Worst. Meal. Ever.
If you’ve ever been a server, you’ve definitely experienced this situation; A customer will eat his/her entire meal, lick the plate clean and then complain about how terrible it was.
Usually you can tell they’re just shooting for a free dessert or a comp. on the check, which makes the whole ordeal that much more infuriating.
This is the ultimate “swallow your pride” moment when you need to apologize for a meal they clearly enjoyed, and grovel for their forgiveness all in the hopes of still getting a tip.
So, during the summer a few years ago I would work the breakfast shift every morning at a local restaurant. On this one particular day, I was quite hungover and in charge of making the coffee.
I set up the machine, hit the brew button and leaned against the counter to relax for a few. A few moments later I felt some extreme pain and noticed I never put the coffee pots back in the machine.
This resulted in the coffee pouring out all over the counter, and all over me. This situation would have been bad enough sober, but still feeling the effects of the night before, made the cleanup of the aftermath a truly epic battle of man vs. coffee.
Submitted by: DJ from PA
It’s a terrible experience when you drop food off at your table, and then come to realize it was prepared incorrectly at the last moment. (Steak not done enough, no cheese, wrong sides etc.)
This is when you need to make a decision. Do you drop the food off at the table and run hoping they don’t notice, or do you take the walk of shame back to the kitchen and attempt to convince the chefs they cooked your customer’s food wrong?
You gotta play it cool though. If a customer knows that you know you’re wrong and you still deliver the meal, you’ll be lucky to get any kind of decent tip at all.
I have shamed myself, and my family.
Are any of you waitresses feelin’ down out there? If so check out this song by Seth Sentry that will be sure to boost your spirits.
It’s a catchy tune about a customer and his love for breakfast, bacon and his waitress.