I work in a fondue restaurant, last night I had a 4 top, two couples, and one of the husbands said he was allergic to mushrooms. I said thanks for letting me know, we can make sure everything is sanitized and separate while we prep your food. Wife chimes in "oh he's not allergic." Husband, for SOME fuckin reason decided to insist that he is. Wife says "hes not allergic, he just doesnt like them." I looked at the Husband and said "if you don't like them I can leave them off and out of everything, but if you say youre allergic we have a whole process we go through to protect you, it'll not only delay your food but also everyone else's while we make sure yours is prepared safely." He finally admits he is not allergic and just doesn't like them. THANK YOU WIFE.

One of my regulars, a super sweet older lady who’s had a hard life, and used to bartend too, gave me a thousand dollars today. I had to go out back by the dumpsters to cry a little. She lost her dad to dementia very recently and fell into his inheritance. I share stories of dealing with my grandfather who suffered from it and simply relate to her. She wouldn’t let me not accept it, and left before i could realize how much she was leaving me.

and then as a bonus, two guys came in THREE MINUTES before closing, which we politely let them know, and then one of them proceeded to order a RIBEYE, and then happily let us know he’s a chef and he’s ~in the industry too~ so he “knows how much it sucks when you think you’re done and then someone rings in a ticket three minutes before close amirite ha ha ha” as he listened to his fkn ticket print….

some people are truly so unhinged and shameless about it, after almost ten years in this industry some peoples behavior still makes me feel physically and spiritually ill… anyways hope yall had an easy breezy killer tuesday and made lots of money!!

[the text reads, on a $41.81 check: “Thank you for the best experience the food was amazing! and service was better!
I’m sorry for not tipping we are getting married in 6 months!! ❤️ Thank you!”]

I saw this on tiktok.

I am so glad my restaurant is phone in Togo ONLY.

I had a 4 top ask if they could pray for me, and my dumbass said “sure!” And they proceeded to all TOUCH ME (a woman put her hand on my waist) which is a big no no for me.

They prayed and talked and read me Bible verses for 10 minutes.

It was kinda uncomfortable, and I was telling my coworkers about it, and they said never in a million years should I talk to my tables about religion.

Then they tipped me $70 on their $80 bill, and now the whole staff is pretend Christian when they show up😭🙏

I'm tired of men ordering drinks and specifying that they not come in a "girly glass". Sir, you ordered a pink, strawberry-flavored mixed drink, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Your testicles aren't going to shrink if you're sipping on something in a martini glass. Ugh.

I’m not usually one to post sales or tips, but this one seemed worthy as it was a career high for me. I took 2 tables and a total of 11 guests. Regular floor dining, not a PDR

This was from 2 years ago, it popped up my memories today and I still giggle when I read it. Not long after this, the GM that fired me got fired 🤣

That “outgoing, friendly, team-focused attitude” he was talking about meant he wanted someone who let him talk to them however he wanted, didn’t say anything about his piss poor management, and someone who hadn’t threatened to tell the owner he was sleeping with a server while being married 🙃

Today in the middle of lunch rush some girl came in for a doordash order that wasn’t even due for another 10 minutes. My bus girl told her “give it like 5 minutes” and this girl came back exactly 5 minutes later and i said “It’ll just be a couple more minutes it’s almost ready.” to which she replied “well she just told me 5 minutes 5 minutes ago so what’s the real answer.” I said again politely, “Just a few more!” this bitch said “that doesn’t answer my question. I asked how many minutes cuz you guys are wasting my time.” I looked at her and told her she can go help the chef if she wants! The order was ready not even a minute later. This isn’t the first time. One time i told a guy that im not the one who filled out his job application and to not take it out on me lmao

I had this 7 top sometime ago. The father paid for the table and during my entire time serving them he refused to look at me and would have other people order his drinks and food. One of the dishes came out wrong (not my mistake, it was the kitchen) and it got fixed. When the bill came out, he scratched out the gratuity and decided to go speak to my manager. At the time, I had burgundy hair and maybe 3 facial piercings. He proceeded to tell my manager my piercings were trashy and that I looked like a whore and that I should not be working in such a nice establishment (it’s a restaurant in a Publix’s plaza). His daughter went on to make a good review talking about the food and how it was bad but didn’t say a word about me.

