Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

A few waitress stories

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • A few waitress stories

    I waited tables for a country store restaurant for a bit..



    Story 1 : I need more bread!


    This rather fat woman and 2 fat kids came in, a lady I worked with said that they come in and the woman will order a dinner and split it between her and her 2 kids. Now, I see nothing wrong with feeding a baby or toddler off your plate, I mean why spend money on a kid who barely eats and most toddlers go through a not eating phase, but these kids had to have been in the double digit age, maybe 9. The manager already talked to us about her and said to only take 4 pieces of bread out and if she complains to tell her that it's 4 pieces per dinner (That's not the rule, generally)

    I go over and take there drink order, the woman barks for some bread, I go and get the ghetto lemonade (water with lemon) and two biscuits and two cornbread, butter and jelly and take it to them, and ask if they are ready to order, she orders the cheap meat and 2 veggies and I look at the kids and she says that's all they want. Ok, I go and put the order in and check on my other tables, as I pass them the lady barks for more bread.

    Me: I'm sorry, but it's 4 pieces of bread per plate

    SC: I've gotten more before

    Me: We had to change things, it's 4 pieces per plate and we have to charge for extra

    SC: That's ridiculous! I want a manager!

    The manager goes over and they argue, the woman throws out the dreaded "R" word again. The manager tells her that her kids are old enough to eat their own food ad the woman grudgedly buy them both a kids meal.
    __________________________________________


    Story 2: We want some bread


    I had a table of 5 or 6 men, I go over and take their drink order.


    Me: Hello, I'm Rose, I'll be your server today, what may I bring you to drink?

    SC: We want some bread

    Me: Alright, what would you like to drink?

    SC: We want some bread

    Me: I will bring you some when it comes up, what would you like to drink?

    SC: We want some bread

    I finally asked the guy sitting next to him what he wanted to drink.. The bread guy asked for bread twice before I even left to get the drinks.


    ______________________________________

    Story 3: I can't stand cigarette smoke!


    So it's Sunday after noon, the church crowd has come in.. I hate the church crowd with the burning intensity of a thousand dessert suns, they all want to sit together and wives will sit at the other end so you don't know who is on whose ticket and they run you to death and don't tip worth a flip, look at you as if they are so much better than you and make snide remarks about how I should go to church.. Yeah, dick weed... I'd love to go, but I have to be here because your wife forgets how to cook on Sundays. I had the smoking section and a couple gets seated, so I go over to do my little speech, the woman waves her hand and does that fake exaggerated cough

    SW: I can't stand cigarette smoke! Can you move us to non-smoking?

    Me: Did you ask for non smoking when you came in.

    SW: No, they said it was 30 minutes for non smoking

    Me: We don't have anything in non smoking, there are others waiting for a table and there's a list. we can't just give you a table in front of someone like that.

    SW: But the smoke is bothering me.

    Me: You can go and sign back up and wait for non smoking if you want

    SW: But that'll take 30 minutes.. Look, there's an empty table right over there.

    I turn and look, yeah it's empty, but the hostess is coming with menus and people.

    Me: Here are your choices.. You can sit here and eat or you can go and resubmit your name to the hostess and wait for a non smoking table. If you don't like the smoke, you should've asked for non smoking, but I cannot put you in the non smoking section when we are as busy as we are.

    She bitched and a manager came out and told her the same thing and the couple left..

    ______________________________

    Story 4: The Lunch Bunch

    A bunch of fat assed woman from a local office would all come and eat, they'd order the cheapest on the lunch menu of the seafood restaurant I was working at, with had these garlic cheddar biscuits that everyone likes so much. They'd all eat, I'd go by the table and ask if everything was alright and out side of being kinda rude about asking for more bread, they didn't have a problem. I go back toward to them, they have all eaten or were finishing up and one woman pointed to a morsel of fish and said

    SC: That didn't taste like catfish

    Me: I'm sorry about that

    Some people will just complain and not want anything done about it, so I slipped the check on the table and left, I came back by a few minutes later to pick up payment.

    SC: Aren't you going to bring me another piece of fish?

    Me: I can bring you another piece, however it'll cost 2.50

    SC: The piece I had didn't taste like catfish

    Me: And I apologize, but you have eaten all but a little bit and if there was something wrong with it, you should've told me when I checked on you when you first started eating

    SC: I want another piece of fish

    Me: I'll get a manager

    SC: Don't drag a manager into it! Just bring me another piece.

    Me: I can't, I'd have to ring it up and if I asked the manager to take it off they'd ask why and when I told them I'd get yelled at for not telling a manager.

    SC: Just don't tell them anything

    Me: Then I'd have to pay for it. I'll be right back

    The manager goes over and talks to her, I was in the back the whole time so I didn't hear what went on. The manager come back and tells me that they are ready to pay and that they come in all the time and take turns on who is going to pull that stunt and that they weren't going to win this time.
    http://www.customerssuck.com/?m=20080203

    My destiny is not pretty, but it's what my cutie mark is telling me.

  • #2
    Exactly why I will never wait tables again.
    You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

    Comment


    • #3
      Quoth HappyFun Ball View Post
      So it's Sunday after noon, the church crowd has come in.. I hate the church crowd with the burning intensity of a thousand dessert suns
      Mmmm dessert suns, they sound so tasty

      Sorry, couldn't resist, I myself being a crappy speller
      Last edited by Bluenomi; 12-19-2007, 02:53 AM. Reason: cause not only can I not spell, I can't quote

      Comment


      • #4
        Your stories remind me why I was a terrible waitress, and why I love my job so much. It's so much easier when a person can't see the faces I make because of their stupidity. Also, in real life, there is no mute button. You have much patience, and I give you credit.
        "In the end I was the mean girl/or somebody's in between girl"~Neko Case

        “You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.” ~William Stafford

        Comment


        • #5
          I'd suggest you leave the fat remarks out of your posts, particularly in cases like these, where it had little bearing on the actual story. In other news, holy damn, what a bunch of jerks. And church people of all people shouldn't be that way; I think they're missing the point. If you believe in it, communion doesn't wipe away your sins just to make room for frivolous new ones. XD

          Comment


          • #6
            I lasted as a waitress for 2 whole months. And stories like these are only part of the reason (the other part was not making enough money to pay for little luxuries like rent and food).

            And these there were these sweet little older people who were stuck about 30 years ago & tipped accordingly (no ma'am, $.25 for a $10 ticket is not a good tip). It's not that they didn't want to leave a good tip, they just didn't know that tip amounts had increased since they got married.
            I'm sorry, the person to whom you were speaking has been replaced by a recording. Please leave your message at the sound of the beep.

            Comment


            • #7
              i went to dennys this sunday, had breakfast with my dad, it was amazing filled with young familys, most of the older people where down the block... i liked it actually made me feel normal.
              I feel like a vampire most days.
              I tipped about 15% too

              Comment

              Working...