tales from your server

'They [were] using the cake and ice cream as a diversion': Waiter stops would-be dine and dashers in their tracks by putting all the attention on them

Remy Millisky

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'I was fired over a Caesar salad': Server makes mistake with order and is forced to pay for salad, gets fired for calling it soggy

Ben Weiss

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‘You didn't add the tea': Server gets cornered by customers after they demand tea, customers then demand a refund when they realize tea isn't on the menu

Eleonora Bader

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'I had a customer so awful our manager almost cried': Ranch diva customer throws Karen-level tantrum, husband still tips 35%

Elna McHilderson

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'I just rage quit my waitressing job': Server finds out her boss was stealing her tips, quits on the spot and seeks legal action

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I got fired for changing': Server fired after customer sees her using the public bathroom stall to change into uniform

Ben Weiss

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'Can my employer make me pay the difference?': Server accidentally orders wrong bottle of wine, manager makes them pay up

Ben Weiss

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'Now. Dear. I ordered [...] quite some time ago': Server takes drink orders for group of 18, customer demands for their drink before all the orders are taken

Ben Weiss

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'I forgot I’m not eating dairy': 20+ Food service workers share the strangest things diners have ever said to them

Remy Millisky

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'What else did she think dirty meant?': Woman orders two Dirty Shirley Temples, yells at server when she learns what that means

Ben Weiss

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Top Tales From Your Server This Week (April 16, 2023)

Ben Weiss

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'We closed [three] hours ago': Server lets couple on first date stay late, learns the hard way that they're woefully entitlted

Brad Dickson

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'Anything I don't want to do is a code violation': Servers share horror stories of entitled customers staying late after close and how they handled it

Elna McHilderson

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'The man was staring daggers': Big tipper tries to take back $100, so waitress humiliates him in front of his date

Remy Millisky

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'You’ll be losing our business': Restaurant owner kicks out entitled diners after they berate brand new server

Remy Millisky

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'I feel like a court jester': Humiliated waitress refuses to sing 'Happy Birthday' to customers, gets scolded by management then required to sing in Italian instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

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