Whenever a large party would leave (thus opening up one of the three 12-person tables we had available), and we had a wait for large parties, one of the former managers at the last restaurant I worked at would get a group of servers together and say, "Let's go gang bang that table," meaning "let's get it cleaned up…

because people continue to cater to them. If someone yells loud enough they almost always get what they want. I wish places would boot people like this more often... Either that, or make a better customers bureau :P

I was just a fellow customer, but this reminds me of the man sitting at the next booth telling the confused waiter that he didn't want any Guatemala on his food. And then going batshit crazy when his taco arrives with guacamole on it. He screamed at them for 5 solid minutes about how much he hated Guatemala and how…

There is a reason special people go to restaurants...they wouldn't survive otherwise.

They survive because there are no real ramifications or repercussions for assholish behavior anymore, and certainly none that are life(style)-threatening.

When I tell people i'm about to graduate with a teaching degree they comment on how "brave" i am for working with kids and teens...please, I've worked retail and that requires bravery.

Don't worry about it. Don't try to think about it. They don't really exist anyway. It's just for fun. There's no place like home, there's no place like home...

I work with the public.

The idiots survive by being loud and obnoxious until people start bending over backwards just to shut them up. The restaurant workers survive by being goddamned saints.

Lots of drugs/booze and mean spirited jokes.

Does everyone else have experience with cats that are way more chill than the cats I've met? Because if I tried to put any cat I've known in purse, they would have flipped the fuck out.

"or reduced bonuses."

If what he says is true, why can't he find a $25,000 a year manager to write the op-ed or at least co-sign it? If raising the salary threshhold would hurt one of these people, why aren't they advocating for themselves? It's not hard to find someone to go on record arguing in their own economic self-interest. …

I used to work at Jo-Ann Fabrics as a 'keyholder' or entry level manager. The 4 main managers (not me) were all in this exact situation - and the company took SO MUCH ADVANTAGE of it. All of the salaried managers (and we are talking barely over 24,000) worked about 60 hours a week because the company gave us far…

The idea isn't to squeeze labor by compelling managers to perform physical tasks and work long hours without overtime pay.

"Fuck you, pay me for my damn work."

"On average, our general managers each run a $1.3 million business with 25 employees and significant contact with the public. They're in charge of a million-dollar facility, a profit-and-loss statement and the success or failure of a business. If that business succeeds, they benefit just as the owner of a small…

Look, I've asked this before, but when is the fucking revolution? We need to schedule a date, already.