25 Memes for the Broke Servers/Baristas/Bartenders Who Have a Wild Amount of Jerk Customers to Deal With on a Daily Basis

The service industry is honestly one of the most difficult environments to survive in because generally speaking, people are stupid. Customers take everything personally, come in ten minutes before closing time, demand that the chef invents an entirely new dish for them (Seriously Sharon, just eat at home), and the money is kind of meh …
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‘Go ahead, I could use a break’: Co-worker Tries to Take Tables from Star Server, Suffers from Malicious Compliance

Being a server is often a pretty brutal job. Customers are never more savage than when they’re hungry, and they are basically the ones who pay most of your wage. It might be a role that many of us have worked in over the years, but it takes a special kind of person to really …
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Employee Fired For Refusing to Work When He Wasn’t Scheduled

One of the best parts about being a salaried employee is that you don’t get called in for random shifts on the weekend. At least I don’t, but y’all stay safe out there. There’s nothing worse than preparing for a nice long day of doing nothing, and receiving a doomed call from your manager asking …
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Former Restaurant Worker Reveals Juicy Secrets of the Industry

Restaurants are renowned for their stark difference between their customer-facing façade and the reality of behind the scenes. No one knows this better than the people that work in them, and while some of us patrons like to think we’re clued up on the process, it always helps to have a reminder of how these …
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Painfully Relatable Memes For Weary Restaurant Workers

Working at a restaurant isn’t for the faint of heart. For some reason, before I got my job at a Mediterranean restaurant on the Upper East Side, I thought I was a natural-born server. Describing food to people is basically my hobby, and if I could get paid for it? Dream gig.  I was so, …
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Male Karen Explodes at Son-In Law For Tipping at a Restaurant

Anyone who has worked as a waiter knows that people who don’t tip are the worst. In the United States, many waiters only get paid $2 hourly and, therefore, only survive on tips. Some restaurants don’t even pay their servers an hourly wage. This is basically common knowledge at this point, so for most people, …
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Teen’s Insane Work Hours Sparks Discussion About Child Labor Laws

A Utah teenager recently went viral on Reddit for posting their schedule for their part-time job. They are expected to work 32 hours a week, including four 6-hour shifts directly after already going to school for 8 hours. I know there are probably a bunch of angry people reading this and thinking, «that’s not very …
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Twitter Users Roast Business Names That Fail At Being Punny

As a business owner, coming up with a solid name for your establishment is pretty damn important. You don’t want to be serving burgers at a restaurant called «MacDonalds,» and you probably want to avoid something as basic as «Burger.» You can choose to reference whatever it is you’re selling, or go by the name …
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Restaurant Memes For Servers & Back of House Alike

If you’re an Anthony Bourdain fan, or have worked service, you may have seen this quote pop up during your internet travels:  ‘You can always tell when a person has worked in a restaurant. There’s an empathy that can only be cultivated by those who’ve stood between a hungry mouth and a $28 pork chop, …
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Appetizing Times Food Service Workers Complied To Silly Special Requests

We’ve got to hand it to those working in professional kitchens the world over: out of all the different types of customers out there, those that are eating your food are often some of the hardest to please. Even the least fussy eaters out there have certain preferences when it comes to different types of …
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