‘Dinner is served’: 22 Restaurant memes for chefs and waiters going into their dinner shifts

Who doesn’t love to eat out now and then? It certainly releases us from having to cook… Going out to eat is a fun and relaxing experience for us customers. We show up to the chosen restaurant, we sit, we order, and after a few minutes, voila! Our dinner suddenly appears in front of us. …
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Diners refuse to pay after waiter tries to switch their cash payment to credit card: ‘There’s some kind of promotion or something’

It’s always wise to pay attention to the check. Some may be tempted to let the details slide when they have enjoyed a good meal at a restaurant and are ready to leave. In doing that, though, they may not realize that some things are amiss. Mistakes can happen, sneaky extra charges can be added, …
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New York servers take $600 in tips, manager demands they give 20% to the kitchen staff: ‘I get paid $7 an hour’

The money you earn is only money to be shared if you make that choice. In any job, but especially in hospitality, the cash you earn with honesty should be yours to keep. If you are working as part of the team, it is only fair that you share the profits, but anyone who wasn’t …
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Customer gives restaurant worker $5000 tip, manager demands they split it between every employee: ‘Am I selfish to want to object?’

Should large tips always be something to share? It is no secret that working in the hospitality industry can sometimes be a gruelling and thankless task. The mixture of unsociable hours and consistently annoying customers is enough to turn anybody into a misanthrope focused on little else than the money. This is yet another source …
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Diner finds 2 hairs in soup, restaurant refuses to swap and only refund when she warns of bad review: ‘Can I please have this bowl stay here so I know it’s new?’

Some businesses seem to be allergic to providing the service that they should. Whether it is bad management, a bad server, or a chain of mistakes that turn into a disaster, many of us have had bad experiences when it comes to eating out at a restaurant. All you want is to enjoy a nice …
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Entitled customers try to give busy jazz bar server sass because they «know the band,» little do they know she knows them better: ‘They even performed at my wedding…’

A gaggle of entitled customers walked into a busy jazz bar on a Friday night and expected top tier treatment because they vaguely knew some of the people in the band. They started treating their server like she was the worst, little did they know that she is not only one of the most beloved …
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‘Say bye-bye’: Pizza place’s new management drastically cuts working hours, so disgruntled employee of 9 years gets them shut down, demoted to a B rating, and the incompetent managers fired

A pizza place came crashing down after a disgruntled employee reported them to the city when they cut his hours for the 3rd time. Working at a pizza place is an entirely different service industry ballgame then, say, working at a fancy bistro. Usually, pizza place culture is more casual, with a chiller crowd of …
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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 …
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‘Beef tartare, sub chicken’: Food service workers reveal the most unsettling orders they had to make for customers

Working in a restaurant can be a humbling experience in more ways than one. It doesn’t matter if it is a fancy establishment or the trashiest fast food; things are going to happen in that job that will have those working there questioning their sanity for choosing to be in food service. The heat of …
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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 …
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