tales from your server

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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’

'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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Restaurant forces staff to compete for a chance to keep their jobs, letting customer reviews decide who keeps their job: 'Slacking off is not an option'

Entitled boss expects server to get back to work when she faints on the job, so the server gives her two week notice

‘She didn’t even see me as a person’: Server gives her two week notice after entitled boss expects her to get back to work when she faints on the job

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Karen restaurant manager accuses cook of not working, she maliciously complies

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Café Karen complains that her pieces of toast aren't the same size, gets smaller ones: 'You want your two pieces of toast the same size? As you wish.'

'New hire lasted 10 minutes': Server tells off manager on day one after not being allowed to bring her dog to work

'New hire lasted 10 minutes': Server tells off manager on day one after not being allowed to bring her dog to work

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Restaurant manager calls police on customers who are refusing to pay $9 for using the salad bar: '3 cop cars pulled in and surrounded them'

'I'm paying so that the restaurant doesn't lose $500 on a dine-and-dash': Server gets scolded by manager after table of 11+ customers leave without paying

'I'm paying so that the restaurant doesn't lose $500 on a dine-and-dash': Server gets scolded by manager after table of 11+ customers leave without paying

Entitled Karen can't do math and demands extra money on top of the rounded-up sum of $5 the server gives her, threatens to report the server

‘I was genuinely dumbfounded’: Server rounds up customer's change to $5 because they had no coins, entitled Karen demands her 15¢ even after being given extra money back

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‘They got all huffy and left’: Server goes off on boomer guests after they sit themselves at a table and demand service, despite being told repeatedly to wait

‘They got all huffy and left’: Server goes off on boomer guests after they sit themselves at a table and demand service, despite being told repeatedly to wait

Entitled Karen aunt steals food off of Maid of Honor's plate and and sends food back multiple times, accusations from serving staff set her off

‘Let me see it on camera’: Entitled aunt eats off of Maid of Honor's dinner plate and sticks her fingers in the caterer's sauces, then lies about it and demands to see video proof

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Cook quits 2 days into their 2 week notice when their boss takes it poorly: 'He got so angry he’s been slamming and throwing things near me'

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Pregnant woman left with huge bill after entitled family attempt to dine and dash, husband forces them to come back and settle the thousands in charge

Pregnant woman left with huge bill after entitled family attempt to dine and dash, husband forces them to come back and settle the thousands in charge

'Oh okay. Good luck with that, bud': Waiter calls out "we have somewhere to be in an hour" diners

'Oh okay. Good luck with that, bud': Waiter calls out "we have somewhere to be in an hour" diners