service industry

'[She was] talking to me like I'm the idiot': Karen goes berserk when the hotel receptionist explains how room service works, realizes her misunderstanding and stalks off defeated

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'They sent me home due to low workload': Manager forces workers to use PTO after sending them home early

Brad Dickson

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'Lots of unqualified people selling hearing aids with a 500% markup': 20+ shady industries to be on the lookout for

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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'YOU SHOULD BE SERVING ME': Bookstore worker on a coffee break accosted by raging Karen who thinks she works there

Brad Dickson

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'I went on foot': Fast food worker without a car sent home to shave, takes his time

Brad Dickson

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'I won't be in today and I won't be back': Restaurant worker quits 20 mins after the start of their shift with explosive text message to boss

Brad Dickson

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'I don't even get a chair': Restaurant manager won't let hostess sit following surgery

Brad Dickson

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'We don't clean anything that we sell': 30 surprising industry secrets as told by former employees

Ben Weiss

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'I literally dropped the tray of drinks': Defiant server maliciously complies to manager's demand

Brad Dickson

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'She called 8 times in the run of 24 hours:' Restaurant employee no-call/no-shows for her shifts, refuses to believe the manager when he tells her she's fired

Elna McHilderson

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'And then the keg blew': Trouble brews when manager dismisses bartender's advice, gets soaked with beer

Brad Dickson

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'I pulled 60 quarters out of my pocket and set them on the counter': Restaurant cashier complains about credit card transactions, prompting one of her regulars to teach her a lesson about the inconvenience of cash

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'We wait even longer for a third tow truck to arrive': Service tech tries to reschedule appointment located on steep hill, gets themself and numerous other vehicles stuck

Remy Millisky

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'She doesn't understand how the workforce operates': Off-duty waitress gets intercepted by a Karen while grocery shopping, lands devastating roast

Elna McHilderson

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'My bill was a third of what it would have been': Diner gets cheaper bill after sticking it to the 'Mean Girl' waitresses who were picking on the new guy

Elna McHilderson

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