tales from your server

Food service employees and their most embarrassing mistakes on the job: 'Spilled 6 glasses of water on a girl'

Ally Perry

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Restaurant server decided not to disclose the price of specials, but when customer was charged $65 for an entree, a problem arose: 'he was mad that I didn't say the price initially'

María Cetra

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Customer orders food, and when she doesn't like it, she decides to talk with her mouth full to the server and then spit it in a napkin for the server to pick it up: 'It’s like some people have never stepped foot in a restaurant before.'

María Cetra

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Customer gets mad at server for charging for a potato he ate and leaves a $5 tip on a $100 tab as a punishment with a note in the bill: ‘That potato charge hurt your tip.’

María Cetra

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Server gets hired to work at a fine dining restaurant without experience, she’s about to crash out from the stress of doing everything wrong: ‘My managers seem to think I'm an idiot.’

María Cetra

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Customer leaves server legendary $1000 tip, company withholds her payout for nearly 3 months: ‘Ask for interest’

Lana DeGaetano

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Restaurant manager refuses to give diner her employee's discount after watching her make non-stop demands to new server to mock his inexperience: ‘Their smiles dropped’

Bar Mor Hazut

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27-year-old pastry chef feuds with entitled server "Ashley" who keeps making him customize orders: 'You were making me remake dishes all night!'

Ben Weiss

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Café owner demands bakery lead order more product due to upcoming holiday, ignoring and overriding their knowledge and experience, they comply and then quit when they're blamed for the wasted product: 'So I did it. I doubled my regular order'

Brad Dickson

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Customer blames server for trying to scam them for a tip after server failed to bring back their $40 change, server claims it was not his intention: ‘He was so confused’

Bar Mor Hazut

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16-year-old waiter assumes couple is tipping $40 on a $60 bill, prompting an awkward confrontation and math problems as they struggle to straighten out the misunderstanding: 'He just freezes, until he finally says "100 minus 61.99...." and trails off'

Brad Dickson

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20-year-old kitchen worker tells her 40-year-old coworker that she's not surprised his wife divorced him over his online gaming obsession, sparks disagreement dividing the workplace: 'She wanted him to spend time with her instead of playing video games'

Brad Dickson

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Karen customer demands barista make her a Frappuccino, complains that it's not an iced latte when the barista hands it to her: 'Being a barista is truly a social experiment'

Brad Dickson

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‘They thought the ‘closed for private event’ sign AND the ‘reserved’ sign somehow did not apply to them': Grandma Karen steals a reserved table at a restaurant, ruining a couple's dinner surprise before getting put in her place

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'We microwaved her salad': 15+ bizarre requests for servers from entitled customers

Ben Weiss

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‘You probably don’t remember me…’: Server confronts entitled customer a year later for throwing a temper tantrum on her first day

Ben Weiss

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