Servers Share The Craziest Stories They Have And How They Dealt With It
If you have ever spoken to someone who has worked in customer service, they will likely tell you how terrible customers are. And, given that we are all customers at some stage or other, we are likely, sometimes, the aforementioned terrible customers.
Servers seem to have to put up with the worst of humanity on a daily basis and, worst of all, do it with a smile. Service-industry jobs are some of the hardest out there, and the workers are just doing their best.
If you learn anything from this thread, please treat your servers well and, of course, tip them adequately.
1. Do not be this person!
"I had a woman call me back to the table because I didnt place her nachos close enough to her. She asked me to push them closer to her.EDIT: There was nothing wrong with her. She was just fat, lazy, and ignorant. Heres some extra icing on the cake. She was in a group of 5 people and when the bill came she said she would take care of it (to the cheers of her friends). $5 tip on $75 check."2. WHAT
"I worked at as a server at a ritzy country club on cape cod and this women once brought in a paint chip and told me she wanted her cosmopolitan to be the exact same color as her pink paint chip"3. Hmmmm
"I had someone order a warm root beer. As in, stuck in the microwave and heated up. I definitely made a face but I did it. Really sucks to work somewhere that has bottomless pop and be sticking one in the microwave every 15 minutes."4. Do not hide tips in SOUP.
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"Ahhh, yes. OG.I worked there for a year. We had 3 old women come in. Each ordered ssb with water....One water from the tap with round iceOne water purified with ice like sonicOne water from soda machine, no ice.After being explained to about one type of ice and only water from the fountain or bottled, they returned their waters 3 times before the poor man called them three old bitches and left.This same guy had one old lady come in twice every week, order one chicken gnocchi and water, and whisper to him "I hid your tip in the soup so the bus boy wouldn't take it". Sure enough, 18 or so cents, in the soup."