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Waitresses r people too!

grrr, one of my biggest pet peeves!! I work as a waitress and once in a while we get the customer who forgets their manners. Hes sitting down and i walk up to him with menu and cutlery in hand, i go to say some form of a greeting and before i can finish, without even looking up he starts naming out his order, " over easy, sausage, ..." yadda yadda. ...buddy, if ur sitting down to eat, im sure u have the time to remind yourself im human too and that it wont kill you or effect ur appetite (unless i havnt slept all night:P) to say hello! Please u guys. If u or anyone u know has that habit...
its very irritating to the servers.Besides, if were irritated we wont give u the service we would have otherwise...and u might get more than what u ordered with ur food
Fell free to post some stories of rudeness from ur workplaces! maybe some of who have actually said something back to a rude client/customer??

I hit on waitresses like all the time. So I figure I'm good.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur I hit on waitresses like all the time. So I figure I'm good.

lol, i guess ur safe

"You know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin playing just for the waitresses."

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Originally posted by djeso waitresses are fucking whores!

Well that's a little harsh.

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Originally posted by djeso waitresses are fucking whores!

woah roomie..bartender here..and waitress for 6 years.

if i didn't know yer sarcastic as fuck i'd might stop cleaning the bath tub..or put put nasty things in your perogies

i have a 101 horror stories from waitressing/bartending. at the private golf club where i worked for 2.5 years us girls had a inside joke called "the stephenson". it was a move a(70 year old) man invented..where he'd put his arm around our waist, in a seemingly innocent manner and then try to cup your breast, or when he moved away, slide it over your ass...like we didn't FEEL it!!!

or a guy who got drunk at a mens golf closing with all the male members..and proceeded to tell me that i would amount to nothing b/c i didn't want to ever be a cop (he was an ex-cop)

or another member, who also was a member of the church i'm excommunicated from, who got drunk (against the church rules) and told me i was going to go to hell and that i was ruining my parents life blah blah blah until other members had to rescue me away from him

or the time i yelled out in the kitchen to another server.."trade you some dick for pussy..i know you got it on ya"..which was overheard by all there old bridge ladies..who freaaaaaaaaaaked..but i laughed

oh i love the service industry..seriously!!!

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Originally posted by spitty ..where he'd put his arm around our waist, in a seemingly innocent manner and then try to cup your breast, or when he moved away, slide it over your ass...like we didn't FEEL it!!!

Classic.

Kinda gross when you think about it in the 70 year old context though.

OMG god this wasn't me posting ..... it was AREK

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Originally posted by djeso OMG god this wasn't me posting ..... it was AREK

makes more sense..hes is the wimp who loses at poker and cries when he hasta drink the inferno

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Originally posted by spitty makes more sense..hes is the wimp who loses at poker and cries when he hasta drink the inferno

he lost twice in a row ... and decided to have some fun on my account

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Originally posted by djeso he lost twice in a row ... and decided to have some fun on my account

Feel free to kill him and eat his soul.

Having worked fast food before where people are ruder to you than waiters/waitresses at restaurants, I feel your pain.

It's just silly what people take other people's courtesy for granted, yet give none in return.

I've done customer service at pearson airport for a year, people can by such bastids, quitting that job was the greatest thing

Waitressed for 5 years and yeah ppl are idiots...the best ones are the ones who think u don't see through their lies...like they eat everything except one bite and tell u its bad...please buddy!
I had these assholes one midnight and one the girls was telling to be nice to me and they were all like who gives a f*** she doesn't cook our food...why should i be...i just looked at the one guy with this evil smile and said " I don't cook it but i handle it too" there was silence and then he apologized...when i gave him his plate i again gave that evil smile and said "I made sure its extra special for u", haha i didn't do anything but it was fun watching him struggle through the first few bites and not finish it!

working security and being friendly about your job doesn't work.... I worked for a bar for a year and bit and had a bottle swung at my head for asking a customer if they had a ride home, as they were leaving with car keys in plain sight in their hand (swaying from side to side).
I got spat on, punched, had one guy threaten to break my arm (funny given I train heavily in joint locks!), the cook got thrown over the counter when he came out to ask how the food was... apparently it didn't come quite fast enough, some don't understand that wings take 15 minutes regardless unless they were made in advance!
Escorted a guy out of the bar (ie walked him out talking to him) I then look out the window to see him accross the street pissing on the outside of my car! (the next weekend I saw him, he was removed a bit more forceably and with less cause)
I saw a guy leave $100 in the ATM, so I go get it and go to give it to him and let him know that he forgot his money... I then go to the server covering him and let her know to keep an eye on him to possibly cut him off (I mean what sober person leaves 100 bucks in an atm!) he then comes up and tries to start a fight with me for calling him out on being drunk... he was hammered and fell over to the ground as he swung at me.
Everytime I was nice about something I would get crapped on and taken advantage of. So after a while I more or less gave up the nice guy routine and traded for being a dick. I had to quit a little later bc I didn't enjoy that role either and would prefer to be nice.

