We don't want to think about our waiters and waitresses messing up our meals, but it absolutely happens! Just think about how often you make mistakes---probably at least a few per day or per week, right? Of course, some of these mistakes are worse than others…just ask the servers and hosts who replied to u/princessmeemee's question: “What’s something you did that would make your manager clutch their pearls if they found out?” One person accidentally put balsamic vinegar on vanilla ice cream ins…

Nobody is safe from a Karen at a fast-food drive-thru window...

"What is wrong with people? You are in my space, where I am in control, and you want to escalate knowing full well you were wrong..."

Immature and entitled seem to go hand-in-hand.

It's unbelievable that these kinds of people actually exist!

Some heroes don't wear capes.

There's no better feeling than experiencing justice in action.

You shouldn't have to always be smiling at work, especially if you're having a bad day—why can't some customers get that through their heads?

Working in the service industry really changes your brain chemistry.

Don't mess with a hotel staff.

Being a server means that you have to deal with a ton of unnecessary behavior from coworkers, managers, and especially customers. However, having to pay the price (in this case, quite literally) for a dining and dashing incident is about as bad as it can get. Here, we have a server who got lectured, belittled, and reprimanded by his manager after a table of 11+ customers managed to get away with ditching the restaurant without paying. First of all, we cannot help but empathize with this server…

We've all been the new kid at a job.

"Draw pictures and illustrations and have her count out the number of apples and bananas."

Time does not exist when you're working the night shift...

"We had no choice but to throw all those sauces away."

"What sort of algebra is this?..."