Danielle22291
Indianapolis, United States
Today, as a waitress at Denny's, I had a 25 top table. Only 3 of them spoke English. FML
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ChickenBallsPlease
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King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Awkward
Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
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Anonymous
United States
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Today, I was at a restaurant and confidently ordered in what I thought was fluent French. The waiter stared at me for a second, then responded in perfect English, "Dude, this is an Italian restaurant." FML
Anonymous
This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff
Canada
Offended
Today, a customer came in who only spoke Spanish. I speak Spanish rather well so I helped the customer. She ended up buying $2300 worth of stuff. I got written up because not speaking English apparently "has the potential be offensive to other customers if they are not able to understand you." FML
WaitedOut
Saukville, United States
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
rosie
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Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Candace
United States
Long wait
Today, my best friend planned a birthday party for me at the local Mexican restaurant. NO ONE showed up. We'd told the waiter there would be 18 arriving. Two hours later he brought me free ice cream. Even the non-English speaking waiters knew I was a loser. FML
MLZ
United States
Little *****
Today, while at the restaurant I work at, a bunch of kids came in. They all gave incredibly complex orders, laughed at everything I did, and made a huge mess by "spilling" hot sauce and water all over the floor. After they left, I was tipped eleven cents. FML
Nick
This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff
United States
Tipped
Today, while I was working as a waitress, I had to wait on a table of 13 people. I was struggling through it and when they finally left I went by the table to pick up my tip. Instead of a money I got a napkin saying, "Here's your tip, don't be a waitress." FML
Anonymous
United States
Just the tip
Today, I went into work to waitress on a table of 40 guests. They were my only table for the day and the bill came to over 700 dollars. After they left the busser was cleaning the table and threw out the credit card receipt which had my tip on it. FML
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bigredmonkeybutt 30
Denny's menus are loaded with photos so it's easy enough for them to order.
Druu 53
Eh, it's Denny's. Point to the menu, pantomime a baseball swing, and say "Grand Slam."
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Druu 53
Eh, it's Denny's. Point to the menu, pantomime a baseball swing, and say "Grand Slam."
pretty_odd22291 12
I just pointed and asked them in the very broken Spanish I do know
bigredmonkeybutt 30
Denny's menus are loaded with photos so it's easy enough for them to order.
HappyItalian 38
Haha reminds me of how I was hosting at my restaurant and this table of 18 French people came in and since I'm the only one that speaks French out of 50 employees they panicked and made me switch jobs and serve the table instead while my manager covered hosting
RichardPencil 32
Did any of the bottoms speak English?
jbuckets_404 39
OP, what's a "25 top table?"
pretty_odd22291 12
It means 25 person table. Top is like head.