Miscellaneous: Today, I was out to dinner with a friend. When the bill came...

By lemonadedisguise - 18/07/2009 17:14 - United States

Today, I was out to dinner with a friend. When the bill came with a customer satisfaction survey, I put honestly that the "server friendliness" was "below average." Ten minutes later, I had to return to the restaurant to beg the waitress for my keys, which I had left on the table. FML

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By WaitedOut - 03/10/2012 08:07 - United States - Saukville

Today, at work, I got to wait on one of those tables where everyone had very complex orders, and some of them sent their food back. When the time finally came for me to bring them their check and receive my well-earned tip, I returned only to discover that they'd dined and dashed. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/08/2012 11:39 - United States - Desoto

Today, I went out with a friend to grab some food and we were served by this really cute and fun waiter. Stepping out of my comfort zone and deciding to do something crazy, I left my phone number on the bill. I got home only to realize that I forgot to pay the bill. FML

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By ashleyevans - 04/04/2009 14:45 - United States

Today, my friend and I went to a really expensive restaurant. We got really bad service, so halfway through the meal we decided to dine-and-dash. Turns out I left my purse in the restaurant. With my I.D. and everything inside. FML

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By Noname - 16/02/2009 06:41 - United States

Today, I took a friend out for what I thought was date. After dinner was over and I paid, she pulled the bill out and wrote her name phone number on it for the waiter. FML

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By Harry - 13/05/2014 22:37 - United States - Milledgeville

Today, I went to a restaurant with my friend, where my credit card got denied in front of everyone. The staff teased me and made me sit in the restaurant while my friend begged for money outside. FML

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By Jon - 14/05/2012 21:46 - New Zealand - Christchurch

Today, I went to a club with some friends. I ordered two drinks from the waitress and gave her a fifty. She never returned with the change, and the rest of the staff claimed they didn't know who I was talking about. FML

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By sorryyouweregone - 25/03/2013 13:13 - Japan - Tokyo

Today, I was at a goodbye dinner with friends before I move back to America. A friend called to cry over relationship problems she refuses to fix. While I was outside trying to politely get off the phone, my friends ate and drank everything I'd ordered and closed the bill. FML

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By faith - 16/06/2020 23:00

Today, I went to a restaurant to order food with just a $100 bill. They no longer had what I came for, so I left. When I got to my car, I realized - no bill. I went back in for them to say they hadn't seen it, and they wouldn’t check the cameras. I know the lady working there picked it up since I was the only customer. FML

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By dine and DASH our friendship - 02/05/2017 00:11

Today, I served my good friend and his girlfriend at the restaurant where I work. They did a "dine and dash". FML

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Dine and dash

By talkomatic713 - 18/07/2021 09:58

Today, some friends and I went to IHOP. We joked about not having enough money, and as it turns out we were $5 short. We put down what we had and left. Upon getting to the car, I realized I'd forgotten my phone, and had to go back. I made eye contact with our waitress, our money in her hand. FML

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saze_fml 0

Saturday 18 July 2009 23:29

How the **** did OP deserve it?! If the service was shitty, the service was shitty

creeptastical 0

Saturday 18 July 2009 23:45

I would've talked to the bitch's boss. If you were being honest, and then you had to BEG for your keys because she saw, then maybe, just maybe, the bitch should've been fired.

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illeyad 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 3:51

wow, some of you are jumping the gun the OP never said that the waitress took his keys as 'revenge' for his honest comment. He felt bad that after he gave her a low score, he would have to go back and ask for they keys he forgot on the table from her- because she would have cleaned up the table and found they keys after he left. The waitress is not a psycho bitch who took his keys. The real question here is how many people are actually literate when reading FML's.

legendarygirl 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 4:46

Sue them. :D

TheFifthWitness 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 5:42

You should've punched her in the ovaries.

ktchic 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 6:20

you've never been a waiter/waitress have you? Try it some time and maybe you'll understand why service is sometimes "below average."

lexiBRo 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 17:41

Waiters may not have control over every aspect of your dining experience but the OP was rating "server friendliness" and there is no excuse for the server to be unfriendly.

SookMauNoots 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 6:21

so?

swagmonkey 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 6:54

Chances are, it was her manager, not her, who read the survey. She probably never even knew what you said...

Guitarist45 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 7:51

sounds like if she pulled a stunt like that, she deserved the bad review

amaneylandx3 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 7:52

what goes around comes around....karmas a bitch.(:

cruncheweezy 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 18:52

Dude. So what was she supposed to do? LIE and say that server friendliness was perfect? She gave her HONEST opinion, which is kind of the point on those surveys, it's not like she was doing it out of any mean spirit. To OP, FYL.