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'[He has] zero managerial or real work experience': Restaurant worker shares story of their nightmare nepo-baby new owner

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Know-it-all part-time waiter insists on inferior method for billing guests, massive queues ensue

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'I've been struggling [to afford] food': Worker shares scathing messages from their boss after they recover discarded food from workplace

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'Would you shut up already!': Guy gets roasted by his own mother after making a scene over his steak

'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

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'Find those muffins!!': Karen customer demands nonexistent muffins, manager demands their procurement

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'Who are the rudest customers you've met?': Service Industry Employees Share Their Most Nightmare Experiences with Extremely Entitled Customers at Work

Elna McHilderson

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'I'm not helping people who can't use their words': Server Sees Usual Entitled Karen Couple Try to Seat Themselves at Dirty Table, Cleans and Sits Every Other Table Around Them

Elna McHilderson

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'She seems more focused on mundane little things': Longtime Service Industry Employee Likes New Boss, But Not Her Management Style, Asks for Advice on How to Tell Her

Elna McHilderson

'We need drinks!'... 'And I need tips': Bartender Gets $500 Tip After Epically Calling Out Entitled Celebrity Who Tries to Tip with an Autographed $5 Bill

'We need drinks!'... 'And I need tips': Bartender Gets $500 Tip After Epically Calling Out Entitled Celebrity Who Tries to Tip with an Autographed $5 Bill

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Annoying coworker insist's server's section is better and forces them to swap, makes less

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Service industry employee has to call out for being sick on her first day of work serving, fears she might get fired, managers milk scare tactic, but just mark it as a "red flag"

'Called in sick on first day... [Now I'm] paranoid my boss secretly hates me': Server fears being let go for missing first day of work, managers say it's just a "red flag"

Elna McHilderson

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Service Industry Employees Share Their Hilariously Embarrassing Communication Fails

Elna McHilderson

Funniest Service Industry Memes for Servers and Bartenders Who Never Thought They'd Be Here This Long

The Best Service Industry Memes of the Week for Servers and Bartenders Who Never Thought They'd Be Here This Long (January 27, 2022)

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'What are my options?': Restaurant owner fires server and holds $2000 for ransom to force signing of illegal NDA

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'The sparkle of those eyes is igniting me': Out of control waitress hits one woman's husband, she gets her fired

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Remote employee plans to quit for a new job after getting hit with return-to-office mandate, walks away with 7 months’ severance instead: 'I am still laughing'

Remote employee plans to quit for a new job after getting hit with return-to-office mandate, walks away with 7 months’ severance instead: 'I am still laughing'

Boss takes credit for team's work on a big presentation, only to be publicly reprimanded by his own boss when he fails to present the data properly: ‘Classic corporate leadership’

Boss takes credit for team's work on a big presentation, only to be publicly reprimanded by his own boss when he fails to present the data properly: ‘Classic corporate leadership’

'She’ll text me 'be there in 2 minutes' and still come out 10 minutes later': Employee leaves a chronically late coworker to fend for herself when their ride-share agreement makes them late for work for 2 months

'She’ll text me 'be there in 2 minutes' and still come out 10 minutes later': Employee leaves a chronically late coworker to fend for herself when their ride-share agreement makes them late for work for 2 months

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Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

Tech employee skips unpaid ‘mandatory’ team retreat, manager suggests they've lost their chance for a promotion as a result: ‘He said my attitude is the issue’

Tech employee skips unpaid ‘mandatory’ team retreat, manager suggests they've lost their chance for a promotion as a result: ‘He said my attitude is the issue’

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