That's...nice? But that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Oh, right, the "why couldn't you just figure out the customer's made-up language instead of asking clarifying questions about whether they meant 'scrambled eggs' or 'iced latte' which obviously would infuriate a reasonable person?" comments.

Word to the wise: if you as a customer see a server being treated poorly by another customer, you might be able to save their job with a word to the manager and/or corporate.

Of course establishments have the right to refuse service. That doesn't mean they're willing to do so just to stick up for their employees.

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For whatever nothing it's worth, I think your theme sounds delightful. Moreover, it's the themes with pretenses of classiness that have me rolling my eyes. The whole barn theme, to me, is just...why? Most of the time, the couple in question has no connection to barns/stables/farms, and while there's nothing wrong with…

I'll take your word for it. Doesn't seem worth the effort to look him up.

we don't know how to even start a conversation about tipping

So much this! I've never been into the pencil brow thing; my eyebrows aren't that thick naturally so all I ever wanted was to clean up the edges. I used to pay extra to go to fancy salons to ensure I'd get what I wanted, but they never listened to me even when I was paying $20 for a 30-second wax! Ironically, I found…

I'm not doubting you at all, but I'm also surprised he was insulted. When I worked in restaurants, the managers would occasionally help out by, say, taking a large party in a closed section if there weren't enough servers on the clock to handle it. (Sometimes after the lunch/dinner rush is over, you've let most of the…

I'm not doubting you at all, but I'm also surprised he was insulted. When I worked in restaurants, the managers would occasionally help out by, say, taking a large party in a closed section if there weren't enough servers on the clock to handle it. (Sometimes after the lunch/dinner rush is over, you've let most of the…

I love condoms. I’m really prone to UTIs, and I find that condoms actually seem to help prevent that. Plus they prevent the wet spot someone would otherwise have to sleep on. My boyfriend would really like me to go back on BC, but it was just killing my sex drive. He can still get and stay hard and orgasm with…

I had to Google. Was it just the "how could verbal abuse cause a panic attack?" fuckery, or was there more?

They were. I was only on board for a very small assignment in the preliminary stages, so I don’t know exactly what they had to do to get it off the ground, but I know they circulate the (free) print edition pretty widely in addition to the online version.

I was wondering what the advantage was of this over notice by publication, so thanks! This is an interesting development. I worked briefly on a pro bono project in law school to help a local legal aid society create one of its own newspapers for publication of legal notices, with the proceeds to go toward helping…

I was wondering what the advantage was of this over notice by publication, so thanks! This is an interesting development. I worked briefly on a pro bono project in law school to help a local legal aid society create one of its own newspapers for publication of legal notices, with the proceeds to go toward helping…

It's weird; I can't remember offhand having someone assume I was uneducated because of my job (though maybe I've just repressed those memories and soon they'll come flooding back), but I did have almost exactly this conversation approximately 3,974 times during the five years between my college graduation and when I…

Oh, man. Your story reminds me of these awful gift cards we used to have. They weren't for our restaurant specifically—we had a perfect set-up for those—they were those mall gift cards that could be used at any establishment within the mall, and there was a complicated reimbursement system that took up hours of one…

Aw, c'mon. Surely you've seen some of the "that couldn't happen because it's illegal!" comments? Or the "to be fair, I am also an idiot who doesn't know there's more than one way to cook eggs, which makes it totally OK to yell at the server who's trying to get an answer out of you?" remarks? Or the "if it's so bad why…

I kind of like that. Gives me a chance to chat with the other industry vets before the onslaught of idiots, if I choose. (Or if I'm spoiling for a fight, I can wait, click "show pending," and scroll to the bottom.)