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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I served my good friend and his girlfriend at the restaurant where I work. They did a "dine and dash". FML
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
Today, I was taking a table's order. After I finished, the guy told me, "Just FYI, I'm not a tipper." Trying to lighten up the situation, I replied, "It's amazing how many people forget I handle their food." He complained to the manager that I'd threatened him. FML
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
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
Today, I went and bought lunch for all the people I work with. The only meal the place forgot was mine. FML
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
Today, a customer complained he never got his sandwich, even though I put it in the oven, dressed it up and served it to him. When I went to clear his table off, I saw the sandwich basket. We had to give him his money back. FML
Today, at the café I work at, I was yelled at by a woman because the drinks and food she ordered were "taking too long". Before I had the chance to get a word in, she stormed out and said she would never come back. I didn't get the chance to inform her that she hadn't ordered yet. FML
Today, I was waitering at the restaurant that I work at when I collected a credit card bill that was worth $120 and a big zero on the tip line. Angered, I turned to a co-worker and said "I knew this asshole wasn't going to tip me." The guy was standing right behind me with $30 in his hand. FML
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airforce987 20
Motherfuckers
zack11742 7
I'm so sorry I've been there its horrible
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DocBastard 40
I hope you dashed after them and caught the ******* criminals. People like that deserve to be locked up and fed nothing but Brussels sprouts and tomato juice for a week. Assholes.
Cainicide 5
Woah woah woah... Why not just gasoline?
ManInTheMachine 20
PenguinBitch is right. Just use vegetable oil instead.
ManInTheMachine 20
And while we're at it, put 'em over a Texas style grill, sauté some mushrooms, and we can have ourselves some grilled Asshole A La Carte. Then we dine 'n dash.
Calingaladha 21
19- coal is too environmentally damaging. Feed them bear shit. Or use dry bison shit to set them on fire.
Warmonger_Smurf 29
What, no one is going with the classic bread and water?
gc327072 31
23- great idea! We'll have an FML barbecue, and all the regulars would attend! (No, Petepoop, you're not invited) *fires up grill*
gracehi 33
Is it weird that this thread made me hungry?
PYLrulz 17
26 - Bread and water is too good for them
lvaldezr 4
I would say just bread. They don't deserve water.
TheOath 12
Tomato juice is good for you though :( I say we make them drink spinach smoothies! They're not that great...
jellycorn 13
No, no. Celery and carrot smoothies are REALLY gross.
laden_swallow09 35
38- No, that response is very appropriate.
perdix 31
That's like a -100% tip! Are you anywhere near Waukesha? 'Cause I sure could use a free meal! JKJKJKJK. I'll dine at your place and leave a nice big tip (calm down, not enough to cover the damage of those assholes, but a nice start.)
perdix 31
Why the hell am I getting thumbed down for this? I'm offering to help the OP recoup her loss, and you all think this is a bad idea? I don't see anyone else offering help to the OP, just a bunch of impractical revenge schemes.
sharksfan48 13
Perdix, sometimes you are misunderstood. And because of that, you get thumbed down. This is just a website, it doesn't really matter.
ManInTheMachine 20
Don't forget the impractical cooking schemes perdix.
CantBeatMe2007 5
I usually like your comments but this one is......suckish.
mrperspire 4
This is why everyone should wait tables for a period of their life. So that they know what it's like to wait on douch bags
snowygreeneyez 2
Wait tables and work customer service... There are just so many assholes out there.
VBjew 3
People who don't work in the restaurant industry will never understand how ****** up that is. I've never waited tables myself but after bussing tables and now being a cook and talking to the waitresses you can see how often people screw them out of their hard earned money.
skyeyez9 25
Do waitresses get stuck with a dine and dash bill?
Warmonger_Smurf 29
#22 I was a waiter for a bit, and this happened to me. Yes I got stuck with the bill. My tips didn't cover it and I left with less then I had at the start of the day.
perdix 31
#22, yes, the "logic" is that if servers did not have any consequence for hog-n-jogs, chew-n-screws, eat-n-cheats, etc., their friends and families will come in for free meals. It sucks, but if you can think of a better way, put in into practice.
DontClickOnMe 28
Not at my restaurant. If we have somebody walk out on their bill, even if it's like a $100 bill, the manager takes care of it. Lucky for us, I guess.
bstudds 1
we're not responsible at mine either.
katiemarie19 5
That's technically illegal and you can press charges against the owner if they make you pay for it. I only know that because a girl I worked with did and won
TheDrifter 24
I get that some of their orders were botched (and some people are just insanely picky) but that'sjust ignorant. At worst if my food is terrible I'll ask for a manager and request he not take the kitchen's tipout from my tab. (the cooks customarily split 5% of the food bill here, taken from the waitresses' tips.
nokel11 7
that's not usually under the mgrs authority to be honest. most restaurants use a computer program to tell you how much you owe and what your tip out is.
fordneagles 34
This is why it should be compulsory to take a credit card or ID or something when they come in, so this shit doesn't happen to people.
TaffyMichele 9
Take a drivers license. That way if they get pulled over when they dash, they can just explain to the officer that they left their license at the restaurant they just stole food from.
outoftown 27
Or simply have customers pay when they order.
olpally 33
Time to go hunting for those humans... Trashy people are trashy... *******!
fyreprincess 3
oh, sweetie, I am sooo sorry. been there, too. ps, never expect a well earned tip fr diners with complicated orders who send a few back. I hope your next shift is easier.
Harlequin073 6
I feel your pain!