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Chapter 1: What restaurant nightmare story starts this episode?
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Hi, welcome to Reddit Stories. I'm Shane, and today's theme is all tales from your server. These are restaurant and service industry stories. They get wild. And I'm joined by two people who have worked in the service industry, Chance and Tommy. You could say we've served before.
Thank you.
You got your viral moment out of the way. Yeah, thank God. Now we're done.
Now we can just have fun. Now we can just throw it away. Now you can relax.
It's fine. Our art department decorated this place up a little bit with some restaurant things. Very nice.
Restaurant things. The vibes are nice.
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Chapter 2: What happened with the rude customer and the mean note?
Yes. You respect. I'm sure you guys have plenty of nightmare stories. I think you've told them before on the show, but as we go through these stories, if you're reminded of any, please share.
Okay.
All right. All right, our first story comes from Tales From Your Server, which is a subreddit dedicated to these types of stories. Go ahead. A lady called to warn us about her husband.
Oh no, no, no. He's coming.
You need to close down. Officially had one of the wildest experiences in my four years of serving last night. Got sat with a two and a half top. That's two and a half people, meaning a baby. Yeah. A husband, wife, and their new baby in a stroller. When the hostess came to let me know, I got sat.
She informed me that the wife at the table called ahead of time to let us know that her husband was going to be very picky and difficult. Before I even got there to greet them, they asked to switch tables two times for whatever reason.
No.
Once they were finally situated, I go to greet them and the husband let me know immediately that they were ready to order. He proceeds to order around $130 worth of appetizers, entrees, dessert, and gets three different drinks for himself all in one go. His wife, quiet as a mouse, just orders a drink.
During his order, he was so aggressive, making demands and asking in-depth questions about every single food item he was ordering and modifying it in some way. And every few seconds while he was ordering, he'd bark and remind me, I want it hot, fresh, delicious. I felt... I filled a notebook page with this guy's order.
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Chapter 3: How did a coworker get snitched on for spitting in food?
There's something deeper and darker.
Yes.
For her to not be able to talk to him about this and have to like warn.
Yes.
My girl is stuck.
An absolute horror story there. That baby. There's a lot.
We've got to dine and dash that baby. Yeah. Go over there.
The iceberg, we got this, and there's a whole iceberg there that is very tragic. Comments on this. This didn't perchance happen in Chicago. This sounds exactly like people I used to wait on. OP responded, this did happen in Chicago. Someone responded, I believe I waited on them and they were regulars. Everyone hated waiting on them. The mods were asinine.
He would sometimes drink, but when he did, it was ordering three drinks in one go. Never heard the wife say anything. They did pay us in cash. They didn't have a baby at the time, but I left that restaurant in 2020. Huge bills every time. We were an Italian slash pizza spot, and they'd order pasta and salads in the most bizarre way possible.
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Chapter 4: What shocking twist occurred with a mom and her rude customer?
Chapter 5: Why did a friend refuse a job offer in the restaurant industry?
No.
Once they were finally situated, I go to greet them and the husband let me know immediately that they were ready to order. He proceeds to order around $130 worth of appetizers, entrees, dessert, and gets three different drinks for himself all in one go. His wife, quiet as a mouse, just orders a drink.
During his order, he was so aggressive, making demands and asking in-depth questions about every single food item he was ordering and modifying it in some way. And every few seconds while he was ordering, he'd bark and remind me, I want it hot, fresh, delicious. I felt... I filled a notebook page with this guy's order.
He also asked his wife if she wanted a tequila shot, and she shook her head no. He turned to me and said, gotta set the mood right, you know? We just had a baby, and smirked and chuckled at me, which I did not acknowledge in any way. They got their drinks, and I was told by my coworker that the wife said she didn't like her drink and wanted to replace it.
Their food started coming out while the replacement was being made, and as I was dropping the new drink off, the husband looked at me and said, yeah, we got a big problem. I didn't like it. any of it.
No.
I apologized and said I would be right back with my manager. I immediately went to grab my manager and tell him what happened. And as we were walking back to the table, they were gone. They left without paying their bill. We had to just comp the whole thing, but it was absolutely bananas. I've had tables leave without paying their tab, but it's never been intentional. Absolutely wild, man.
That's terrible.
A dine and dash? After tormenting someone?
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Chapter 6: What are the consequences of dine-and-dash incidents?
There's something deeper and darker.
Yes.
For her to not be able to talk to him about this and have to like warn.
Yes.
My girl is stuck.
An absolute horror story there. That baby. There's a lot.
We've got to dine and dash that baby. Yeah. Go over there.
The iceberg, we got this, and there's a whole iceberg there that is very tragic. Comments on this. This didn't perchance happen in Chicago. This sounds exactly like people I used to wait on. OP responded, this did happen in Chicago. Someone responded, I believe I waited on them and they were regulars. Everyone hated waiting on them. The mods were asinine.
He would sometimes drink, but when he did, it was ordering three drinks in one go. Never heard the wife say anything. They did pay us in cash. They didn't have a baby at the time, but I left that restaurant in 2020. Huge bills every time. We were an Italian slash pizza spot, and they'd order pasta and salads in the most bizarre way possible.
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Chapter 7: What does it mean to respect service jobs?
Right.
I've done this for so long, I'm fully incapable of everything. I... God forbid! God forbid!
I'm trying to think. I would be a terrible server. Yeah. I would be a terrible server. No, I don't think that's true. I don't think so. I think I'd be really bad. I think if you actually liked the place, if you actually felt passionately about the food and the drink... I guess that's also fair.
Being a server at... is completely different depending on where you're a server.
Yes, because there was some restaurants that I really, really liked eating there. Like, I would bring dates there when I'm not working.
And it sounds like this guy said this is a very nice restaurant he works at. This is an incredible job offer this guy's getting. And I also, I've heard that, like, this is 2018, but... I mean, the job market's not easy to find a good job. No, no.
Especially in a niche field like that. Right. I understand not wanting to not get a job in your field because then on your resume, it's like, oh, well, if you did this and that. But when your situation is that situation, you need to take what you can get and go and do it because unfortunately, we need to work to live in this scheme that we're in. I will also say,
I was making some pretty good money as a server.
Yeah, you can make great money as a server.
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