 10 Lovely People Sat Next To Us, And Didn't Even Leave A Tip!
#11
The “Tip” My Friend Got
#12
Seen On A Facebook Post On How People Should Tip Their Servers 20%
#13
You Can Just Picture The Trashiness From This Customer
#14
Wouldn’t Let Him Underage Drink So He Didn’t Tip
#15
What My Coworker Was Given Tonight
#16
Please Don’t Leave Fake Tips I’m Trying To Go To College
#17
My Friend Waited On Two Underage Kids Who Tried To Order Drinks. Stiffing Servers Has Always Made Someone A Bad Person, But During A Pandemic When Benefits Have Run Out And Restaurant Employees Are Struggling More Than They Already Did? Despicable
alwaysMispelled 5 years ago
Again, I call bullshit on these asshats trying to say they'd be leaving a massive tip, otherwise. These POS would never leave huge tips.
#18
Worst Tip Ever
#19
Displaying Your Bare Feet In A Restaurant
#20
This Family Let Their Kid Crawl All Over The Restaurant Floor, Nearly Tripping Several Servers
Cecilia Herrera 5 years ago
They should be charged with child endangerment, and criminal stupidity.
#21
Smoking In A Non-Smoking Restaurant Because You Do What You Have To
#22
Stop Tipping And These Folks Will Land Better Jobs
#23
My Sister Got This While Waiting Tables
#24
At Least He Used The Proper Form Of "You're"
#25
Someone Keeps Stealing The Tip Jar At My Local Donut Shop
#26
"Why I Have Not Tipped!!!"
#27
From My Friends’ Server Group. This Was Given By A 6 Top Instead Of A Tip
pusheen buttercup 5 years ago
You never know when someone is doing the best they can. You also don't know if they've been trained to be more hands off. You may wind up taking it out on the wrong person
#28
Guy Left A Negative Tip To Subtract From The Total After Calling The Restaurant While Inside To Rush His Order
#29
A Customer Decided To Tip Their Server Like This
#30
Your Tip Is That Because Of Me, You Still Have Yuor Fredom™
JennyLaRue 5 years ago
When they put their own lives on the line for their country (not just their social lives in following their partners around their posts) then they can have the military discount. It's so old fashioned to define your own status by your partners job, let alone expect a discount from it.
#31
Was Having A Conversation With My Waiter About How I Liked Her Hair, She Then Showed Us A "Tip" An Earlier Table Left. Apparently They Didn't Feel The Same Way
#32
The Way This Table Left A Tip For Me
#33
Using Having Kids As An Excuse Not To Tip Servers Who May Also Have Kids To Feed
#34
A Facebook Friend Proudly Posts Lack Of Tipping And Creating A Mess For The Server
#35
I Shouldn't Have To Tip On This Premium Service Because I'm Poor
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
They keep track of that stuff, and you get flagged but nice try. It may take a few times to flag it but it gets flagged.
#36
Customer Leaves Dirty Diaper On Restaurant Table For Waitress To Clean
#37
I'm A Server And I Wear A Mask At Work Every Day. Someone Left This Note On A Receipt Tonight
#38
Trying To Justify Physical Violence By Saying “Tipping Is Completely Optional”
#39
When People Put Fake Tips With Religious Stuff Or Annoying Jokes In The Jar
#40
I Was Tipped At Wisconsin State Fair, I Don’t Get Paid Enough To Deal With This
#41
No Tip Because He Needs To Buy Cigarettes... Cool
#42
I Work At An Asian Dessert Place And Some Customer Tips Us With 75% Of A Dollar
#43
This "$100" Tip I Received Tonight
#44
So This Got Left As A Tip For My Friend. Real Classy
#45
Bragging On Facebook About Tipping $0.01 And Telling The Waiter/Waitress “Don’t Be So Miserable”
If I could I would live under water 5 years ago
Imagine having to face that person again next week and be friendly... Poor thing
#46
Learn English? How About Learn How To Write
pusheen buttercup 5 years ago
How do you know they aren't in the process of learning? English is very hard, you can work at it for years and not get it very well. Perhaps you just caught them the one time they couldn't remember the right phrase.
#47
Left A Meme For A Tip
#48
Thanks For The Tip, A-Hole!
#49
Pizza Delivery Driver Got Tipped With A Bag Of Coins Containing Loose Tobacco
#50
Not Tipping Their Server Because They Wore A Mask
#51
Tipping With An Iou
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JennyLaRue 5 years ago
The tipping culture in the states is so messed up, not only because its completely unethical for places to pay so little that they rely on tips so heavily, but it gives douchebags a platform to try and belittle and offend others to boost their own misguided ego
Troux 5 years ago
Correct. The customer chooses whether they want to pay for something they already received. The system is based entirely on the ethics of semi-anonymous individuals, and places the risk purely on the employee, not the business.
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pusheen buttercup 5 years ago
Yes but also it's more than just that. Even in places where you get paid by the hour people still let you get treated like dirt and won't stick up for you or let you stick up for yourself.
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Clearly sunny 5 years ago
America really needs to fix their wages issue. Relying on tips must be extremely stressful on what is already a very hard job.
Amery 5 years ago
Indeed. It CAN be proliferous, whilst establishing YOUR own clientele/customer base, however. Thirty years, and it got me my PhD. I've been SO out of the 'serving' industry for the last 10 years, thank the Heavens!! (Or whatever/whomever you believe in!!)
Load More Replies... JennyLaRue 5 years ago
The tipping culture in the states is so messed up, not only because its completely unethical for places to pay so little that they rely on tips so heavily, but it gives douchebags a platform to try and belittle and offend others to boost their own misguided ego
Troux 5 years ago
Correct. The customer chooses whether they want to pay for something they already received. The system is based entirely on the ethics of semi-anonymous individuals, and places the risk purely on the employee, not the business.
Load More Replies... pusheen buttercup 5 years ago
Yes but also it's more than just that. Even in places where you get paid by the hour people still let you get treated like dirt and won't stick up for you or let you stick up for yourself.
Load More Replies... Clearly sunny 5 years ago
America really needs to fix their wages issue. Relying on tips must be extremely stressful on what is already a very hard job.
Amery 5 years ago
Indeed. It CAN be proliferous, whilst establishing YOUR own clientele/customer base, however. Thirty years, and it got me my PhD. I've been SO out of the 'serving' industry for the last 10 years, thank the Heavens!! (Or whatever/whomever you believe in!!)
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