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'We are aware of that': Manager wants workers to prep store for opening during Level 2 snow emergency

'We are aware of that': Manager wants workers to prep store for opening during Level 2 snow emergency, draws ire online

At what point are health and safety more important than opening in the middle of a blizzard?
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‘Get Me Who’s in Charge. You Won’t See a Cent of This Bill’ : Elitist Customer Demands Manager After Miscommunication, Server Loses Tip

‘Get Me Who’s in Charge. You Won’t See a Cent of This Bill’ : Elitist Customer Demands Manager After Miscommunication, Server Loses Tip

Private events at restaurants are often riddled with miscommunications, false impressions, and rude guests/customers. One server took to Reddit, complaining about an entitled, elitist customer she'd come across at a sports event the restaurant she worked at, hosted. Organizers of such events generally relay important information to guests, but it usually lands on deaf ears. This was such a case. She was working with colored lanyards, so she knew which guests were to receive free refills on spir…
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‘Fine, We’ll Do It Your Way’ : Waitress Maliciously Complies With Know It All Coworker, Resulting in Pandemonium

‘Fine, We’ll Do It Your Way’ : Waitress Maliciously Complies With Know It All Coworker, Resulting in Pandemonium

Coworkers tend to fall between three categories — A. The ‘Know it all’, B. The ‘Think’s they know it all', and C. The 'Don't know nothing's'. This employee was sure he was a part of Exhibit A when actually he fell poorly into category B. Not the practical type, he wanted to make everyone's life a lot more difficult, including the customer's. All for the sake of being right... which he wasn't, at all.
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Top 10 Tales From Your Server This Week (February 27, 2023)

Top 10 'Tales From Your Server' This Week (February 26, 2023)

The trials and tribulations of being a server are on full display here!
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20+ Stupid Food Fails

Top 25 Food Fails of the Week (February 24, 2023)

Not everyone was born to be a cook!
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Cheeseburger with no cheese

'Self-inflicted stupid tax': One cashier's tiny slice of revenge on crabby Karens

Faced with hangry Karens one too many times, this cashier has had enough. As they wrote to r/MaliciousCompliance, u/iceariina often rings up customers who don't quite know what they want. Lots of customers will come in to the burger joint they work at and order a cheeseburger, no cheese . But actually, you can save a quarter if you just order a hamburger. Does a Karen want to hear that? No, they never do! They just want a cheese-less cheeseburger. Since these Karens at the OP's workplace decide…
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‘I’m Not Responsible for Your Tiny Idiots’ : Reckless Parents Expect Server to Babysit Kids, Blame Him When Kids Ultimately Smash Restaurant Property to Smithereens

‘I’m Not Responsible for Your Tiny Idiots’ : Reckless Parents Expect Server to Babysit Kids, Blame Him When Kids Ultimately Smash Restaurant Property to Smithereens

Oh no, the waiter isn't a babysitter, how terrible...
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Don't ask for spicy sizzling fajita's

'All we could taste was pain': Guy and his friend order spicy sizzling fajitas and instantly regret it when the smoke clears out the whole restaurant

All we can say is that these guys got what they ordered.
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Fired over hash browns.

'I cracked up laughing. Instant fired:' Server gets fired after working in the customer's best interest over a hash browns order

Who knew hash browns could cause such a debacle?
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'We got an online order for... almost 500 tortillas': 30 Chefs share the hilarity going on behind the scenes in restaurant kitchens

'We got an online order for... almost 500 tortillas': 30 Chefs share the hilarity going on behind the scenes in restaurant kitchens

From funny customer meal requests to the list of unacceptable kitchen music, these chefs are sharing the wackiest antics going on in the back of house . On the subreddit r/KitchenConfidential, chefs, dish washers , and other back of house restaurant workers gather to share memes and talk about their workplaces. We've gathered some of the funniest and most popular posts so you can get a peek into the daily life of a chef. My favorite of these memes and photos is the guy who ordered 150 pounds of…
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‘You’re the Rudest Customers I’ve Ever Met’ : Entitled Influencers Served $700 Worth of Free Food, Leave $5 Tip for Server, Adding Insult to Injury

‘You’re the Rudest Customers I’ve Ever Met’ : Entitled Influencers Served $700 Worth of Free Food, Leave $5 Tip for Server, Adding Insult to Injury

The concept of modern-day influencers has been a thing for a while now. What is this strange phenomenon that has taken over the WWW? They swarm every social media platform that exists, and it has become impossible not to encounter them while scrolling. Well, influencers, as the title suggests, influence others. They have a distinct niche (All look the same to me… fashion, shmashion…), and they actively engage with their… followers. Y'know, like a biblical prophet. They have also gained a bad re…
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AITA for doing an Irish exit at a restaurant so I wasn't stuck with the bill?

'You need to find new dinner companions': Dude questions if their friends should be angry at them for walking out on a meal

This dude ducked out of a dinner party early, making his friends absolutely furious. Some people will always take advantage of your generosity! In this post to r/AmItheA******, u/OldAbbreviations6423 had a pressing question regarding his current friend group. The OP is in the awkward position of being one of the higher earners in their friend group, so they've kindly covered tips in the past while the group was out dining. But the OP noticed an interesting pattern of their friends over ordering…
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'What the heck is this in my food?': 'Grumpy old man' has a scallop-induced meltdown over dinner, then other diners side with waiter

'What the heck is this in my food?': 'Grumpy old man' has a scallop-induced meltdown over dinner, then other diners side with waiter

This person who worked at a steak and seafood restaurant had to deal with the crankiest and most entitled of customers.
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"Extra Spicy" accumulates

'That thing was HOT': Guy keeps requesting for his dish to be extra spicy, chef maliciously complies

This guy barely lived to tell the tale after being served the spiciest dish of his life!
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"[It] weighed 3 times [more than] a normal cheeseburger. The cashier picked it up and her eyes grew wide": Delicious compliance ensues for demanding customer

"[It] weighed 3 times [more than] a normal cheeseburger. The cashier picked it up and her eyes grew wide": Delicious compliance ensues for demanding customer

You're buying a sandwich and you get to add a stupid big amount of one ingredient: what do you choose? This one guy demanded extra onions on his burger, and with their manager's permission, this Redditor fired up some delicious malicious compliance ! As a teenage McDonalds employee, this OP got their fair share of irritating customers . Customers can be so demanding, asking for all kinds of special substitutions or additions to their food. Some people want really specific things, like having th…
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Boss told me to deep clean the back and to not come to front for any reason so i did

Update: Underpaid server forced to deep clean floors by manager? Cue malicious compliance!

Some horrible bosses give you horrible tasks just to be horrible.
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