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Had a guy try walk out on his bill, and when we blocked the exits and threatened to call the cops he tried to pay with Big 5 Sporting Goods receipts

Customer Does Everything to Avoid Paying His Bill At Restaurant, Even Trying to Use Sporting Goods Store Credit

This guy thought of everything under the sun to get out of paying his bill, but his server was not having it.
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Officially reached my bull$h*t limit

Bartender Gets Revenge on Her Boss During Her Final Month at the Restaurant

It's the unapologetic pettiness that really get me.
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Update: Kitchen Drama, Conflict and Owner Abuse Leads to Resignation of FOH Lead and Chef

This chef shared the conflict in their restaurant that led to the resignation of the FOH lead and then the chef themselves. They shared their own resignation in a second “update” thread where they discussed that the conflict between them and the FOH lead, who had quit in the previous post, had put them in the owner's crosshairs.
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These server memes exemplify the trials and tribulations of the restaurant worker experience. They express frustration towards people that arrive right before closing, customers who try to flag you down even though you're not their designated server, making mistakes on the job, and fashioning polite smiles so that you can get a decent tip from difficult patrons.

Server Memes For Restaurant Workers Who Are Over It

Working at a restaurant can be stressful and tiring, to say the least. There can be pushy customers, aggressive managers , and, as Mad TV's Bon Qui Qui once yelled, “complicated orders.” As a server, you have to ensure being on your feet all day every day, along with the limitations of your own memory and the endless lists of dietary restrictions (many of which don't even sound real). And on top of it all, you are expected to smile your way through the pain so that you can maybe, if you're luck…
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Malicious Compliance: Restaurant Worker Told to Reconsider Having Two Jobs, Quits

This worker was working a second job as a greeter at a popular restaurant before the manager told them that they needed to reconsider having two jobs. When they paused to reconsider this as requested, they decided that the job at the restaurant was the one worth giving up. They went into their next shift in their street clothes and announced that they would be quitting and not coming back. As much as we love to side with employees in these types of stories, a couple of things that stick out to…
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Server Shares What It's Like Working the Brunch Shift in 100+ Degree Weather While Karen Customers Complain About the Dumbest Things

Server Shares What It's Like Working the Brunch Shift in 100+ Degree Weather While Karen Customers Complain About the Dumbest Things

You chose to sit outside with the bugs, Karen—why tf are you drinking Cabernet in 102° weather anyways??
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'Karen' Accuses Hibachi Chef Of Being Racist When He Said 'Kobe' After Landing A Good Throw| thumbnail text - kobe, you have to bring a black man into this?

'Karen' Accuses Hibachi Chef Of Being Racist After He Said 'Kobe' While Landing A Good Toss

Karen's are unstoppable
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Service Industry Memes To Get The Most Out Of Working For Ungrateful People

Is it really living?
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manager makes mistakes, dishwasher quits and restaurant has to close because dishes pile up

Manager Pushes Their Mistake Onto Dishwasher, Staff Quits, Restaurant Has To Close

A tale as old as employment.
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A spicy customer demands that a restaurant cut their burrito in half, and the restaurant does just that.

Customer Asks Restaurant To Cut Burrito In Half, Restaurant Maliciously Complies

Serves that dude right.
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Waitress Shares Viral Stories of Insane Serving Experiences While Working in a Restaurant

Waitress Shares Viral Stories of the Most Insane Serving Experiences While Working in a Restaurant

From having to stop customers from doing drugs at the table, to threatening to fight a teenager who stole her tip—it gets real on this TikTok account.
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Funny Pizza Place Signs That Were Sufficiently Saucy And Cheesy

It's dinner and a show.
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Writer Roasts Michelin Star Restaurant On Twitter, Delusional Chef Responds With Ridiculous Argument About Horses

What an avant garde a-hole.
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customer demands his meal weighed and gets less meat

Customer Demands Kilo of Meat To Be Weighed, Gets Less Meat

He flew too close to the sun.
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Entitled Karen Won't Listen To Staff About Rain, Gets Reckoning

The thing about working in the service industry is that customers seem to think they simply know better than you. It doesn't matter if the sky is getting dark or everyone else leaves the patio like rats scuttling from a sinking ship. There's a type of person who just can't be bothered by someone who they think is “below them.” And just such a thing happened here, to the satisfaction of this employee. For another run-in with Karen, here's the useless ex-manager who tried to get an ex employee to…
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A restaurant owner decides to call out a woman's series of nasty, dishonest reviews.

Restaurant Owner Calls Out Woman's Dishonest Reviews

Bianca got served up some sweet justice.
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