Restaurant manager takes server’s $100 tip, gives them $16 back: ‘I asked where the rest went and she said «pooled with everyone» but I was literally the only server working that section’

When you’re working in the service industry, tips are everything. It’s how you earn a huge portion of your paycheck. If you don’t have tips, you don’t make a living; it’s as plain and simple as that. But that doesn’t always mean that it’s as easy as that. Tipping has become a hot-button issue for …
Seguir leyendo Restaurant manager takes server’s $100 tip, gives them $16 back: ‘I asked where the rest went and she said «pooled with everyone» but I was literally the only server working that section’

Mom books expensive restaurant for 27-year-old daughter’s birthday, she considers disinviting her boyfriend without telling her: ‘I’d rather not third wheel them’

Kids often find it awkward when a parent begins dating, no matter what age they are. It doesn’t matter if they became single again through a breakup or through a bereavement; it can take a significant amount of time to adjust to a mom or dad seeing somebody new, who may well end up becoming …
Seguir leyendo Mom books expensive restaurant for 27-year-old daughter’s birthday, she considers disinviting her boyfriend without telling her: ‘I’d rather not third wheel them’

29-year-old man makes friends pay for dinner even though he knows the restaurant’s owner, they reprimand him for refusing to let them eat for free: ‘I didn’t want to take advantage’

If your friend were the owner of a really nice restaurant, what would be your course of action every time you went out to eat there? Would you expect to never pay for a meal there because you know the owner, or would you always insist on paying because you want to support your friend …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old man makes friends pay for dinner even though he knows the restaurant’s owner, they reprimand him for refusing to let them eat for free: ‘I didn’t want to take advantage’

Chef’s boyfriend’s sister expects to use her restaurant for free for massive party, doesn’t understand why that’s not possible: ‘She assumed I could get the food covered because it’s my workplace’

Some people have sky-high expectations. They can’t help it. They expect the world to bend toward them, and they don’t care how that happens. They just expect that the world will roll out the red carpet for them wherever they go, for nothing in return. But this isn’t how life works. And at a certain …
Seguir leyendo Chef’s boyfriend’s sister expects to use her restaurant for free for massive party, doesn’t understand why that’s not possible: ‘She assumed I could get the food covered because it’s my workplace’

‘Cries in server’: 40+ Memes for restaurant workers using their customer service voice

We all have a customer service voice. Go on, do it. Scary, isn’t it? It’s so close to your own voice, but it’s uncannily different. It’s probably more high-pitched, more enthusiastic, and weirdly articulate. You have to use it for your protection. You must put the mask on, lest they see your real self. Your …
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Boomer customers leave $65 to cover $68 bill, scurry out before management can catch them: ‘Never seen boomers move so fast’

I get it, everything is expensive nowadays. You can hardly walk outside without spending $60. And it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Prices keep rising, and wages are staying the same. It’s an impossible situation, and one that almost all of us can relate to. So we might feel like there is less …
Seguir leyendo Boomer customers leave $65 to cover $68 bill, scurry out before management can catch them: ‘Never seen boomers move so fast’

Selfish stepmother, Kathleen, and stepbrother refuse to eat anywhere due to their picky food requirements, 22-year-old stepson excludes them from birthday dinner: ‘My restaurant didn’t meet their needs’

Listen, picky eater’s aren’t our favorite types of friends…especially not for passionate foodies like ourselves. But sometimes we can sympathize, when it comes specific allergies, or coriander…but other than that, when the people around us are constantly in complaint-mode about anything other than a dry, old piece of bread, it becomes a bit more of …
Seguir leyendo Selfish stepmother, Kathleen, and stepbrother refuse to eat anywhere due to their picky food requirements, 22-year-old stepson excludes them from birthday dinner: ‘My restaurant didn’t meet their needs’

Teens dine and dash at restaurant, server snitches on them by messaging their moms on social media: ‘One of the moms came and paid the bill’

Movies love to romanticize the act of dining and dashing. Cue a group of carefree teens sprinting from a neon-lit diner, laughing breathlessly as the staff yells behind them. One of the most iconic examples is Grease, when Danny and the gang act like hotshots sneaking out of Frosty Palace, jukebox blaring in the background. …
Seguir leyendo Teens dine and dash at restaurant, server snitches on them by messaging their moms on social media: ‘One of the moms came and paid the bill’

Bossy customer makes waitress cry over a plate of sunny side up eggs, leaves $0 tip: ‘She starts picking me apart like I’m a character flaw’

If you’ve ever worked in the service industry, you know how difficult certain customers can be. No matter how much you try to please them, some folks just want to watch the world burn. They don’t care how hard you’re working, they just woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and on the …
Seguir leyendo Bossy customer makes waitress cry over a plate of sunny side up eggs, leaves $0 tip: ‘She starts picking me apart like I’m a character flaw’

University student refuses to foot the bill for their friend’s birthday dinner after friends order ‘enough sushi for a small country’ and take back their offer of paying for the bill

Why hasn’t the entire world normalized getting separate checks yet? Splitting the bill is inherently uncomfortable, no matter how close you are with the folks you’re dining with. Money makes people feel and act weird, and that’s likely because it is the root of all evil… Grand opinion about the world we live in aside, …
Seguir leyendo University student refuses to foot the bill for their friend’s birthday dinner after friends order ‘enough sushi for a small country’ and take back their offer of paying for the bill