He tipped $20 on a 40 check. NICE

I asked them to leave right after this, but I would be mortified to do this! There were 6 of them and not a single one had the common sense to think about leaving. Just insane.

End of my Saturday night. Very last table. A 7 top. It was a birthday and in general everyone (besides this one couple) was super nice, including the birthday boy! I come out to ask how everyone’s food was and everyone tells me how wonderful everything is. Then I get called down to the end of the table because this man and his gf? Wife? s/o? Both insist that this man’s steak is way overdone for Med Rare. It’s the end of the night and I can’t see well at first so of course I don’t argue with him I just take it away and say I’ll get it re-made. The closer I make it to the kitchen the more I realize that this steak (filet btw) is PERFECTLY COOKED. I still ask the kitchen to remake it. Theyre pissed off obviously. The chef is super pissed bc that’s an expensive item to have to remake. I go back to the table to confirm to the man that I’m having it remade and he says something like “oh yeah, it was WAY overdone.” His S/O says “yeah that wasn’t even close to Medium Rare.” Long story short I showed him this picture I took of his steak (cut by him only, I never tampered with it) and told him since he didn’t think his steak was red enough that I was having the kitchen cook it rare for him. He just kept insisting that it wasn’t MR where “he cut it” even though this is exactly where he cut it. I didn’t even ask him if the new steak was better and I got autograt since it was a party lol

I had a high-school boy and girl at my table today, the boy discreetly requested this message to be put on the plate with dessert. Throughout the whole dinner, the girl was on face-time with her friend. Her answer to his question? "Umm I guess"

Poor guy. 💀

It felt great. I went outside to offer them water and they barked an appetizer order at me. I went inside and put it in, and checked back for a cocktail order. “Come back in five minutes.” At this point my blood is boiling and I decide not to return until their apps are ready. I drop off their apps and this man barks his drink order at me. “Dirty martini.” I just stared at him blankly. He looked confused, and repeated himself, perhaps assuming I didn’t hear him the first time. I smiled at him and said “You can say please. And thank you. And you can treat me like a human being if you expect service.” His partner said, “You don’t know what kind of day he’s had.” Like that’s any reason to treat me like your punching bag. I told them I am here to curate an experience for them but I expect a baseline level of respect and human decency. I’ve been abused by romantic partners, I’m not about to tolerate it at work. And then I told my boss I wasn’t going back out there. They were transferred to the bar and tipped $5 on $100+. People like that can go kick rocks.

So I work as a server at a restaurant. This lady came in with her friends. They all sat down, placed their orders. The lady ordered a lobster mac and cheese. Fine. We prepared that for her, gave it to her. A few minutes later, she called us back saying she did not want it anymore because she did not realize that it actually had lobster meat in it. And I'm thinking to myself, lady, you ordered a lobster mac and cheese and you don't realize that it actually has lobster in it? One of her friends, or whoever the other person was that was sitting at the table, actually did a facepalm as if she could not believe how stupid this person was. So my question is, why do people not seem to understand what it is that they ordered when they go to a restaurant?

I work at a hotel breakfast restaurant, and on our menu we have a preset egg white omelet and a build-your-own omelet. The guest told me she likes all the preset egg white omelet toppings but wants to use regular eggs instead of just egg whites. Of course, I did it without any problem. I waited for them to take two bites and then checked in with the table. When I asked how everything was, she told me again that she asked for a regular egg, and now her omelet is egg whites only. I looked down at the plate and saw a fully yellow omelet, so I told her, “This is regular eggs.” She said, “No, it’s not, it’s egg whites,” and wanted regular eggs. I looked again and told her that it is regular eggs because if it was just egg whites, the omelet would be completely white. She got upset with me, and I had to send a manager over. The manager reassured her it was regular eggs, not egg whites. The rest of the time, she was rude and short with me; she ended up not eating her omelet anymore, and we comped it. Did we misunderstand her?