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'You vanished like a part-time magician': Customer refuses to tip after getting neglected by his server, leaves $0 gratuity as a protest to modern tipping culture

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Customer demands server to cancel their order despite it being almost ready, server reluctantly agrees, only for customer to change his mind 15 minutes later: ‘We have to remake it’

Customer demands server to cancel their order despite it being almost ready, server reluctantly agrees, only for customer to change his mind 15 minutes later: ‘We have to remake it’

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'I cracked up laughing. Instant fired': Server accidentally laughs at temperamental manager over a customer's hash browns order

'I cracked up laughing. Instant fired': Server accidentally laughs at temperamental manager over a customer's hash browns order

Server gets $2500 tip from kind customer, only for manager to refuse to process it, server accuses restaurant of stealing: 'Corporate will likely void it instead of giving it to me'

Server gets $2500 tip from kind customer, only for manager to refuse to process it, server accuses restaurant of stealing: 'Corporate will likely void it instead of giving it to me'

Server forced to wait on entitled divorced couple, maliciously complies with their order: 'Ask me for 4 eggs, I give you 4 eggs'

Server forced to wait on entitled divorced couple, maliciously complies with their order: 'Ask me for 4 eggs, I give you 4 eggs'

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‘These people baffle me’: Server asks customers to leave five minutes before restaurant's closing time, they reluctantly comply, only for server to get reprimanded for their actions

‘These people baffle me’: Server asks customers to leave five minutes before restaurant's closing time, they reluctantly comply, only for server to get reprimanded for their actions

20+ restaurant secrets from overworked and underpaid servers: 'You should not drink fountain drinks'

20+ restaurant secrets from overworked and underpaid servers: 'You should not drink fountain drinks'

'It's too overdone, redo it': 20+ strange requests servers received from entitled customers

'It's too overdone, redo it': 20+ strange requests servers received from entitled customers

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Restaurant manager has their leave revoked after being prevented from taking it all year: 'No one is allowed to take my shift because I am the only one that knows how to do everything'

‘She needs customer service training’: Customers arrive at restaurant on New Year's night during closing, leave entitled review and tip 4% despite server's excellent service

‘She needs customer service training’: Customers arrive at restaurant on New Year's night during closing, leave entitled review and tip 4% despite server's excellent service

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'I've stuck around to see everyone suffer': Customer gets revenge for terrible bar service by playing 26-minute rage-inducing song on jukebox and leaving

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'I just wasn't feeling snarky last night, so I tried something new': Server's wholesome revenge turns a raging Karen’s tantrum into a heartfelt apology

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16-year-old working first job as restaurant busgirl told to work faster by manager, slips breaking over $100 worth of plates: 'I was doing what you said'

Restaurant employees share the good and the bad in a tell-all about the best and worst customers they've ever had

Customer service employees share stories about the best and worst customers they've ever had: ‘They got the wrong omelette and . . . stomp[ed] it on the carpet’

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'If I leave, I'll never set foot in this store again': 17-year-old server reprimanded by coworker for helping out per manager's request, refuses to finish final two weeks

'If I leave, I'll never set foot in this store again': 17-year-old server reprimanded by coworker for helping out per manager's request, refuses to finish final two weeks

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'Manager wanted me to arrive 30 minutes early to get ready before clocking in': Manager demands worker arrive 30 minutes before their shift is set to start to begin working

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Landlord charges longtime tenants a $10,000 renovation bill for a 1989 California apartment after they move out, using minor damage to make them pay for a full unit upgrade he was planning anyway

Landlord charges longtime tenants a $10,000 renovation bill for a 1989 California apartment after they move out, using minor damage to make them pay for a full unit upgrade he was planning anyway

16-year-old caring for 14, 11, and 9-year-old siblings stops watching the other kids after parents dismiss his feelings: 'They said as the oldest, they have high expectations for me'

16-year-old caring for 14, 11, and 9-year-old siblings stops watching the other kids after parents dismiss his feelings: 'They said as the oldest, they have high expectations for me'

Manager gets a day of overtime pay for answering employee text when HR refuses to acknowledge their work-life boundaries, HR tries to get them fired, they counter with their own warning: '[If] they wanted to punish me for it, they could see me in court'

Manager gets a day of overtime pay for answering employee text when HR refuses to acknowledge their work-life boundaries, HR tries to get them fired, they counter with their own warning: '[If] they wanted to punish me for it, they could see me in court'

Blue-collar employee quits on the spot after being talked over and offered a lowball raise, is the 11th person to quit in 8 months: ‘I finally cut him off and told him I was quitting.’

Blue-collar employee quits on the spot after being talked over and offered a lowball raise, is the 11th person to quit in 8 months: ‘I finally cut him off and told him I was quitting.’

Company installs productivity tracking software that screenshots employees' computers every 10 minutes: ‘But they say can't afford raises anymore’

Company installs productivity tracking software that screenshots employees' computers every 10 minutes: ‘But they say can't afford raises anymore’

'I owe the HOA 1 cent': Resident of 20+ years in the neighborhood refuses to pay the $0.01 he owes in HOA fees on principle

'I owe the HOA 1 cent': Resident of 20+ years in the neighborhood refuses to pay the $0.01 he owes in HOA fees on principle

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