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Twitter Thread: Server sparks debate and discussion around the life lessons and experience that comes with working in the Service Industry

Your first job in the service industry (or retail, I'd argue) is a formative experience. For most of us, it comes at that time in our life when earning some cash is a necessity: Maybe you've just graduated high school or college and need a job; maybe you're still in high school; maybe the career you thought you were going to have as an Olympic level athlete didn't quite work out, and now you have no idea what you're doing with your life. Ignoring the fact that the last example is oddly specific…
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AITA I yelled at a student's dad and told him to eff off.

'I tell him that it's not really his business but we are sisters': Horrible dad mistakes waitress for his son's teacher and shames her

This is definitely not the kind of thing you want to deal with on your break.
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Customer called manager to tell them I was an OF star after I embarrassed her | This happened to me at my last restaurant job, about a year ago. It was a small bar and grill type place, and one of the worst regulars there was this group of teenage girls that would come in at least once a week. These girls were kind of known between all the servers to always get the $6 kids meals,

'I do not do OF, nor have I ever done OF': Waitress recounts terrible treatment from group of teen terrors

There's nothing that makes you feel so entirely helpless as being bullied by children. It's this weird catch-22 where you both are unable to retaliate but are rendered completely vulnerable by their cutting words. Kids know exactly what to say to cut you down, and their frank honesty can leave you with no retort or means for retaining your pride. This is even worse when you're in a customer service role. Being bullied by anyone in a customer service role feels like crap, but when it's kids doin…
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Server Goes Viral for Story of Getting Stiffed a Tip from a Party of 60 People, Commenters Defending the Non-Tippers are Getting Put in Their Place

If you can't afford to tip, then you shouldn't be going out to eat. PERIOD.
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Server Shares What It's Like Working the Brunch Shift in 100+ Degree Weather While Karen Customers Complain About the Dumbest Things

Server Shares What It's Like Working the Brunch Shift in 100+ Degree Weather While Karen Customers Complain About the Dumbest Things

You chose to sit outside with the bugs, Karen—why tf are you drinking Cabernet in 102° weather anyways??
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Karen Leaves Nasty Note For Server, Gets Embarrassed in Front of Her Entire Family and Kicked Out

Who is the guy she was with the first time?
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Waitress Shares Viral Stories of Insane Serving Experiences While Working in a Restaurant

Waitress Shares Viral Stories of the Most Insane Serving Experiences While Working in a Restaurant

From having to stop customers from doing drugs at the table, to threatening to fight a teenager who stole her tip—it gets real on this TikTok account.
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Entitled Dad Is So Rude to Waitress That She Quits and Walks Out in the Middle of Serving Them

Acting like this is not refined. It's just trashy.
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Waitress Gets Necessary Payback After Massive Jerk Demands She Refund His Tip as Soon as His Date is Out of Earshot

This guy is a walking red flag.
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guy demands spicy food and doesn't get it

Dude Sends Non-Spicy Food Back 4 Times, Asks Internet If He's In The Wrong

We demand the spicy.
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Boss punishes waitress for being ill, so she proceeds to walk out on the job.

Boss Punishes Waitress For Being Ill, She Walks Out On Job, Coworkers Get Upset

Seems completely reasonable.
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A waitress accidentally spills wine on a customer's jacket, and then the customer doesn't want to leave a tip.

Waitress Accidentally Spills Wine On Customer's Jacket, Customer Chooses Not To Tip

Accidents happen, man.
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Waiters and waitresses describe overheards they had while working, that they felt they shouldn't have heard | reddit posted by jacobr1020 eating at restaurant one day and boyfriend proposed his girlfriend very sweet, not attention-seeking at all, and seemed very genuine. She started crying and said yes. He grinned and said April Fool She PISSED!

Waiters/Waitresses/Baristas Share Their Unexpected Overheards

Sometimes you hear something you feel like you shouldn't have.
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Customer decides to not tip their waitress because they learned their waitress won the lottery.

Customer Doesn't Tip Waitress Because Waitress Won The Lottery

Plain old completely not cool.
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A funny Tumblr thread has Tumblr users swapping stories on the art of faked niceties in the service industry.

Tumblr Users Discuss The Art Of Faked Niceties In Service Industry

It really is its own kind of art form.
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Rude customer stiffs a waitress on a large tab, and then poetic karma ensues.

Customer Stiffs Waitress On Large Tab, Poetic Karma Ensues

He ended up being quite unintentionally generous.
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