server life

‘I ended up working at that place’: Random chef on lunch break gets accosted by restaurant's notorious Karen customer, impresses their head chef and gets hired

Elna McHilderson

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'[What] do you mean you don't have tartar sauce?': Top 'Tales From Your Server' of the Year (2023)

Ben Weiss

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'We will never return': Waiter gets the chance to reply to Karen's one-star review about them

Remy Millisky

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'I professionally shutdown Karens & Kens': 21+ Servers share their most satisfying customer shutdown stories

Elna McHilderson

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'Server to server...': Off-duty waiter takes friends to brunch at the restaurant they work at, tips coworker 60% but still gets put down for 'not tipping well'

Elna McHilderson

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'Us servers scramble': 30+ Restaurant employees share the chaos that ensues when an inspector shows up unannounced

Elna McHilderson

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'I needed to clear my conscience': Server is miffed by 3% tip, gets a holiday miracle the next day when customer comes back to give additional 50% tip and an apology

Elna McHilderson

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'By god, he had me stressed on a Monday morning': Male-Karen throws a tantrum demanding a meal refund, turns out he's in the wrong restaurant

Elna McHilderson

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'And no tip, of course': Customer refuses to read entire menu description and demands item restaurant does not offer, incompetent manager leaves novice server in charge

Elna McHilderson

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'Table from H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks': Double date turns into server's nightmare, saying it was his worst table in '10 years'

Elna McHilderson

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'Wanted extra mayo so I maliciously complied by drenching it': 15+ servers share the pranks they pulled on Karen customers

Ben Weiss

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'That's just a right of passage [in the restaurant biz]': Servers share their most embarrassing workplace slip ups and fails

Elna McHilderson

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Top Tales From Your Server (October 2, 2023)

Ben Weiss

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'Fired over hash browns': Server gets fired for laughing in manager's face after advocating on customer's behalf

Ben Weiss

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'He paid for a pound, he's going to get what he paid for': Customer claims his wing order wasn't a full pound, turns out it's over a pound, server tosses extra wings

Ben Weiss

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Restaurant Goer Enraged When He Finds a Human Tooth in His Food; Blames Waitstaff, Threatens a Lawsuit, Then Realizes It Was His Tooth All Along

Jesse Kessenheimer

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