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Originally posted by nusty working security and being friendly about your job doesn't work.... I worked for a bar for a year and bit and had a bottle swung at my head for asking a customer if they had a ride home, as they were leaving with car keys in plain sight in their hand (swaying from side to side). I got spat on, punched, had one guy threaten to break my arm (funny given I train heavily in joint locks!), the cook got thrown over the counter when he came out to ask how the food was... apparently it didn't come quite fast enough, some don't understand that wings take 15 minutes regardless unless they were made in advance! Escorted a guy out of the bar (ie walked him out talking to him) I then look out the window to see him accross the street pissing on the outside of my car! (the next weekend I saw him, he was removed a bit more forceably and with less cause) I saw a guy leave $100 in the ATM, so I go get it and go to give it to him and let him know that he forgot his money... I then go to the server covering him and let her know to keep an eye on him to possibly cut him off (I mean what sober person leaves 100 bucks in an atm!) he then comes up and tries to start a fight with me for calling him out on being drunk... he was hammered and fell over to the ground as he swung at me. Everytime I was nice about something I would get crapped on and taken advantage of. So after a while I more or less gave up the nice guy routine and traded for being a dick. I had to quit a little later bc I didn't enjoy that role either and would prefer to be nice.

auch brutal, at the airport once some kids decided to make fun of what I do, (I wrapped luggage in plastic wrap), worst experience ever, once some drunk guy tried to get a free wrap, after I refused he threaten to hit me (not a good idea in the airport), later he got arrested for bothering some lady in a store lol, crazy people out there I tell ya, but I did meet many nice people aswell. Funniest one was meeting Pat Quin, I gave him a free wrap, and you'd think he'd tip ya, nope cheap ass he he he, lol, but seemed like a nice guy regardless.

among my 7 years in the kithcen so far i've moonlighted in other various positions from banquet server, restaurant server, Host. to event and service bartender.

i've forgotten more stories than i remember

i've had people come in before the resto was open, complain about the food, and then try to tell me how to run it properly.

one nite @ copper creek back when it opened, we had i guess it was a stag party on wheels, cuz these guys came in ordered, and went back outside to the RV they arrived in, and came back with some strippers who they wanted to preform in the bistro whilethey were eating, then were harassing the waitresses, gettin drunker than they were and eventually got thrown out the front door by the first cook who was all of 5'6".

where i work now, the banquet staff is a group of geriatric zombies who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground and should all be fired, but can't b/c were a union house

I guess all jobs that involve assisting customers just BLOW.
You really start realizing how rude people can be. All it takes is one asshole to make ur entire day shitty.

I work in a store helping customers all day long (and putting stock out). And I have realized one thing.. about 90% of costumers are freakin retarded. Maybe its not the same when it comes to the food industry, but im sure you girls/guys have to deal with big asshole all day long as well.

Also one question, how much do you usually get as tip for lets say, around a $15-20 meal?

I work in an Irish pub/restaurant in the theatre district near times square....ALL tourists

Yesterday I had this large group of southern ladies come in...they first proceeded to ignore me when I asked if they wanted anything to drink....they looked up from the menus and then looked right back down...I musta stood there for like 2 minutes before they barked out there order in their awful accent.

Then when they ordered their food, they were so snotty and EVERY one of them wanted things with this, and without that, and this on the side, and light on this and heavy on the other thing, and asking for stuff we didn't even have, then bitching because we didn't have brie or tofu or something that would never be in an irish pub.



They proceeded to run my ass around and complain all night, even tho I did everything exactly the way they wanted it. WHen I brought out the check with added gratuity (for large party) they complained about that, and asked why they should have to pay it.... I was like I am gonna punch these effin ladies so hard.

I mean, do people realize that servers and bartenders in America get paid around $3 an hour??? We count on our 18% tips fockers!!

deal with it, part of the job.

I heard that. Waitress is a very ungrateful job, my girlfriend is a waitress for one of this franchise restaurants, the shit she have to take ... oh man ... i don't know how she can handle it.

thumbs up for you girls!! :-)

hey if i dont feel like chatting and just want my food why should i bother saying hello ? its your job to take my orders. and if youre the kind of person that spits in other peoples food because they didnt greet you, you deserve being treated like shit.

Working in the service or retail industry means dealing with difficult clients.

Unfortunately, MLB is right, it is part of the job. This is why we need bullies in school - to prepare us for the bullies (or just assholes) that we're inevitably going to face as adults. Personally, I think that if you're getting upset over someone who doesn't say hello and make small-talk, you're probably going to end up in tears when you get the REALLY bad patrons.

If you don't like it, quit. I'm sure the tips are nice but there are thousands of other jobs out there you can get that won't put you into contact with as many jerks.

ive been in the industry for 7 years. Ive been everything from a food runner to shooter girl to bartender, to supervising catering events....the stories i have are endless....my job now is to cover these things and take necessary actions before they even have a chance to come up.....so if they do come up, theres more heads on my ass including the client, and my managers...... Supervising an event at RTH for anywhere between 100 and 2300 people means up to 13 hr shifts of pure stress!!!

i was a waiter for two years.

got tipped once, by this old lady infront of her husband, she was like 80 and she grabbed my ass, than i got some tongue action.

i'll remember you rosalita for life baby, for life!

you were once a crazy grandma, thanks for groping my balls at the end n puttin $5 in my pocket. i heard the funeral went well.

r.i.p

Every job I've ever had has had to do something with customer service.
I've seen/heard just about everything from my colleges including being the subject of a complete lambasting in a situation that wasn't my fault.
It was completely humbling let me tell you, when the world stops, and only thing happening at that moment in time is you and the red faced individual yelling from across the room.
(readers digest ver: I was waiting, taking care of the non-smoking section, everyone came at once during a Sunday buffet, someone has to be last with their order, unfortunately, mine )

I feel for anyone in customer service and you have my complete respect but you'll be the better for it.
If you can handle those types of situations, you're the stronger for it and in the end, it's a win/win which is really what everyone wants.

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