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Waiters, waitresses, and baristas are sharing their unexpected overheards that they've experienced while working on the job. Nothing quite like just trying to muddle through your work day, while you're also playing third party to what could be the ending of a relationship, or some other kind of emotional blowup between a couple people eating a meal. 

Anyone who has ever worked a gig in the service industry knows that the job is most unfortunately stuffed to the brim with entitled customers that all seem to be on a war path towards creating as much emotional distress as possible, over a whole bunch of nothing. Because of that unfortunate and frequent predicament, many members of the service industry end up perfecting their very best "customer voices." This can get very, very exhausting after awhile.

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Anyone who has ever worked a customer service job knows that the gig can come with many a rude customer who seems bent on making your day nothing short of absolutely miserable. It's as if some people are conditioned in the worst way possible, to turn the part of their brains off that's responsible for being a decent human being, as soon as they enter a restaurant/bar. Well, this guy got put in his place, in glorious fashion. 

At the start of this tumultuous tale it does seem as if we're about to read something very gnarly. Like, maybe some kind of stomach bug situation from a salad never meant for human consumption. But alas, things don't shake out nearly as bad as you might think. Just a panicked waitress fielding the daunting realization that she'd consumed a customer's salad, that was actually going to return. 

This entertaining Tumblr post brings people together to bond over the strange brain farts that can occur as a result of such intense mental conditioning from jobs. If you've ever muddled through a gig in the service industry you're probably very familiar with how deeply rooted those different mandatory, totally manufactured, social niceties can be. The infamous to-go order instances as an example. 

Oh boy, this is just beautiful. Karen the customer came in to a restaurant ready to stir up all kinds of trouble with her toxic stance of ferocious entitlement; but she met her match. Yes, turns out the best medicine for dealing with an angry Karen is to meet the entitlement with pure and unwavering kindness. It's as if the wholesome kindness counterbalances the negative Karen energy. 

Check out some more Karen content with this work Karen who made everyone get up for a 4AM meeting.

What a beautiful take on getting back at a testy customer. For whatever reason (ignorance), some customers think it's alright to turn up at establishments and stink up the atmosphere with toxicity, entitlement, and aggressive rudeness. In this scenario, Karen meets her match in a server who decided to approach Karen's unpleasant cloud of negativity with excellent customer service, and theatrical apologies to the point that Karen actually seemed to wake up. 

Check out another time that Karen lost, with this tech support employee who called Karen's bluff.

Sometimes customers throw out an order that seems to escape the very definition of logic. It's like the customers just threw a bunch of random foods together, and decided to surprise the waiters with pure nonsense. I mean, hey, everyone has their thing, and sometimes people enjoy a particular food combination like ice cream and ketchup. Yes, let that settle. Ice cream and ketchup. 

This waitress managed to get back at her mean boss lady in quite the satisfying way. The saying "kill em with kindness" has never rang more true. In this case, the mean boss lady won't give the waitress her birthday off from work. So, after doing something totally normal like working on trading shifts around she managed to piss off the boss so much that she gets called out for being rude. 

From there, she decides to quit at the end of the season, but commits herself to being nice as possible to everyone around her. She ends up winning over the hearts of all her co-workers, so much that they quit with her!

This server shares a story about trying out the honest approach with some awful customers. If anything it's impressive and encouraging that this server actually got through to them. They did not sound like the kind of people that would approach much of anything with an open mind. 

Waiters and waitresses have that outside-in perspective when it comes to you entering their domain, to take a chance at meeting someone for your first date. Those sporadic conversations you have with your date, consisting of information you'd already know if the other person was a consistent part of your life, are a giveaway. But at the same time, things aren't always as they appear. Maybe you're reading this as someone who's in a loving relationship, and realizing you might look like you're on a first date with your partner, every time you guys go out! 

This unfaithful bastard had it coming. The fact he went and ate at the same restaurant with his wife AND side chick just screams careless stupidity. 

Every time you've had an awkward meal, your server has totally picked up on it. And if you're lucky, they tell that story about you all the time. Also, quick tip: it's probably a good idea to not propose at Olive Garden.

She singlehandedly restored our faith in humanity for a moment. 

The receipt makes explaining this one away near-impossible. Can I get a, "JOB OPENING!" ? 

Who's in the wrong here?