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'The GM was an unbearable human': Server takes as many customer orders as possible before quitting and walking out

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'You should be ashamed of yourself and embarrassed': Restaurant owner writes scathing response to Karen's 1-star review

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

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'You were in no rush to help': Managers scapegoat server for entitled customer's kitchen complaints

'You failed to pay me but I'm the bad guy?': Employee fired for complaining about a bounced paycheck from her employer

'You failed to pay me but I'm the bad guy?': Employee fired for complaining about a bounced paycheck from her employer

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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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'It cost his parents £50... [so] he was in trouble': Fast food employee gets payback against a band of disrespectful teens by 'accidentally' throwing away a prized possession

Jesse Kessenheimer

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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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'[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

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

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

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

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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

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Update: 'They didn't notice my phone was recording': Parents discover their 18-year-old posted social media videos about them, family stages an intervention

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19-year-old daughter and 56-year-old mother clash and can't make-up after mother mixes daughter's makeup : 'She has a history of using my makeup without asking me and 99% of the time she uses products incorrectly and damages them'

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Mom visits her 15-year-old son instead of attending her other child's wedding day: 'My mom... told me the world doesn't revolve around me'

Mom visits her 15-year-old son instead of attending her other child's wedding day: 'My mom... told me the world doesn't revolve around me'

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